I have just purchased nokia 770 tablet and went to your site: trifinite.org.

I was wanting to install program called HeloMoto/ BlueSerial...but am confused how to do this on my tablet as I have never used linux before.
The file is in .tgz format..i understand this is compreseed so i used 7-zip to uncompress and open...I then seen 4 files (helomoto.c, helomoto, makefile, and libglib..)...do i have to compile these?...how do i get helomoto up adn running?

Can you let me know how I install the program on my tablet?

surely it cant be that difficult.....anyone?

The issue is that helping you with this would require writing an introductory Linux tutorial and, while I'd like to help, I don't have the time for it. But here's an abbreviated version that I hope points you in the direction of self-education.

You should be able to download compiled versions of the programs from the trifinite site's download area as .tgz files.

Then you'll need to decompress the files.

If you downloaded to your 770, you'll decompress them using tar--a search for "tar" on this site may point you to an explanation. However, this requires a slightly involved process on the 770 to allow you to become the "root" user.

I recommend you download to a PC or Mac and decompress the tgz files with zip or rar, and then use USB to transfer them to the 770.

You're almost there. On the 770, load Application Manager, use the Install from File option in the menu to install the file. Done.

Excellent suggestion boblinds.

On another note, it amazes me that people create threads with such helpless titles as this one. I mean, come on guys : ) Have the sense to include a title that is at least vaguely related to the problem. How about "TGZ Query" or "Noob needs help installing apps"?

ok i tried to install the boblinds explained but there is a problem.....when ive decompressed the tgz file and extracted it to my 770, it does not show up in application manager (install from file)....anyone know how to fix this?

http://trifinite.org./Downloads/helomoto-maemo.tgz

tar zxvf helomoto-maemo.tgz

cp helomoto /usr/bin

helomoto

It will not show up in application manager, it is not a .deb

This is run from the command line in xterm

Kool:

You may need to become root to do what penguinbait says is necessary.

Check it out: http://maemo.org/community/wiki/HowTo_EASILY_BecomeRoot

Sorry for bumping this old topic, but I am having the same trouble. I successfully copied it over to /usr/bin, but when I execute it it claims that it is not found. (even when I am in the same directory that it is in). I find this to be rather odd. I also tried ./helomoto, and I get a permission denied, even as sudo gainroot. But I don't think that that is how I am supposed to execute it anyway.

Any help would be grand, thanks!

try:

ls -l /usr/bin/helomoto


(to see if you have it in there or not)

then

chmod +x /usr/bin/helomoto


/usr/bin/helomoto

you should see it runs if it is really in the directory!

Yeah, I did all of that, and oddly enough, it still says not found. I am really confused. Maybe I should restart it?

Well, here is the output that it gave for each command:

/home/user # ls -l /usr/bin/helomoto

-rwxr -xw -x 1 root root 14337 Mar 11 13:31 /usr/bin/helomoto

/home/user # chmod +x /usr/bin/helomoto
/home/user # /usr/bin/helomoto
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/helomoto: not found

Odd, eh? Any other ideas why this may be happening?