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The very, very, very noob question...

Hi all, I am waiting for my new N900.
I haven't used or developed in Maemo till now.
I am reading a lot of docs, but I have a question.
I was looking for an unrar application and I found this one:
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/unrar/

I open the .install file and i read:

Code:

[install]

catalogues = extras

package = unrar



[extras]

name = Extras

uri = http://repository.maemo.org/extras/

components = free non-free

Now, I presume that clicking on this file will install unrar on the tablet, but how can it find the right file?

If I browse to http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ I cannot find "unrar" or "free non-free" folder or whatever.
So, where is the real file located?
How does this architecture work?

TIA

Luca

Re: The very, very, very noob question...

You need to browse to distribution first (in this case, 4.1 as it's OS2008).

http://repository.maemo.org/extras/p...unrar-nonfree/

Re: The very, very, very noob question...

Quote:

Originally Posted by lmerega (Post 352862)

Hi all, I am waiting for my new N900.
I open the .install file and i read:

Code:

uri = http://repository.maemo.org/extras/

This is an apt repository and it is organized as such. Some documentation regarding its structure can be found here:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re...-howto.en.html

In general, when you know your distribution (e.g. fremantle) you can find package information in:
http://repository.maemo.org/extras/d.../binary-armel/
(assuming that you use the armel architecture - which is the architecture of N8x0/N900)

Packages are stored under pool/ :
http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/fremantle/free/

Re: The very, very, very noob question...

Thanks, very clear now :)
You really know every number :)