Tools for generating ipk and pnd packages?

[hmc]

Hi guys,


dumb question maybe, but I wasn't able to find a package...


I'm looking for ipkg tools (for generating .ipk packages; IIRC the corresponding package was even called "ipkg_tools" or something like that?).


And, what's the most recommended way currently to build PND packages (on the command line - scriptable. No GUI tool)?


Any definitive preference of squashfs or iso9660 fs now? When I built my last PNDs a while back, there were problems with iso9660, so I used squashfs.


Thanks,


Daniel

 

[Caine]

And, what's the most recommended way currently to build PND packages (on the command line - scriptable. No GUI tool)?

I always use a regular text editor to create the PXML (I believe there are some GUI tools as well) and then use /usr/pandora/scripts/pnd_make.sh to create the PND itself.


The script should speak for itself (i.e. ./pnd_make.sh -h).

 

[WizardStan]

I made a Windows package of freeware tools and a registry hack so you can simply right-click a directory and create PND from that. Assumes that a suitable PXML is already there, however.


http://rebirthofxeen.com/files/pandora/pndtools.zip

 

[hmc]

WizardStan, this is great, except that I use all systems but Windows here ;-)

 

[hmc]

The script should speak for itself (i.e. ./pnd_make.sh -h).

oh thanks, didn't know that this script is installed on the pandora.

 

[WizardStan]

WizardStan, this is great, except that I use all systems but Windows here ;-)

I try to avoid Windows as much as possible as well (my office makes this difficult sometimes) but I made this in response to someone complaining that it was so very hard to make a PND in Windows and why did it have to be sqaushfs why couldn't it have been something normal like zip this is so hard.


According to my statistics it has been downloaded exactly 3 times, and I'm pretty sure I downloaded it once, so pardon me for taking every opportunity to try and get someone to use it.

 

[gruso]

I made a Windows package of freeware tools and a registry hack so you can simply right-click a directory and create PND from that. Assumes that a suitable PXML is already there, however.


http://rebirthofxeen...ra/pndtools.zip

That's nifty. I've been using Foxblock's PNDTools, but I'll give this a go too.

 

[thatgui]

WizardStan, this is great, except that I use all systems but Windows here ;-)

I try to avoid Windows as much as possible as well (my office makes this difficult sometimes) but I made this in response to someone complaining that it was so very hard to make a PND in Windows and why did it have to be sqaushfs why couldn't it have been something normal like zip this is so hard.


According to my statistics it has been downloaded exactly 3 times, and I'm pretty sure I downloaded it once, so pardon me for taking every opportunity to try and get someone to use it.

You should have advertised it a little more B) - thanks for this

 

[klaxonn]

And what about ipk files ? How can we create them ?

 

[hmc]

aTc gave the solution yesterday in IRC:


http://svn.openmoko.org/trunk/src/host/opkg-utils/


However, he also suggested me not to use IPK for package installation from within the PND, but to install the files directly via copy.