Re: [maemo-users] installing applications from control panel -- no 'extras' folder
On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 05:57:43PM -0400, Christine Liu wrote: i just installed xterm. however, it installed successfully (so it said), yet there is no 'extras' folder in my main menu. i do know how it should look, since it worked like that on my first machine. It should be there. Does rebooting help? i also tried installing another app (python), but that doesnt show up either after installation. Python does not add any entries to the Extras menu. i did a search for 'xterm' and the only file that is returned is the source .deb. Look for osso-xterm in /var/lib/install/usr/bin. how do i access thes installed files? anyone else have this problem, or a suggestion? (another unrelated problem is that sometimes the file manager does not recognise the memory card. i had to reboot for it to see it again. is this normal?) This happened to me once. I assume this happens if you pull old the MMC card while it is still in use. If you then put it back in, it will not be recognized until you reboot. HTH, Marius Gedminas -- Place mark here -[ ]- if you want a dirty monitor. signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
[maemo-users] Re: Application Installer problem
Frantisek wrote: Looks like you mess something with dpkg. It can be file permissions if you are doing it as root. Files created by root cannot be modified by other users. Try doing it as user 'install' via sudo. Or why you don't use application installer if you want to install stuff in /var/lib/install? The python runtime _is_ installable by application installer.because there are lots of packages, and this is also the way the authors propose on their webpages:http://pymaemo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/see th epart 'On the Nokia 770': they say:'This is probably okay for the scratchbox environment, but what to dowhen getting "dpkg: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file ordirectory" on the Nokia 770, for the dpkg -i? Is "for f in *.deb; dofakeroot dpkg -X $f /var/lib/install/ ; done" a dirty but sufficientlycorrect workaround?'once we figure out what's exactly the problem, I think, the python and related webpages should have a red sentence saying exatly the step-by-step installation, and not a 'if it does not work, try this' style stuff. guys, at least 50% of the 770 owners is not familiar of linux, and another 25 from the familiar ones is not profi. so, red notes are the must on pages like that.i think .)btw, maemoDict works for me after destroying the AppInstaller (sodo gainroot then for-do-dpkgX of python) and keeping installing further apps. by dpkg -Xcheers! m. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] installing applications from control panel -- no 'extras' folder
hello - thanks for the help. though still unresolved... Look for osso-xterm in /var/lib/install/usr/bin. i found it (just using the web browser for my file system), and it's there! however, when i click on it, it just starts the dialog for downloading the file. i saved it to documents folder. and then in file manager, went to the documents folder and clicked on 'osso-xterm', and said 'unknown filetype'. it's an app/octet-stream 2.3 MB the standard xterm app file weird? how can i fix or amend this without a command prompt? (i have a chicken + egg problem!) thanks, christine ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
