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Installing on ARCHOS

Douglas Wiley [drwly at yahoo.com]


Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:28:25 -0800 (PST)

I have downloaded a program for the ARCHOS. It has an IPK extension that ARCHOS does not recognize. I am new to Linux. Can you help me fins out how to install this program?

Thanx -drw-


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Thomas Adam [thomas at edulinux.homeunix.org]


Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:31:00 +0000

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 02:28:25PM -0800, Douglas Wiley wrote:

> I have downloaded a program for the ARCHOS. It has an IPK extension that
> ARCHOS does not recognize.  I am new to Linux.  Can you help me fins out
> how to install this program?

Extensions are irrelevant to Linux. If you have file(1) installed, what does:

file ./some_file.ipk
say about this file?

-- Thomas Adam

-- 
"He wants you back, he screams into the night air, like a fireman going
through a window that has no fire." -- Mike Myers, "This Poem Sucks".

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John Karns [johnkarns at gmail.com]


Wed, 5 Dec 2007 18:45:12 -0700

On Dec 5, 2007 3:28 PM, Douglas Wiley <drwly@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have downloaded a program for the ARCHOS. It has an IPK extension that ARCHOS does not recognize.  I am new to Linux.  Can you help me fins out how to install this program?

To my knowledge, Archos devices don't run Linux. It's been a while since I've read much about them, as my old 2003 vintage jukebox recorder hasn't been functional for almost a year now, so I could be wrong about that. AFAIK, the alternative OS for Archos units is Rockbox, which is quite distinct from Linux.

-- 
John

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clarjon1 [clarjon1 at gmail.com]


Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:16:39 -0500

On Dec 5, 2007 5:31 PM, Thomas Adam <thomas@edulinux.homeunix.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 02:28:25PM -0800, Douglas Wiley wrote:
> > I have downloaded a program for the ARCHOS. It has an IPK extension that
> > ARCHOS does not recognize.  I am new to Linux.  Can you help me fins out
> > how to install this program?
>
> Extensions are irrelevant to Linux.  If you have file(1) installed, what
> does:
>
> ``
> file ./some_file.ipk
> ''
>
> say about this file?
>
Actually, file extensions do matter, I've found...

Some applications, like mplayer, won't always play files properly if they don't have the proper extension. For example, Flash video files may not play properly until you add the flv at the end.


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Thomas Adam [thomas at edulinux.homeunix.org]


Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:19:05 +0000

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 02:16:39PM -0500, clarjon1 wrote:

> On Dec 5, 2007 5:31 PM, Thomas Adam <thomas@edulinux.homeunix.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 02:28:25PM -0800, Douglas Wiley wrote:
> > > I have downloaded a program for the ARCHOS. It has an IPK extension that
> > > ARCHOS does not recognize.  I am new to Linux.  Can you help me fins out
> > > how to install this program?
> >
> > Extensions are irrelevant to Linux.  If you have file(1) installed, what
> > does:
> >
> > ``
> > file ./some_file.ipk
> > ''
> >
> > say about this file?
> >
> Actually, file extensions do matter, I've found...

No, you've found specific instances where applications won't function without them. In the general case though, it will hold true that they don't. Here's a list:

ls --color
gcc
make
-- Thomas Adam

-- 
"He wants you back, he screams into the night air, like a fireman going
through a window that has no fire." -- Mike Myers, "This Poem Sucks".

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clarjon1 [clarjon1 at gmail.com]


Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:36:41 -0500

On Dec 6, 2007 2:19 PM, Thomas Adam <thomas@edulinux.homeunix.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 02:16:39PM -0500, clarjon1 wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 2007 5:31 PM, Thomas Adam <thomas@edulinux.homeunix.org> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 02:28:25PM -0800, Douglas Wiley wrote:
> > > > I have downloaded a program for the ARCHOS. It has an IPK extension that
> > > > ARCHOS does not recognize.  I am new to Linux.  Can you help me fins out
> > > > how to install this program?
> > >
> > > Extensions are irrelevant to Linux.  If you have file(1) installed, what
> > > does:
> > >
> > > ``
> > > file ./some_file.ipk
> > > ''
> > >
> > > say about this file?
> > >
> > Actually, file extensions do matter, I've found...
>
> No, you've found specific instances where applications won't function
> without them.  In the general case though, it will hold true that they
> don't.  Here's a list:
>
> ```
> ls --color
> gcc
> make
> '''

Ahh, OK. I see where you're coming from now.


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