Thread: Getting started on Maemo 5 in Windows 7
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Nathan is offline Nathan
2009-09-17 , 00:22
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#111
Originally Posted by lostinmirkwood View Post
Another newbie question:

With Scratchbox and Xephyr running I can see the basic desktop (with the green PS3 looking background). If I click on Application Manager and and then select catalogues there is a "NEW" button that launches the Add-a-catalogue form.

I've tried adding a repository but it doesn't seem to save it; so now I have a few questions.
Known bug in Beta 2.

1. Should I be able to load a catalogue in the SDK? If so How?

2. Can I hand edit it? I expected that the contents of the /etc/apt/sources.list would be loaded here. (I've even used the red pill)
Yes, you can hand edit it while logged in the scratchbox.

3. Is it wrong for me to expect other applications to be loaded (contacts, calendar, etc) I realize this is a Development environment for our code, but I would assume you could still connect to other repositories just for testing learning purposes.

4. Do I not have the Fremantle Extras loaded correctly? If I go to
http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d...remantle/free/ with my browser I see a pile of apps and libraries. Do I have to explicitly Make and Install these?
Nothing is pre-installed as far as I know; however you can look at that url to find applications.

Then while in the X86 scratchbox use "apt-get install" application as long as their is a version of the application ends with a i386 it will install and run. For instance I used "apt-get install eightyone" in the x86 scratchbox and then when I click the "Applications" now, I show that as a runnable application inside my maemo emulated device. Otherwise you can download the source (if it is supplied) and compile it in the scratchbox and then run it. But for initial playing you can play with eightyone.

Nathan