Debian On Pdaxrom

[Chero]

hello cyberwolf

first i want thank you for this great idea

to have the two systems is intresting

but i want to knew if the feeds for debian-system are already compiled as for pdaxrom or we have the compile them our selfs (what is diffcult for me as i am not a developper)

if yes please tell us where the find the compiled feeds


thanks

Hello,

Is your Z connected to the internet ? If yes, then :

From a Aterm in pdax :
# Crd bash
zaurus:/# apt-get update (downloads the list with installable packages)

You could do :
zaurus:/# apt-get upgrade (renews all apps, libs, ... to their current version - this takes quite a while)

To install apps :
zaurus:/# apt-get install ThePackageYouWant

I did :
zaurus:/# apt-get install synaptic
zaurus:/# synaptic (this runs a package manager with a graphical user interface where you can browse the installable packages - you can also see where the feed is)

After installation process I do :
zaurus:/# /INSTALL.d/debroot/usr/local/bin/debshrink -a
zaurus:/# /INSTALL.d/debroot/usr/local/bin/debshrink -s
this clears the downloaded package-files, which you don't need anymore after installing. (just to free up some disk-space)

Hope this helps
good luck,
Chero.

[freebird]

thanks chero

but my Z is not connected to the internet

can you give me the adress for download

in fact my goal is to install openoffice


cheers  

[pgas]

The requirements on the open office site are:

Pentium compatible PC, 64 MB RAM, 300 MB available hard disk space

X server and graphics card capable of 800x600 resolution

Knowing that a PC (allmost) allways use swap for extra memory, I think OO will be a bit too much for the Zaurus

[freebird]

HI PEGAS

please find this message posted in ipk "about openoffice"

Dec 6 2004, 01:48 AM   



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 can it run openoffice 1.1 on Z in padXrom?
openoffice1.1 for linux PDA, i s good. its size is 88Mb.
know anyone it?
i need real-office-software very much

it seems that the requirment is less than what you wrote

cheers

[freebird]

degas

can you have look at this adress

http://porting.openoffice.org/linuxppc/ppclinks.html

it is openoffice for linux pda

thanks

[pgas]

can you have look at this adress

http://porting.openoffice.org/linuxppc/ppclinks.html

it is openoffice for linux pda

Sorry to disappoint you, but it is open office for ppc linux = linux running on powerpc processor  ie mostly Apple Mac running Linux.

the 88 megs is the size of the gzipped installation archive.

I really think  that OO, if it is possible to run it , won't be usable on the Z.

But you are free to try, if you look at the  OO porting project page you will see Linux/Arm (which is what the Z is running) listed with a contact  email, maybe someone can try to speak with  this person.

[freebird]

thanks for you help pegas  

scoutme is gonig to tray it

he posted this message in "about openoffice" ipk

Jan 10 2005, 08:44 AM   

going to try it as soon as possible... inative arm software... a rarity 

hope it will work cause gnumeric doesn't support macros.

[scoutme]

can you have look at this adress

http://porting.openoffice.org/linuxppc/ppclinks.html

it is openoffice for linux pda

Sorry to disappoint you, but it is open office for ppc linux = linux running on powerpc processor  ie mostly Apple Mac running Linux.

the 88 megs is the size of the gzipped installation archive.

I really think  that OO, if it is possible to run it , won't be usable on the Z.

But you are free to try, if you look at the  OO porting project page you will see Linux/Arm (which is what the Z is running) listed with a contact  email, maybe someone can try to speak with  this person.

incredible...

I was so surprised and enthusiatic that I didn't realize it was POWERPC OO

Having a reduced and optimized directly supported open office suite on my zaurus sounded sooooo nice...

[Chero]

can you have look at this adress

http://porting.openoffice.org/linuxppc/ppclinks.html

it is openoffice for linux pda

Sorry to disappoint you, but it is open office for ppc linux = linux running on powerpc processor  ie mostly Apple Mac running Linux.

the 88 megs is the size of the gzipped installation archive.

I really think  that OO, if it is possible to run it , won't be usable on the Z.

But you are free to try, if you look at the  OO porting project page you will see Linux/Arm (which is what the Z is running) listed with a contact  email, maybe someone can try to speak with  this person.

incredible...

I was so surprised and enthusiatic that I didn't realize it was POWERPC OO

Having a reduced and optimized directly supported open office suite on my zaurus sounded sooooo nice...  

It has been ported, but i can't find it anywhere.
take a look here :
open office porting

- not in the testing feed (the one suggested in the chroot)
- not in the stable
- not in the unstable (it has packages referring to openoffice, but not the package itself)

Maybe somebody else knows where to find it.

Chero.

[pgas]

According to this interview it exists, but the binaries are not in the link provided, and here it says that it exists in the experimental distrib but it is not running in stable...

[Chero]

Maybe this :Openoffice for arm ?

Good luck,
Chero.

[Chero]

I've got openoffice 1.1.4 installed and running on my Z !!!!

More on this subject tomorrow,
Good night,
Chero.

[CyberWolf]

I've got openoffice 1.1.4 installed and running on my Z !!!!

Good! Let us know if you used the deb avaiable on the link you posted or the tar.gz (I hadn't the time to experiment yet...), and of course if it's worth it or not...

Ciao,

Andrea

[scoutme]

yum...

[Chero]

Yep,

About openoffice :
- I used the tar.gz in the link above
- I also used the deb-packages

Here's what I did :
- I unzipped the tar.gz, browsed to the dir with the install files, ran "./setup"
- The screen showed me an unpacking window, then it said installation complete, but no go.
- I tried to install the "bin" deb package, using dpkg. This gave me errors.
- then I did "apt-get -f install" to install all the missing packages the previous commands had been asking for
- after this, I ran "./setup" from the tar.gz again, and this gave me the installation wizard of openoffice
- then i browsed to the dir where i installed it /OpenOffice/program and ran ./soffice

Is it worth it ?
- it takes quite a while to launch, when it's running speed seems ok (knowing that it is a huge full-featured program
- it takes 208Mb after install (and removing the tar.gz)
- i didn't really have time to do a lot with it
- selecting a .xls gives me the spreadsheet, a .doc gives me the text-editor.
- word docs seem ok, the spreadsheet doesn't accept decimal values (maybe now it's time to install the "bin" deb package or maybe it's another lib that isn't working correctly. I'll give it a try later today.

Have fun,
Chero.