[iPAQ] Installing Linux and correponding packages on Compaq iPAQ 3650.

The best information about installing linux on your iPAQ can be found on this link

http://mia.ece.uic.edu/~papers/WWW/LinuxoniPAQ.html

 

I have downloaded this HOW-to from www.handhelds.org

 

To install or remove packages from the iPAQ, use the ipkg package manager.

 

The ipkg package manager looks for configuration in /etc/ipkg.conf

 

The following commands have the following meaning.

 

1. ipkg  update    Update list of available packages. Download the list from the specified site (in /etc/ipkg.conf)

2. ipkg upgrade   Upgrade all installed packages to latest version
3. ipkg install <pkg>  Download and install <pkg> (and dependencies)
4. ipkg install <file.ipk> Install package <file.ipk>
5. ipkg remove <pkg>  Remove package <pkg>

Informational Commands:
6. ipkg list      List all available packages and descriptions
7. ipkg files <pkg>  List all files belonging to <pkg>
8. ipkg search <file>  Search for a packaging providing <file>
9. ipkg info [<pkg>] [<field>] Display all/some info fields for <pkg> or all
10. ipkg status [pkg] [<field>] Display all/some status fields for <pkg> or all.. Use this command to check the list of all installed packagges.. This command can be used with a pipe as follows

 

ipkg status | egrep "^Package:" | less

 

This will list all the packages that are installed on your iPAQ.

11. ipkg depends <pkg>  Print uninstalled package dependencies for <pkg>

 

 

Regards

Shashank