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Title: Package Installer Problems (again)
Post by: donotresus on October 27, 2004, 03:54:38 pm

Hey,

I've been tackling 3.5.1 since about 12 this afternoon (its now 20.52). I have tried everything and anything to get some software installed, namely xmms-embedded and opie-mediaplayer2.  My problem lies when the package manager (namely aqpkg) tries to link files across a device, I get the following run of errors

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ipkg: Cannot create symlink from ./opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/General/libQPEgui.so to 'libQPEgui.so.1.0. 0': Operation not permitted
ipkg: Cannot create symlink from ./opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/General/libQPEgui.so.1 to 'libQPEgui.so.1. 0.0': Operation not permitted
ipkg: Cannot create symlink from ./opt/QtPalmtop/lib/libxmms.so.1 to 'libxmms.so.1.0.0': Operation n ot permitted
ipkg: Cannot create symlink from ./opt/QtPalmtop/lib/libxmms.so.1.0 to 'libxmms.so.1.0.0': Operation  not permitted

I am at my wits end because I can't find the answer to this at all and can't install any of the software I need for my course (as well as musical enjoyment)

Dave

Title: Package Installer Problems (again)
Post by: donotresus on October 27, 2004, 04:00:48 pm

oops, i should add i am using a zaurus 5500 with the 64-0 zImage, and am trying to install software to the CF ( /mnt/cf )

Title: Package Installer Problems (again)
Post by: lardman on October 27, 2004, 05:34:26 pm

Are you running GPE (which means you're not necessarily root when using ipkg) as this could be the cause of your troubles?

I note there are some spaces in the filenames you've given above:

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libQPEgui.so.1. 0.0

Is this a typo? If not it could also be the problem (but I'm not quite sure how it would have been caused).


Si

Title: Package Installer Problems (again)
Post by: Jcroto1 on October 27, 2004, 06:24:20 pm

Is your card fat formatted?
If it is I dont think that symlinks can be made on that media.  So you could format it to ext or manualy create symlinks to the internal storage.

For example
ln -s /mnt/cf/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/General/libQPEgui.so.1.0.0 /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/General/libQPEgui.so


Hope this solves your problem

btw I dont know of anyone getting opie-mediaplayer2 to work with 3.5.1

Title: Package Installer Problems (again)
Post by: donotresus on October 27, 2004, 07:41:53 pm

my card is most probably a variant of FAT due to the flashing procedure. I shall make i ext2 then try again.

*fingers and toes crossed*

Title: Package Installer Problems (again)
Post by: Jcroto1 on October 27, 2004, 07:53:03 pm

Remember makeing it ext2 will make it unreadable to windows (if you use windows).

Title: Package Installer Problems (again)
Post by: donotresus on October 27, 2004, 08:02:44 pm

what is this 'windows' you speak of