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The webOS community asks that users who have obtained access to the Linux subsystem install a standard set of software to ensure everyone has the necessary tools in place to use the resources the community is providing. | The webOS community asks that users who have obtained access to the Linux subsystem install a standard set of software to ensure everyone has the necessary tools in place to use the resources the community is providing. | ||
Revision as of 16:45, 20 July 2009
The old, manual setup of Optware and users can be found here.
Automated Setup of Optware, Users and Access
The webOS community asks that users who have obtained access to the Linux subsystem install a standard set of software to ensure everyone has the necessary tools in place to use the resources the community is providing.
In particular, this includes the Optware package manager. Palm's webOS uses the ipkg package manager internally. The community has a version of ipkg called ipkg-opt which accesses the Optware library of over 1300 Linux programs available for installation on the Pre.
Palm has indicated that they have no intention of using the /opt directory, so we direct our installs to /opt/bin rather than /bin to avoid being overwritten by future Palm software upgrades.
In addition, the standard package creates a non-root user, installs sudo, and includes an SSH program (dropbear) and an sftp program.
For your convenience, we've packaged all this up into a simple script.
After completing the process of obtaining access to your Pre, do the following:
Type each line exactly as it appears. Copying and pasting is probably a good idea.
Note to Windows Putty users: To paste in putty, simply right-click and the program pastes into the terminal whatever you have copied to the clipboard.
cd /tmp wget http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/bootstrap/blobs/raw/master/optware-bootstrap.sh sh optware-bootstrap.sh
Follow the on-screen instructions.
If you want to review the script before you run it, you can look here:
http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/bootstrap/blobs/master/optware-bootstrap.sh
Optionally, you can then install the quilt patch manager which allows multiple-file patches. (Yes, the pun was intentional. Quilt manages multiple patches.) This installation process has also been packaged into a simple script. It will install quilt, and all of its dependencies, and create a local clone of the WebOS-Internals patch repository.
Again, type each line exactly as it appears. Copying and pasting is probably a good idea.
cd /tmp wget http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/bootstrap/blobs/raw/master/quilt-bootstrap.sh sh quilt-bootstrap.sh
If you want to review the script before you run it, you can look here:
http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/bootstrap/blobs/master/quilt-bootstrap.sh