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diff --git a/docs/usermanual/installation.sgm b/docs/usermanual/installation.sgm index 24d973f..ce1d07b 100644 --- a/docs/usermanual/installation.sgm +++ b/docs/usermanual/installation.sgm @@ -1,11 +1,29 @@ <chapter><title>Installation</title> <section><title>&ipaq;</title> <para> -To install &opie; on an &ipaq;, you will need a recent Familiar installation (i.e. -install the Familiar "bootstrap" image, and do not install task-complete or task-x), -go to http://familiar.handhelds.org to get the latest version, and to get installation -instructions (again, stop after the initial boot and do not install X, as it is not -necessary, and will only take up space). +To install &opie; on an &ipaq;, a recent Familiar installation will be needed. Go to +the Familiar project homepage (http://familiar.handhelds.org) to download the latest +version of the "bootstrap" image (do not install the bootstrap-opie or bootstrap-gpe +images). Follow the instructions on the Familiar website to install the image. Do not +install the task-complete or task-x packages as they are not needed to run &opie; and +will unnecessarily occupy space on the &ipaq;. +</para> + +<para> +A network connection needs to be configured on the &ipaq; in order to download the +&opie; packages from the feed. The Familiar site provides instructions for connecting +to the Internet in a variety of ways. +</para> + +<para> +&opie; requires the libpng3 package to be installed. Prior to installing &opie;, ensure +that this package is installed. It is available in the Familiar feed and can be installed +by running this command: +<informalexample> +<literallayout> + ipkg install libpng3 +</literallayout> +</informalexample> </para> <note> @@ -16,9 +34,8 @@ attempting to install &opie;. </para> </note> <para> -Once you have Familiar installed, set up a network connection between your &ipaq; -and the ouside world (again, see the Familiar site for instructions on this), -and then run this command: +Once you have Familiar installed (including libpng3), and the network connection +between the &ipaq; and the outside world, run the following command: <informalexample> <literallayout> echo src opie "http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/ipaq/unstable/" \ @@ -44,16 +61,6 @@ finally, start &opie; with: </literallayout> </informalexample> </para> - -<para> -&opie; should now be running (if you should have to reboot, which is rare, &opie; -will start automatically). From here, you can use either the "Packages" -application in the Settings tab, or run ipkg from the command line to install -other &opie; applications. Check out the various task-opie-* packages to install -various sets of applications all at once (you can always uninstall individual -applications individually). You will probably want to install opie-embeddedkonsole -or opie-console first, so you have access to the command line in &opie;. -</para> </section> <section><title>&zaurus;</title> @@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ installed. <para> Another option is to replace the default &zaurus; ROM with the OpenZaurus -ROM. OpenZaurus is a openly developed Linux distribution designed to run on the +ROM image. OpenZaurus is a openly developed Linux distribution designed to run on the &zaurus;, and uses &opie; as its default user interface. For more information and installation instructions, please visit their site, http://www.openzaurus.org/. </para> |