Apparently you need to also "root" it after jail breaking it. Read through this
http://hackaday.com/2012/10/05/jailbreaking-the-kindle-paperwhite/ One of the comments: "I also rooted my kindle, by installing the USBNet package, and looking up my root password using my serial number, using the javascript web page provided at the link." It sounds like with a little hard work you will eventually be able to use a terminal, ssh etc. From there try to install gcc, unzip the J source and compile. On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Yike Lu <[email protected]> wrote: > You'll probably need to download a terminal. Or sideload one. > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > No - I have not yet figured out how to reach a command line. The > jailbreak > > consists of shell files I can read and run by clicking on them with the > > Kindle plugged into my Windows machine. > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Thomas Costigliola <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > Devon, my first steps would be to ssh into a terminal. Have you done > that > > > yet? > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > The kindle fire is Android; the Paperwhite is Linux. I've gotten as > > far > > > as > > > > jailbreaking it but have little idea what to do next. It seems most > > > people > > > > just change the screensaver. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:01 AM, bill lam <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I heard kindle fire can run qt 4.8 and have qt runtime in its app > > > store. > > > > > kindle is a non-google android iirc. ymmv. > > > > > > > > > > 19.03.2014, в 19:49, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > > написал(а): > > > > > > > > > > > I don't have a tablet and I like the quality of the display on my > > > > Kindle. > > > > > > I mostly just plan to use it for reading but thought it would be > > nice > > > > to > > > > > do > > > > > > something else with it as a more general-purpose device. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Joe Bogner <[email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Not J, but that reminds me that I set up a scheme interpreter on > > my > > > > > >> Kindle 3G a few years back: > > > > > >> http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111156 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> With J on my android phone and tablet, I can't think of when I'd > > use > > > > > >> it on a kindle. The 3G physical keyboard could be novel idea. > > > > > >> Theoretically it should be able to cross compile. Still, I don't > > > know > > > > > >> when I'd use it. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Devon McCormick < > > > [email protected]> > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > >>> Has anyone looked at trying to get J on a Kindle Paperwhite? > > > > > Apparently > > > > > >>> it's a Linux OS and easily rootable. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> -- > > > > > >>> Devon McCormick, CFA > > > > > >>> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >>> For information about J forums see > > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >> For information about J forums see > > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
