Im a total noob, somehow i managed to install scratchbox in my laptop with ubuntu. I spend like 5 hours to install it, i have installed it correctly and ive done the correct setup for the target and all that stuff. Ive downloaded the roothstrap.

Now lets begin, i dont know where to start, ive read tons of articles including Scratchbox documentation. I want to compile Stepmania for my N810. I have 2 files: the first one is the SOURCE "StepMania-3.9-src.tar.gz" and the second one is the binary "StepMania-3.9a-linux.tar.gz".

Now what do i have to do to compile it, so i can install it on my N810. Those 2 files are in /root

If you can help me, i would aprecciate it so much, im just 17 years old, but i really want to learn how to do this. Thank you

Hi, sla_erick

maybe you should try following step:
1. unpack the .tar file like this : tar zxvf StepMania-3.9-src.tar.gz
you could google "tar" for more detail of this command.
2. after you unpack the .tar file. goto the folder that contain the file that you unpack. if the code write by qt, you can try this:
qmake -project
qmake
make
if the code write by GTK+ , i think you could find more info that how compile and install with google and maemo.org.

maybe you could find answer in maemo.org after you seach it.

I would recommend that you compile a working application first, just to get familiar with the process and how scratchbox works before you port a new application, unless you know stepmania should port.

Frank

Thanks, yesterday i was also trying to copile the latest source version of Transmission from the transmission web page. But i think i didnt succed with the compiling. After typing MAKE INSTALL i dont know what to do.

I don't see the source on the Maemo version of Transmission's web page https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=509. What source are you referring to? Maybe start with source from maemo garage? https://garage.maemo.org/

So you just need to run make in the src directory. Don't worry about installing yet. The output of make should be an executable, in the src directory.

Then you are ready to start up the emulator to try out Transmission. See http://maemo.org/development/documen..._4-0_tutorial/

Go down to Start Xephyr from outside Scratchbox:

But replace run-standalone.sh ./maemo_hello
with: run-standalone.sh ./transmission

Frank

PS: There's newer documentation at http://maemo.org/development/documentation/tutorials/ for Diablo (maemo 4.1). The methods described in Chinook (maemo 4.0) still apply.