Helper App: Pkg Installer

Newt's Cape recognizes and installs packages from the internet (via NIE):

  1. it recognizes a package as a file that ends with .pkg and has one of these MIME type/subtypes:
  2. it confirms whether to install the package immediately, or add to Inbox for later installation

This helperApp example shows how to change this process in either or both ways:

  1. since a server may supply a different MIME type, you would see the error message: Receive Failure [MIMEtype/subtype] unknown helper app; you can register this MIME type with Newt's Cape for further package transfers (until this is de-installed or you reboot). Note: if the package MIME type begins with "text/", you'll need to use Newt's Cape 1.4 to force a binary transfer -- otherwise, it removes/replaces LF characters which would corrupt the package.

Implementation details: advapi.htm.

Other examples: helpappi.htm, helpslpi.htm

Pkg Installer: The Form

Specify a MIME type/subtype to install or de-install:

For example, try: Restartr (~5K), Lee Moon's Doggie (~7K)

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