From c5f02434b4678f4bcd16cdcd6fe614ef14756acb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: drw Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 02:04:16 +0000 Subject: Starting to update user manual --- (limited to 'docs/usermanual') diff --git a/docs/usermanual/installation.sgm b/docs/usermanual/installation.sgm index 9849965..24d973f 100644 --- a/docs/usermanual/installation.sgm +++ b/docs/usermanual/installation.sgm @@ -1,27 +1,27 @@ Installation
&ipaq; -To install opie on an &ipaq;, you will need a fresh Familiar installation (ie, -install Familiar, and stop before you do ipkg install task-complete or ipkg -install 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;, 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). -If you had qpe/qtopia installed previously, -completely remove it, and remove the src line for it from -your /etc/ipkg.conf file before attempting to install opie. +If you had QPE/QTopia installed previously, completely remove +it, and then remove the source line for that feed from your /etc/ipkg.conf file before +attempting to install &opie;. -Once you have Familiar installed, set up a network connection between your $ipaq; +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: - echo src opie "http://131.152.105.154/feeds/ipaq/unstable/" \ + echo src opie "http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/ipaq/unstable/" \ >> /etc/ipkg.conf @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ then, run: If you have a 3100 or 3800 series &ipaq;, run: - ipkg install qt-embedded-rotation + ipkg install libqt2-emb-fonts finally, start &opie; with: @@ -47,21 +47,27 @@ finally, start &opie; with: &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 "Software" +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; apps. Check out the various task-opie-* ipkgs to install various sets -of apps at once (you can always uninstall individual apps individually). You -will probably want to install opie-embeddedkonsole first, so you have access to -the command line in &opie;. +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;.
&zaurus; -To completely install &opie; on the &zaurus;, you will have to install OpenZaurus, -which includes &opie;. However, individual &opie; applications will work fine on the -default &zaurus; rom. Do not install &opie;'s launcher on a default &zaurus; ROM -though. +&opie; applications will install and run on the default &zaurus; ROM with no problems, +except for Launcher. It is not compatible with the default ROM, and should not be +installed. + + + +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 +&zaurus;, and uses &opie; as its default user interface. For more information and +installation instructions, please visit their site, http://www.openzaurus.org/.
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