Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 Instruction Manual page 19

my Zaurus SL-C3000 and SL-C3100
In addition, with a console, you can use the ipkg command to install and uninstall applications as
well, eg:
# ipkg install ipkfile
# ipkg remove ipkfile
The advantage of the ipkg tool that it can be used to script a batch of applications, such as all your
favourite fonts, or all your security tools. It also shows you detailed error messages if something
goes wrong unlike the qinstall tool which just reports an error but nothing else useful.
However, the ipkg tool does not generate the required links for you if you want to install to SD or
CF card. Qinstall (the GUI Package Installer) does that for you during the installation if you select
either SD or CF for the destination location. You will need to run ipkg-link after installing to SD or Cf
card in order to relink the applications you install with ipkg. However, ipkg-link does not get
shipped with the C3000 nor the C3100 by default. I have included ipkg-link in my ipktools package.
By default, the package installer expects package files to be located under
/hdd3/Documents/Install_Files, /mnt/card/Documents/Install_Files and
/mnt/cf/Documents/Install_Files. ipkg exspects all the packages to be in the same directory.
Additional sources and package feeds can be configured by modifying /etc/ipkg.conf and adding
source location like the following example:
src zug http://www.zaurususergroup.org/feed/
I have created a script called xipk (part of my ipktools package) which allows you to install
packages to virtually any location you like. This allows you to install packages to /hdd3 where the
bulk of the MicroDrive's space is instead of the default main memory which is /hdd2 on a C3000
and /home on a C3100. However, not all applications can be installed to /hdd3 because it is by
default formatted as a FAT filesystem and can't handle symbolic links. If you reformat it as ext2 or
ext3, then you won't have that problem (see later sections on /home and loopback filesystems).
Some application that you install will be in Japanese. Have a look at the Localisation section to see
if you can change it to English. Try the langswitch tool, which can fix it for you in most cases.
Also, if the application was written for an older Zauri model, then you need to change the
application's default screen orientation. See the Screen Orientation section on how to do this.
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