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Title: Mozilla on the 5500
Post by: ajaustin on November 12, 2003, 03:10:27 pm

I am quite new to the Zaurus - I have a 5500.

I would like to install Mozilla - am I being foolish?

I found a set of ipkgs here: http://ipkgfind.handhelds.org/ (http://ipkgfind.handhelds.org/) which include several components needed to run Mozilla.  I downloaded some of them but ran into a few anomalies:

1.  Some of the packages did not show up in Add/Remove software even though the file names ended in arm.ipkg.

2.  I tried installing the package for libc6 from a command prompt:

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ipkg install libc6.....arm.pkg but it said that I needed to install an update to dpkg first.

3.  Some other packages that I tried to install from a command prompt gave the error:

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not in gzip format unexpected end of file

Can anyone offer any advice on any of these items.

Thanks.

Tony

Title: Mozilla on the 5500
Post by: tumnus on November 13, 2003, 04:31:13 am

Many of the packages on handhelds.org is for the iPAQ, which uses OPIE that in turn uses a slightly different package format, which is not compatible with the Sharp ROMs. This is why some packages do not show.

I wouldn\'t bother trying to install Mozilla though. I would be surprised if it ran at all on a PDA. It is so bloated that the normal PC requirements are quite high, so a PDA with limited RAM and a slow CPU has no chance.

If you want a decent browser, upgrade to the Sharp 3.x ROM that has Opera 6. Opera 6 beats any other browser on a PDA hands down.

Title: Mozilla on the 5500
Post by: ajaustin on November 13, 2003, 03:47:48 pm

Thanks for the info.  What I am looking for is an IMAP client, ideally with off-line capability, hence my interest in Mozilla, not so much for the browser and the mail client.  Any ideas?

Having discovered that flashing the ROM is not so hard, I have now flashed to Open Zaurus just to see what is on offer, so I should be able to try some of the OPIE packages.

I can afford just to spend some time playing around with it as I still use my Revo Plus for what I need to do.

The bigger picture is that I am doing some things with Linux mail servers to try to put together an Open Source alternative to M$ Exchange Server.  On the PC desktops I am using various clients which include SquirrelMail (because it\'s customisable), Mozilla Mail (because if can work off-line) and Outlook (because some people insist on it).

The missing piece at the moment is to be able to sync the PDA with the Linux mail (SquirrelMail) system.  A good IMAP client would be a start and then if might just be a case of getting the PDA Calendar to play nicely with SquirrelMail Calendars.

Title: Mozilla on the 5500
Post by: tumnus on November 14, 2003, 03:12:22 am

Doesn\'t the Sharp Email app do what you want?

Anyway, I think OPIE Mail 2 supports IMAP

Title: Mozilla on the 5500
Post by: ajaustin on November 14, 2003, 03:51:06 am

Thanks.  I am looking at OPIE Mail 2 right now.  I\'m sorry, I\'m still finding my way around.