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Title: Make Software On A Zaurus And Pack The Ipk Files
Post by: g333 on March 26, 2005, 03:27:12 am

Making software and doing everything on the Zaurus might be slow but this will be a guide for everyone.

Source material is easy to find but how do we turn it into a working program and then how do we package it and save the file? There has to be an easy way.

Glen

Title: Make Software On A Zaurus And Pack The Ipk Files
Post by: Meanie on March 30, 2005, 02:12:46 am

A .ipk file is just a .tar.gz file that contains a data.tar.gz and control.tar.gz
The data.tar.gz file contains the files to be extracted in their corresponding directories and the control.tar.gz file has to contain a control file with info about the application. Just unpack one by doing the reverse process and have a look inside.

regards

Meanie

Title: Make Software On A Zaurus And Pack The Ipk Files
Post by: Sniffer on March 30, 2005, 02:15:59 am

Near the end of this (http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/mobility/personal/articles/ztutorial/) article it tells you how to package an ipk file and set up your desktop files etc.