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Originally Posted by Shining One
Are you saying I should just extract kindle-python-0.15.N-r18870.tar.xz and kindle-linkss-0.25.N-r18870.tar.xz directly into the extensions directory?
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You seem not to have a good grasp of what goes where & what does what job.
"extensions" directory is the place for KUAL extension files.
Python and ScreenSaver hack aren't KUAL extensions (SS hack does add a KUAL extension that is used to configure it, but that job is done by bin installer not the end user).
"mrpackages" directory is the place where you put stuff that is
packaged as update_whatever.bin installer file.
MRPI/MR Package Installer is a script / program (that is packaged as a KUAL extension) used to install MobileRead's custom, hacky stuff packaged into update_whatever.bin. When started (via ';log mrpi' shortcut thing or from KUAL once you have KUAL installed) it check the content of that "mrpackages" directory and finds all you update_*.bin files that you put there
if there is any and starts installing them.
So any .bin installer other than the official firmware updates downloaded from Amazon's website and "hotfix" package are to be copied over to that "mrpackages" directory on the Kindle device and installed by using MRPI. Those two exceptions (official Amazon installers and specialy packaged "hotfix") I've just mentioned are installed using "Update your Kindle" option in Kindle UI.
If you copy your python hack and the rest into the wrong place (like "extensions" directory ) of course doing ';log mrpi' will not install them.
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Originally Posted by Shining One
I copied the kual-mrinstaller-1.7.N-r18896.tar.xz file to Kindle and extracted it there per instructions.
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Then you didn't understand the instructions. You don't need and shouldn't copy over to Kindle those archive files (be they .tar.xz, zip. rar, .7z). You should extract them on your computer and transfer only the (part of) contents that is needed for your device: in case of hacks that are packaged into .bin installer file from the whole archive content you in most cases only need and use one file. As in you would copy only bin file that has "install" in its filename not copy it and also the one with "uninstall" in its filename
In case of python package you use two bin files: one for python 2 and one for python 3. In case of say KUAL you would use "Update_KUALBooklet_e3deabf_install.bin". Hacks such as that python one have multiple installer packages that target different Kindle devices where common cut off is model before PW2 or after PW2.