Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
> Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not > want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine. i changed my ~/.mc/bindings file to browser packages with midnight commander. just replace 'regex/\.s?a' ny 'regex/\.(s?a|ipk|opk)' OT: the same way you can also browser e's cfg files. just add the three lines from here[1] to the bindings file. you'll need eet for it to work, which should be available from your distros repo. i also build eet for the openmoko some time ago[2][3], might be outdated. no warranty here. [1] http://pbuergi.pb.funpic.de/openmoko/howtos/howto_handy_mc_tricks.txt [2] http://pbuergi.pb.funpic.de/openmoko/pkgs/eet_1.1.0+svnr38321-r1_armv4t.opk [3] http://pbuergi.pb.funpic.de/openmoko/pkgs/libeet1_1.1.0+svnr38321-r1_armv4t.opk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
> AFAIK file should return you a 'debian binary' file format for ipk > packages now. Duh, it does now indeed. I can see why it can be useful, but for it would also sometimes be useful to know that it's a "subtype" of `ar'. Stefan ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> I have been able to extract some packages by using "tar -zxvf" after >> renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and >> I dont know why). > > Try it with `file': it will usually tell you what kind of file you're > looking at. `ipkg' packages have used various formats over time, the > ones I remember are .tar.gz and ar. In bith cases, the content is a few > meta files plus a .tar.gz (so you stupidly get double compression if the > outer wrapper is .tar.gz). AFAIK file should return you a 'debian binary' file format for ipk packages now. r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
> I have been able to extract some packages by using "tar -zxvf" after > renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and > I dont know why). Try it with `file': it will usually tell you what kind of file you're looking at. `ipkg' packages have used various formats over time, the ones I remember are .tar.gz and ar. In bith cases, the content is a few meta files plus a .tar.gz (so you stupidly get double compression if the outer wrapper is .tar.gz). Stefan ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:10:14AM +0100, Kasper Johansen wrote: >> Hi list. >> >> Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not >> want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine. > > man dpkg-deb try ar x file.ipk r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:10:14AM +0100, Kasper Johansen wrote: > Hi list. > > Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not > want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine. man dpkg-deb > I have been able to extract some packages by using "tar -zxvf" after > renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and > I dont know why). Because they are not supposed to be gzipped tar archives. The ones you can extract with "tar -zxvf" are broken. -- Rask Ingemann Lambertsen Danish law requires addresses in e-mail to be logged and stored for a year ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
Risto H. Kurppa wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kasper Johansen wrote: > >> For future reference: "ar -x some_package.ipk" did the trick. >> >> Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote: >> >>> .ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are >>> initially packaged with ar, not tar. Unpacking will give you a meta-data >>> file plus control.tar.gz. and data.tar.gz, which you can untar as usual. >>> data.tar.gz is meants to be untarred in /, i.e. it contains all folders >>> up from usr, var, etc. >>> > > Indeed, thank you both for asking & answering - I've been planning to > learn to create .deb packages for a long time. Now that I'm able to > open .deb and .ipk packages (didn't know earlier how to do it) the > whole thing makes a lot more sense :) Now I still need to find out > when the included scripts (preinst prerm postrm) are run and where are > $D and $OPT defined Hi Risto. If you want to create .ipk-packages, you should take a look at the "ipkg-build.sh"-script. You basically just do this: ipkg-build.sh folder_with_files/ In the "folder_with_files"-folder you then put stuff like: usr/share/applications/shortcut.desktop opt/my_application/app.rb CONTROL/control It is very easy to use. You can read about the script here: http://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=IPKG_Howto You can download the script here: http://www.oesf.org/howto/downloads/ipkg-build.sh Further more, I have created a script, which reads all ".ipk"-packages in its own folder and creates a "Packages.gz"-file from that, so you can easily set up your own repository. If you (or anyone else) is interested, I would gladly share the source-code for this script with you all. I will even set up a SVN for the script, if anyone wants to help develop it. -- Med venlig hilsen Kasper Johansen Mail : kaspe...@gmail.com Telefon : +45 26173812 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kasper Johansen wrote: > For future reference: "ar -x some_package.ipk" did the trick. > > Thank you Gunnar! > > > Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote: >> .ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are >> initially packaged with ar, not tar. Unpacking will give you a meta-data >> file plus control.tar.gz. and data.tar.gz, which you can untar as usual. >> data.tar.gz is meants to be untarred in /, i.e. it contains all folders >> up from usr, var, etc. >> >> - Gunnar Indeed, thank you both for asking & answering - I've been planning to learn to create .deb packages for a long time. Now that I'm able to open .deb and .ipk packages (didn't know earlier how to do it) the whole thing makes a lot more sense :) Now I still need to find out when the included scripts (preinst prerm postrm) are run and where are $D and $OPT defined. Thanks again :) r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
For future reference: "ar -x some_package.ipk" did the trick. Thank you Gunnar! Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote: > .ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are > initially packaged with ar, not tar. Unpacking will give you a meta-data > file plus control.tar.gz. and data.tar.gz, which you can untar as usual. > data.tar.gz is meants to be untarred in /, i.e. it contains all folders > up from usr, var, etc. > > - Gunnar > > Kasper Johansen wrote: > >> Hi list. >> >> Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not >> want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine. >> >> I have been able to extract some packages by using "tar -zxvf" after >> renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and >> I dont know why). >> >> Can anyone point in the direction on how to do so? >> -- Med venlig hilsen Kasper Johansen Udviklingskonsulent og software engineer KNJ IT-solutions - Engvej 3 - DK-4970 Rødby Mail : kaspe...@gmail.com Telefon : +45 31593812 Telefon : +45 26173812 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Open IPKG packages from command line
.ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are initially packaged with ar, not tar. Unpacking will give you a meta-data file plus control.tar.gz. and data.tar.gz, which you can untar as usual. data.tar.gz is meants to be untarred in /, i.e. it contains all folders up from usr, var, etc. - Gunnar Kasper Johansen wrote: > Hi list. > > Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not > want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine. > > I have been able to extract some packages by using "tar -zxvf" after > renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and > I dont know why). > > Can anyone point in the direction on how to do so? > -- Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes gunnar.grimnes [AT] dfki.de DFKI GmbH Knowledge Management Trippstadter Strasse 122 D-67663 Kaiserslautern Germany Office: +49 631 205 75-117 Mobile: +49 177 277 4397 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
