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Originally Posted by dpnk44 View Post
Can someone please just help me! I am a novice user of the N900, I have tried and tried to 'decipher' what the hell most of the posts are about and it seems that no existing threads are basic enough for me to understand what to do...

...I am trying to install the ScummVM emulator to my N900. I understand that there is no prizes for helping anyone out but I really need some advice on how to do this. There are no YouTube tutorials on how to do what I need to do, or even a basic part of it, let alone any easy to understand method written on any of these threads.

What I understand so far is I must install the files via the X Terminal. I have already installed the ScummVM file to my Documents Folder and I am trying to install it using the following command:

dpkg -i /home/user/Documents/scummvm_1 .0.0_armel.deb

the result of this reads:

dpkg: unknown option -/

Type dpkg --help for help about intalling and deinstalling
ackages[*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-user friendly package manage
ent;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files
Type dpkg --licence for copyright license and lack of warran
y (GNU GPL)[*].

Options marked[*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through
`less' or `more' !
~ $

All of which I have no clue about.

I have read in other posts that I must enter sudo gainroot before I can use X Terminal for installations however I only get the following response for this command:

Enable RD mode if you want to break your device
~ $

I can't find any step by step guide in how to enable RD mode, or even why I would need to do this...

...all i want is for someone to help me! I appreciate that many of you are just thinking 'get lost n00b' but I thought the point of these forums was to share your knowledge and help people if you can!
Try to write the commandline again OR use copy/paste on Your own line posted...

Instructions on copy/paste are below in my sig... (in terminal press the upper bar and "paste")...

BTW, why not just use the ScummVM in extras-devel (should be the same - only working better + optified - it's version 1.0.4)...? Enable extras-devel, install, and disable it again!

EDIT -> OR use the package here...
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Last edited by DrWilken; 2010-01-03 at 15:17.
 

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