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