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Originally Posted by aaiken721 View Post
okay, you all will have to bear with me as i am very new to all of this. I think i am going to need someone to walk me through the steps necessary to install a program onto my 770 (particularly maemo mapper)...please help!!
Welcome to the club.

Basically, there are two ways to install a program to your 770. You can either download a .deb file (a package) and install it directly (by clicking on a link in your browser and selecting "Open"), or you can use a repository and install via the Application Manager's UI. The latter is preferred because it will handle dependency resolution for you (the former does not).

A ".install" file is a sort-of "automatic" means to use the repository (and thus deal with dependency issues like the one you're currently having). By clicking on a .install link in your browser and selecting "Open" (similar to the "direct install" method described above), a repository is automatically set up for you, and the corresponding application is also selected for installation.

Use the following link to download the .install file for Maemo Mapper:

http://www.gnuite.com/nokia770/maemo-mapper.install

Using the .install file should solve your dependency problem.