Hi there,

I'm trying to install qpdf2_freetype-2.2.1-20040217_arm.ipk on my C3000. (read about it on meanie's site)
when using the GUI installer, there is no package inside to be found, using terminal


#ipkg install qpdf2_freetype-2.2.1-20040217_arm.ipk

zcat: qpdf2_freetype-2.2.1-20040217_arm.ipk: nog in gzip format
zcat: stdin: unexpected end of file
ipkg_install_file: ERROR unpacking control.tar.tgz from qpdf2_freetype-2.2.1-20040217_arm.ipk


I already tried about 10 versions found on the net, I can not install one. Could somebody point me to a version that installs OK, or tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I installed the version from here with no problems.
http://web.mol.ru/~zaurus/feed/
It's the Cacko feed.
These are the files I used:
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qpdf2_render-freetype-2.2.1-20040217-1_arm.ipk
---
Package: libfreetype
Version: 6.3.4-1
Section: Libraries
Architecture: arm
Maintainer: Philip Kohn <pkohn@mail.nih.gov>
MD5Sum: bf1be8c4e0121425c4b8ef62e09a6081
Size: 174028
Filename: libfreetype_6.3.4-1_arm.ipk
Description: A free and portable TrueType font rendering engine.

---
Package: libt1
Version: 1.3.0-1
Section: Libraries
Architecture: arm
Maintainer: Philip Kohn <pkohn@mail.nih.gov>
MD5Sum: f2167031dd11663d401c48a9e80e18d2
Size: 112279
Filename: libt1_1.3.0-1_arm.ipk
Description: T1lib is a library which generates character and string glyphs from
Adobe Type 1 fonts. T1lib uses most of the code from the X11 rasterizer
donated by IBM to the X11 project, but has eliminated some of the
disadvantages of the rasterizer.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Above descriptions were pasted from "Packages" file.
(It's a text file with a description of all the packages on the feed.

Jon

thanks for the link!, I also found a working 2.3.0 version wich works great on my c3000

hi huys,
generally speaking, are cacko feed ipks running on a standard slc3000 sharp rom ???

jpmatrix,
I don't know if it runs on standard Sharp rom. Try it and see.
You'll have to remember to get the depends mentioned also.
(libfreetype) and (libt1)

Thanks Mac for the info about the newer version.
It's about ½ size in bytes.
qpdf 2.2.1 - 856kb
qpdf 2.3.0 - 428kb

It still won't open my Illinois map PDF designed in Illustrator.
I'm hoping Picsel browser will, when I get it.
Picsel on my Palm opens this map in 3-4 seconds.

Jon

maybe it has something to do with the extra's illustrator puts in a pdf ?

Can you give a link?

sorry , I can't remember the original link, but the files are mirrored on my site:

http://www.dinozaurus.com/zaurus/pdf/

@ jon_J: have you tried removing illustrator garbage and compresing the pdf a bit with PDFshrink? ?

Google should find this version:
qpdf2_render-freetype-2.3.0-070505a-1_arm.ipk
I haven't tried it. I have Picsel Browser now and *.PDF is no problem anymore

No, I didn't need to. What do you mean by "illustrator garbage"?
EDIT: I used CorelDraw to edit it when I first removed the railroads from it. (Windoze)
I don't have a Mac, so I cannot use PDFshrink.
Picsel Browser opens that file with no problems.