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#21
and the first part gave me couldnt find package, then could not get lock then could not unlock administration directory???????
so i still dont even have unzip installed!
is there no one making apps for the n900 cos i could of unzipped it in 2mins using my old n97, here ive already wasted 4hours on it!
very confused here?
 
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#22
Make sure ALL applications are closed AND you are connected to the internet.

Then type the command - you need to be root user to do this.

cd means Change Directory, just like in Windows you have C:\Program Files etc. etc. in Linux you have /etc, /usr, /home/user (forward slash instead of 'C:\'), so you need to find where you downloaded the file

the internal memory is /home/user/MyDocs (this is 'N900' in File manager)
The memory card is /media/mmc1/
 

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#23
got it bro, still cant unrar tho, i just get
cannot open rar
no files to extract
tried redownloading the rar 3 times @ 400mb a pop!
same error with all ov them, normally id use my pc for easy stuff like this but my motherboard died lastnight so n900 is my only solution for a while, and im getting nowhere with it!
 
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#24
Download Rar file to your Documents directory. Make sure you have rootsh installed from the repositories.

Code:
sudo gainroot
apt-get install unrar
cd /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/
unrar e *.rar
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#25
Originally Posted by leetut View Post
got it bro, still cant unrar tho, i just get
cannot open rar
no files to extract
tried redownloading the rar 3 times @ 400mb a pop!
same error with all ov them, normally id use my pc for easy stuff like this but my motherboard died lastnight so n900 is my only solution for a while, and im getting nowhere with it!
if you type 'ls' it will list the files in current folder, make SURE the .rar file is in the folder before you type unrar.
 

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also tried to unrar using xarchiver in debian but that always fails too, and app crashes and have to remove battery to get phone back! ill try the stuff above and see what happens
 
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#27
yippee its unzipping! nice tip for ls function, that made me understand that my file wasnt in home/user
so i did the cd to home/user/MyDocs and it started unpacking,
feel like a rite wally now!
thanks for the replys and help guys
 
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Originally Posted by leetut View Post
yippee its unzipping! nice tip for ls function, that made me understand that my file wasnt in home/user
so i did the cd to home/user/MyDocs and it started unpacking,
feel like a rite wally now!
thanks for the replys and help guys
Good to here, don't continue to be a wally and use the xterm as much as you can!

After a short while you'll realise why the N900 is so much better than any other phone out there.
 
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#29
Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post
Download Rar file to your Documents directory. Make sure you have rootsh installed from the repositories.

Code:
sudo gainroot
apt-get install unrar
cd /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/
unrar e *.rar
It doesn't work. it says "Couldn' t find package unrar".

Edit: It worked. I had to enable extra-devel catalogue. Thanks.
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Last edited by anapospastos; 2010-03-18 at 21:06.
 
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#30
I have downloaded a rar file for maemo 5 to my pc and then downloaded 7_zip... can anyone tell me what i need to do to get this rar thing on to my phone? i know i need to transfer it but i would like to open it out of this rar stuff and tranfer it tht way. or install it through nokia pc suite
 
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