PortaBase 2.1 (September 2012)
PortaBase (portable database) is a program for conveniently managing one-table
database files. It can be used as a shopping list, password manager, media
inventory, financial tracker, TODO list, address book, photo album, and more.
It is available for many platforms, including Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and
Maemo (Diablo and Fremantle).
New in this version
- Added HTML export
- Improved the column statistics dialog, added a column width control widget
to it - Improved the file properties dialog, added a button to launch the column
statistics dialog - More logical workflow for importing MobileDB and XML files
- Added a button in the preferences dialog to clear the recent files list
- Boolean columns are now allowed in calculations (treated as 0 or 1)
- Added a preference to allow the height of rows in the data grid to shrink
with the font size on the N900 - Fullscreen images (and optionally the entire application) now auto-rotate
to match the device orientation on the N900 - The backlight on Maemo devices no longer dims or turns off during a
slideshow - Removed the feature to double click a row to show it in the Row Viewer;
it was redundant and buggy - Improved the help pages, added a search feature
- Added a Slovak UI translation, and the French translation is being
actively maintained again - New application icon by Holly Guenther (http://kimchikawaii.deviantart.com)
- Digitally signed the Windows and Mac OS X binaries for easier
installation on recent OS releases - Assorted bugfixes
For information on changes in previous releases, see the online changelog:
http://portabase.sourceforge.net/history.html
Kickstarter Campaign
Simultaneously with the 2.1 release, a Kickstarter Campaign is being launched
in an attempt to fund more rapid development of new PortaBase features and
porting of the application to new mobile device platforms. For more
information, see http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/285185447/portabase
Maemo Installation
PortaBase 2.1 is available from the Diablo extras and Fremantle extras-testing
repositories, and 2.0 is available from Fremantle extras. In time, version
2.1 should make its way to the Fremantle extras repository as well, for users
who are a little less adventurous.
Windows Installation and Upgrades
Run the downloaded executable; it will launch the installation program,
just follow the directions.
Mac OS X Installation
Double-click on the downloaded disk image to open it, and drag the application
from the disk image to where you want it (usually your Applications folder).
Debian Installation
Install the .deb package as root using dpkg -i . Alternatively, a
version of PortaBase that falls between 2.0 and 2.1 is currently available in
Debian unstable.
Installation on Other Linux/UNIX Systems
Download the source code tarball and follow the instructions in the contained
INSTALL file.