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12.17.07 - 06:17pm

I have created debian installer packages (.deb files) for armel and i386 for the builds I blogged about several weeks ago. You can download these directly for the i386 scratchbox or armel based device running OS2008. Once you’ve downloaded the .deb file, you can install it by running the following command as root:

# dpkg -i minefield_1.9-1_(i386 or armel).deb

Alternatively, you  can add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://people.mozilla.com/~blassey/ chinook extras
deb-src http://people.mozilla.com/~blassey/ chinook extras

which will allow you to install minefield (from a root terminal) with:

# apt-get install minefield

or build with:

$ apt-get source minefield
$ cd minefield-1.9
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

See http://maemo.org/development/tools/#apt-example for more details.  Also, I should note that these packages don’t wok with the graphical Application Manager.  I assume this is because they are not signed.

There are lots of bugs. The virtual keyboard issue has been partially resolved, but there are still focus issues (hint: if they keyboard is not responding, try pressing left or right on the directional pad).  Still, I think its an exciting start and an interesting data point.  I encourage everyone who owns an n800 or N810 to download and try it.  Let us know what you think, but keep in mind this is not a release.  Just what I’ve hacked together for your enjoyment.

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  1. scott {Thursday January 10, 2008 @ 3:47 pm}

    hi, i’ve downloaded the deb file onto my n810
    and tried to install as root using dpkg but i’m
    getting an error about it not being a valid debian
    package

  2. blassey {Thursday January 10, 2008 @ 5:40 pm}

    Hi Scott,

    I just removed the installation from my n800 and reinstalled without a problem. I don’t have an n810 to try it with, so would you mind emailing me the command line output with the error? Also, there are more up to date builds from the tinderbox here:
    http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/dists/chinook/extras/binary-armel/minefield_1.9-1_armel.deb

    Perhaps, you can try that package as well.

  3. Ernie {Tuesday January 15, 2008 @ 8:53 pm}

    I had to use the “apt-get” method to get it to install, downloading the deb file and trying dkpg gives an error saying its not a valid deb file.

  4. Yasin Abbas {Wednesday March 19, 2008 @ 8:13 am}

    Hi Brad

    Could you post up teh public gpg key for the repo so we can add it to apt-keys to stop it complaining :)

    Just makes things nice is all.

    Many Thanks

    yabbas

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