Application Packaging
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How to setup an installation package for the iLiad
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ipkg
ipkg is the package manager used on the Iliad. Might be the right way to install software on it...
Installation
You don't need a copy of ipkg to create packages, but it might be of help. I installed a local copy on my Ubuntu 8.10 by fetching recent sources: http://www.handhelds.org/download/packages/ipkg/ipkg-0.99.163.tar.gz
after unpacking:
./configure make sudo make install
Making packages
This looks like a good start: http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/BuildingIpkgs
Structure of package files
An ipk file is an archive file with 3 files in it. Examlple:
ar x foo.ipk --> foo.ipk control.tar.gz data.tar.gz debian-binary
- control.tar.gz: contains pre- and postinstall scripts
- data.tar.gz: contains the files to be installed
- debian-binary: contains the text '2.0' and a newline ("\n")
More info can be founde here: http://www.bitsum.com/creating_ipk_packages.htm
