A Problem of beginner.
 

Hi
I bought a n900 yesterday, and now I try to install a program, and it doesn't work.
I wrote like that.

~$ sudo gainroot
# tar -zxvf <filename>
# cd <directory>
# more INSTALL
# ./configure
Permission denied

Why did i have a such message?
I worked as a root :(
Is there anybodyelse to help me?
I'm a beginner of Liux.
I'm learning now.

Re: A Problem of beginner.
 

I'm a beginner in Linux as well, but I believe that you don't have full root access to the phone until you download the app "Rootsh" from the Repositories. I haven't tried going root with my phone(just try to learn the top level consumer options first), so I'm not 100% this is correct.

Re: A Problem of beginner.
 

you are trying to compile an application, you're not trying to install anything.

Re: A Problem of beginner.
 

ok....now what can i do, if i want to install that thing on my n900?

Re: A Problem of beginner.
 

hi
thanks for your reply.
But i've already installed a rootsh. :(

Re: A Problem of beginner.
 

If you want to install something you should do it from the app manager. It seems that you're trying to compile a program. What are you actually trying to install? As you said that you're a beginner, I'd suggest you'd stick with extras applications first.

Re: A Problem of beginner.
 

What directory did you extract it to? The MyDocs directory (and the /media/mmc1) are FAT32 formatted so aren't suitable for this.

Re: A Problem of beginner.
 

you need to install maemo sdk to your computer, compile the software there (it is at least near impossible with n900), package the application, transfer to n900 and after that:

dpkg -i packagename.deb

more info can be found at:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Category:Development