Thread: Debian ARM Packages on N900
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2009-12-09 , 03:20
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Howdy All,

So I just ordered my N900 and I had a few questions I wanted to ask before it gets here so I am ready to start tweaking it out as soon as it gets here

Firstly I caught this blurb on the Wiki page
Debian: The complete ARM Debian distribution can be installed as a Maemo application.[16], making thousands of software packages available (including OpenOffice, Firefox, Java, the GNOME desktop, etc). Debian ARM packages can also be used if they are modified with the maemo-optify tool for example[17])
Is there a howto somewhere of how I go about setting this up so I can start installing applications from it?

Also is there a guide lurking about somewhere about building/compiling FOSS software on the N900? I'm assuming its similar to other *nix distros but I just wanted to be sure (and find out the equivalent of the build-essential package)

Thanks in Advance,
~Jeff