portabase for pdaxrom

[ftegen]

Has anybody tried to get the portabase software running on the newest version of pdaxrom (http://portabase.sourceforge.net)? Is it possible to compile it for that ROM? I´m new to linux and therefore don´t know the possibilities very well.

Thanks!
Florian

[danr]

Hi Florian,

I've just uploaded an ipk for Portabase 1.9 for pdaxrom to this site, so hopefully it will be a download available in the download section soon.

It's my first ipk so hope it works!

Regards,

Daniel

[wmadan]

Daniel,

Where in the downloads section is it?

Bill

[danr]

Daniel,

Where in the downloads section is it?

Bill

I tried posting it to the X11_Packages Applications area but it hasn't shown up there yet.  Probably needs a moderator to check the file first or something.

Daniel

[wmadan]

Daniel,

While we're waiting for the ipkg to show up, what version of pdaxrom did you compile it for?

Bill

[danr]

Daniel,

While we're waiting for the ipkg to show up, what version of pdaxrom did you compile it for?

Bill

I used the latest SDK (1.0.5), so it works with the latest version of Kathrin (RC2).

The ipk is only 455 KB, so I could email the file to anyone who can post it somewhere for download (I have sporadic internet access at the moment.)

Daniel

[wmadan]

Daniel.

I just saw that your ipkg is now in the downloads section.

I'll give it a go and will let you know how it goes.

Bill

[wmadan]

Daniel,

I downloaded your Portabase ipk, installed it and it ran from the console. Great work! This one application was keeping me tied to Qtopia, but no longer!

This might seem a little dumb to ask, but how can I get an icon to show up on the desktop so I can run it from there?

Bill

[SteelMyst]

Create a file called portabase.desktop in /usr/share/applications. Put the following in the file.

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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Portabase
Exec=portabase
Icon=portabase.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Office
StartupNotify=true
Encoding=UTF-8
I copied the icon from /mnt/user/usr/share/portabase/icons to /usr/share/pixmaps. A symlink would work too.  I made the file by copying one of the other .desktop files and changing the relavent information. One note about these files. The binary needs to be in a directory listed in your path statement.

Oh, the Categories field controls which desktop folder it goes into.



Nick