[maemo-developers] New developer tools and an Introduction

[From: juha.kallioinen at nokia.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Larry Battraw
>   Hi Juha, what is the sources.list/repo line we need to add 
> to gain access to these utilities?  I've hacked on mine quite 
> a bit and am obviously missing something.  It might be good 
> to add to the page for those of us missing it.

Hi Larry and John, sorry for the delay in response!

This will answer the question both of you had, so John I hope you don't
mind me answering also your question in this reply?

These tools can be found in the standard maemo repository:

Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/
Distribution: bora
Components: free non-free 

Currently these tools are not visible in the application manager by
default [1], but you can install them with apt-get from the command
line. If you are using apt-get then remember to

 $ apt-get update

first before trying to look for the new tools. Also all of these tools
are command-line based, so you'll need to have a terminal (like
osso-xterm) installed.

I'm not entirely sure that all of these tools are 'safe' enough to be
visible in application manager by default, but that's debatable :-)

John, yes I think I can try to clarify this bit in the installation
section of the tools index page.


[1] You can activate the "red pill mode" in application manager. This
will make these tools and a lot of other applications visible in the
application manager. Read more about it in the application manager
garage pages:

http://hildon-app-mgr.garage.maemo.org/redpill.html


Cheers,
 Juha

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Juha Kallioinen