Problems With Package Manager

[DrHok]

I failed to install a couple of packages on my SIMpad with opensimpad-0.9.0rc1_opieXXL.jffs2 .

As recommended in some previous post, I tried to upgrade the package manager first.

Then I selected some packages (which leads me to the question: where can I get information about the packages; sometimes the name just doesn't tell me anything).

After telling the package manager to start, I left the Pad alone, and when I returned after some minutes, the package manager was terminated with SIGKILL.

Some of the selected packages were installed, others weren't.

On another attempt, it terminated with SIGSEGV.

I have no idea what went wrong, nor did I find any diagnostic output: dmesg doesn't contain anything related; there is no /var/log/messages.

Did anyone observe similar things?

BTW: There is one bad line in /etc/ipkg.conf:
it points to
http://openzaurus.org/official/unstable/0.9.0-rc1/feed/opie
instead of
http://openzaurus.org/official/unstable/3.5.2/feed/opie

And: Is there a way to do a local package installation, i.e. download all feeds to a CF card and install from there? I tried, but didn't succeed. Luckily, I ebayed an old network card, so I could install via network.

[Greg2]

DrHok

I don't have a simpad but with the 'OE- bitbake' build system it should be the same as my zaurus and ipaq. So the following is really just a guess but I think it will work for you.

First I believe there's a memory leak in the gui package manager so you can only install about 2 apps at once... or use the command line.

This is an example of how you would edit your ipkg.conf for a feed on your CF-card for 3.5.2 but for 3.5.3 you must change the /mnt to /media:

src opie file:///mnt/cf/opie/
src base file:///mnt/cf/base/
src libs file:///mnt/cf/libs/

and whatever else you need from the feeds...

Of course you have to name the directories accordingly on your CF-card and you must have the package files in the same directories.

You can find more information about the package in the package file, or hold your stylus on the package name in the gui package manager for about 2 seconds and it will open with the information.

Greg