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Everything Else => General Support and Discussion => Zaurus General Forums => Archived Forums => Software => Topic started by: lpetroni on August 19, 2005, 08:03:43 am
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One more newbie question
How do I uninstall the default Calculator application that comes with SharpROM v3.1.3?
As it is not listed in the Add/Remove Programs I believe that I can delete it directly with the terminal but I have no idea of where the file(s) are located?
Thanks in advance!
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The calculator and the other basic programs are in the ROM, so you can't delete them. On the plus side, it's not taking up any storage space. It is possible to create custom ROMs with only the applications you want.
Felipe
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The calculator and the other basic programs are in the ROM, so you can't delete them. On the plus side, it's not taking up any storage space. It is possible to create custom ROMs with only the applications you want.
Felipe
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Hi Felipe!
Thanks for the reply.
As I can not delete the app, is there any way to disable and/or hide it? I don't feel confident at this moment to start building my custom ROM
I experienced the same problem in the past with a Newton and was forced to create a tab for unused app but would like to use this as my last option.
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I believe your rom should have the tab setting program. That would be the easiest way to remove it.
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The calculator and the other basic programs are in the ROM, so you can't delete them. On the plus side, it's not taking up any storage space. It is possible to create custom ROMs with only the applications you want.
Felipe
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Actually if you are brave you can mount the / partition read-write and delete it (at least you can on the C-series not sure about 5x00 series).
However if you only want to hide the calculator from the screen then just delete the calculator.desktop file in /home/QtPalmtop/applications/ (or use the Tab Setting app on the Settings Tab to delete the icon)
Stu
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Go to Settings->Tab Setting
Then find the calculator entry highlight and delete.
Bada-bing, bada-boom.
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Go to Settings->Tab Setting
Then find the calculator entry highlight and delete.
Bada-bing, bada-boom.
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Oh no...I can't believe it's so easy!
Argh....
Sorry for such a dumb question guys...
As a complete Linux newbie I'm so afraid of doing something wrong with my Z that I'm getting used to think that every little trick will involve that 1000 lines of commands that are greek for me!
Thanks you!
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it's not a problem. Once you become more seasoned you can answer these questions for the newbie's too.
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Allow me to piggyback a related question: how do you get back an application that you've deleted from your home menus? I know that you can reset the menus to their factory state, but I've done a lot of customizing of icons and whatnot, so I'd prefer not to have to do that. Is there some file somewhere that I can just move back into the apps folder? (I deleted the translation program from my menu before remembering to uncheck the caching option for it, and now I can't figure out how to stop it being loaded into memory).
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the tab setting program would be able to add it back in, but I'm unsure if it will fix your problem. Did you look for the process and kill it by commandline?
ps -ef
kill -9
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im not exactly sure but cant you just rename it with a "." in front of it to make it hidden?
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Allow me to piggyback a related question: how do you get back an application that you've deleted from your home menus? I know that you can reset the menus to their factory state, but I've done a lot of customizing of icons and whatnot, so I'd prefer not to have to do that. Is there some file somewhere that I can just move back into the apps folder? (I deleted the translation program from my menu before remembering to uncheck the caching option for it, and now I can't figure out how to stop it being loaded into memory).
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ahh, the preload question, look at Launcher.conf you'll see a list of apps that are preloaded, just edit it with vim, vi, or whatever you use for an editor
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ahh, the preload question, look at Launcher.conf you'll see a list of apps that are preloaded, just edit it with vim, vi, or whatever you use for an editor
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I see a Launcher.conf in QtPalmtop/defconf/ but it only has an entry for wallpaper, no programs. Is that the right file? And am I correct in thinking that the "translator" process is for the Japanese-English translation program?
the tab setting program would be able to add it back in, but I'm unsure if it will fix your problem. Did you look for the process and kill it by commandline?
ps -ef
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If I can just get the program back in the home menu, I can "tap and hold" and turn off caching. Killing it from the command line works until I reboot, and then it comes back.
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All the default .desktop files are stored in /root/.home_default.tar (actually it holds the default files in /home)
If you want a single file and you are a windows user then the easiest thing is to copy the tar file to windows and extract it using winzip.
Or if you are comfortabel on the CLI then use tar xf /root/.home_default.tar /home/QtPalmtop/apps/<Tab name>/<program name>.desktop (replacing <tab name> and <program nane> with the correct names) to extract a single file.
Stu
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/home/zaurus/settings/Launcher.conf
is where you want to look
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/home/zaurus/settings/Launcher.conf
is where you want to look
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Got it. Thanks!
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I found a Japanese program called PreloadMgr (http://www2.gol.com/users/ikezawa/zaurus/preloadmgr.html) that allows you to view and edit which apps are set to be loaded into memory. That might have worked for the question I was asking. I don't think there is an English version though.