Re: [iPAQ] Wish List

Tom_Kirksey@ingersoll-rand.com writes:
> Is it possible to use "apt-get" on the skiff? Is the Debian code set up
> there? I don't have an ethernet card and USB networking looks like it
> might take another couple of weeks to be totally useable.
>
> If apt-get won't work on the skiff, would you be willing to "take requests"
> for binaries from the Debian ARM code? That stuff looks like a gold mine!

Of course, if anyone suggests what may be a good program, I'll pull it
down if it interests me as well.

But, even without the Debian setup, you can get binaries out of
Debian-arm quite easily. Just do the following:

        1) Download the .deb file of interest from:

                ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-arm/

                or better yet, from a closer/faster mirror.

        2) Use "alien --to-tgz" to convert the .deb to a tar file.

                http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/

        3) Untar the file and grab the binary of interest

-Carl

PS. Of course, you don't want to forget:

        4) Keep everyone posted on the list about successes and
           failures!
Received on Fri Oct 6 10:19:01 2000