iLiad I have apt-get working

scotty1024 · 10-24-2006, 12:06 AM

I got my debian bootstrap to the point where it can now apt-get.

Life is on easy streets now boys.

TadW · 10-24-2006, 04:57 AM

Congrats Scotty!

Do you mind posting a step by step instruction how you did it?

arivero · 10-24-2006, 07:20 AM

on the same token, I think everybody has noticed that wget is available in the iLiad default OS.

scotty1024 · 10-24-2006, 01:47 PM

Yes but wget doesn't do dependency trees and pull all the goodies for you, apt-get does.

The thing that makes me hesitant about documenting apt-get is that if you don't set up the memory card... you'll fill your root filesystem faster than you can say "oh no!" doing something like "apt-get emacs".

thijso · 02-14-2009, 12:41 PM

Wow.. old post...

I am *really* interested to know what became of this. Do I understand correctly that you got a system working where you could just apt-get install stuff on the iliad, scotty1024?

I have seen teasers scattered all over the place about a running emacs on iliad, and here a working apt-get. Anybody have more info about this?

Currently my interest is in getting perl running on the iliad (and maybe a common lisp implementation, just for fun

, and being able to just do apt-get install perl would be great. But also a real bash shell, and a ton of other apps that are available to debian at the moment already.

Antartica · 02-15-2009, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by thijso

I am *really* interested to know what became of this. Do I understand correctly that you got a system working where you could just apt-get install stuff on the iliad, scotty1024?

Creating a debian chroot in any ARM device is really simple. You only have to create a tarball of the filesystem of another ARM device (nslu2 with Debian ARM installed, i.e.) and put that in a CF os SD card. Then chroot to it and it's done.

If you don't have a Debian ARM device liying somewhere in your house, you have to create a debian chroot using debootstrap. Take care that you want to select the arm architecture, not the newer armel one (it requires a somwhat recent 2.6 kernel to work, and the iliad still uses a 2.4 kernel).

A third alternative is using the zaurus-debian-*.tgz from http://pocketworkstation.org/, but it is a rather old debian (woody? sarge?), and you would have to fix /etc/apt/sources.list and dist-upgrade to the latest.

Note: I myself have a slug with debian etch, and a zaurus with debian in a chroot, but it is a very "dirty" installation and not very reasonable to distribute :-/.

thijso · 02-20-2009, 02:35 AM

Hmmm, thanks for that info Antartica. That sounds a lot easier than I thought. But I was under the impression that Scotty had it running more or less in or next to the root install on the iliad. Your explanation sounds a lot more sane.

And as I've done quite a few debootstraps on other machines I should be able to get somewhere... Thanks!

10-24-2006, 12:06 AM	#1
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	I have apt-get working I got my debian bootstrap to the point where it can now apt-get. Life is on easy streets now boys.

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10-24-2006, 04:57 AM	#2
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Congrats Scotty! Do you mind posting a step by step instruction how you did it?

10-24-2006, 07:20 AM	#3
arivero Guru Posts: 607 Karma: 2157 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: NCR3125, Nokia 770,...	on the same token, I think everybody has noticed that wget is available in the iLiad default OS.

10-24-2006, 01:47 PM	#4
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	Yes but wget doesn't do dependency trees and pull all the goodies for you, apt-get does. The thing that makes me hesitant about documenting apt-get is that if you don't set up the memory card... you'll fill your root filesystem faster than you can say "oh no!" doing something like "apt-get emacs".

02-14-2009, 12:41 PM	#5
thijso Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, iRex iLiad book ed, Onyx Boox M92	Wow.. old post... I am really interested to know what became of this. Do I understand correctly that you got a system working where you could just apt-get install stuff on the iliad, scotty1024? I have seen teasers scattered all over the place about a running emacs on iliad, and here a working apt-get. Anybody have more info about this? Currently my interest is in getting perl running on the iliad (and maybe a common lisp implementation, just for fun , and being able to just do apt-get install perl would be great. But also a real bash shell, and a ton of other apps that are available to debian at the moment already.

02-20-2009, 02:35 AM	#7
thijso Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, iRex iLiad book ed, Onyx Boox M92	Hmmm, thanks for that info Antartica. That sounds a lot easier than I thought. But I was under the impression that Scotty had it running more or less in or next to the root install on the iliad. Your explanation sounds a lot more sane. And as I've done quite a few debootstraps on other machines I should be able to get somewhere... Thanks!

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