How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxCoMyT8hd8


I do all the steps
But I press up it takes me back and I'm doing a new phase
Someone happened to him so he can help me???

Thanks

Re: y i cant di this .......install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

This functionality (red pill mode) was disabled in the latest firmware. You now need to install rootsh (from App manager), then in X Terminal run:
You'll need to fill in the appropriate filename and path there (the default path to save downloaded files on the phone is /home/user/MyDocs).

Re: y i cant di this .......install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

Listen my friend I do everything you wrote and what I saw others had written
And it's not working, I will explain
I download the file to N900 \ Documents
I installed ROOTSH
Then I write on X TERM
What you wrote but it gives me an error no such file to this location
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

Re: y i cant di this .......install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

Show us exactly what you wrote in xterm. It needs to be exactly right, including correct case (mydocs isn't MyDocs for example).

Re: y i cant di this .......install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

The path for the file is
/home/user/MyDocs/Documents

So either

then

or

Cheers

Re: y i cant di this .......install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

Documents is what fthe file manager shows, the actual directory is called .documents I think (do not have an N900 so not sure, might be .Documents, and yes that dot in the beginning is important)

Re: y i cant di this .......install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

actually, it should be
unix file paths are case sensitive!

Re: y i cant di this .......install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

.Documents works aswell. But you are right!!:) Writing this quickly on N900 few typos..

Re: y i cant di this .......install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

hm i never bothered to try, but .Documents indeed works. that's probably due to the VFAT filesystem on MyDocs.

Re: y i cant di this .......install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

instead of changing directory and confusing the poor guy

sudo gainroot
dpkg -i MyDocs/.documents/filename.deb

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

Thread renamed and moved in the right category.

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

Thanks everyone
Helped me a lot :)

dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/.Documents/filename.deb :o

:)))) :D

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

this will help me too. thanks all will bookmark

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

can you any body tell me please i am trying to install deb file i typed dpkg-i/Mydocs/.Documents/com.deb but error coming "/bin/sh: dpkg-i/mydocs/.Documents/com.deb: not found

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

It need to have spaces enter the following code and where it says filename substitute that for the name of your file that you want to install. That is if the file you have is in your Documents folder. This is the default folder that shows up when you click on N900 icon in file manager then the documents folder. If it is in just the main folder (MyDocs) ie the first one that shows up when you click on N900 in file manager then just use /MyDocs/filename.deb.

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

That's not going to work (you've got an extra / at the start) - you need:

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

if you put a / at the front (as first character), the path is absolute, i.e. relative to the root directory. but the full path would be /home/user/MyDocs/.documents

when you start xterm, and type "sudo gainroot", your current path is /home/user. to specify paths relative to the current directory it must not start with / :

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

finaley i tried but one more error came "package architecture (iphoneos-arm) does not match system ( armel )
error wer encountered while processing MyDocs/.documents /com.deb
Actualey i downloaded in net "com.deb" this one for Iphone Mobil dailer
this will not support for N900 ? B'coz File extension was deb
please advise

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

no, it won't. that's like unpacking a .zip with a linux program under windows. you can unpack it, but not do anything with it.

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

dear Subcore
can you tell me any mobile dailer will suppor for N900 b'coz i want talk to india from dubai i am serching but not getting
i will thankful you to

Re: How to install .deb files in Nokia N900
 

if you are talking about Voice over IP or SIP, that is a built-in functionality.

i don't use it, but you should be able to create a SIP account via "settings / VoIP and IM accounts / new".