Thanks for the info.
I'm not hooked up to the net yet.  I'm eager to go to a wifi coffee shop or
the School library and try it out.

I found out that during one failed attempts I was Installing a package that
was for the Open Zaurus, thus not compatible with the regular Sharp ROM.
It's taking a while, but I'm getting there.

Thanks again,
Greg


"James Hansen" <nobody@noone.com> wrote in message
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> I've heard about this, apparently if you use Netscape it downloads them
> wrongly, but try some of the other ways of installing software from
> http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/zaurus-faq/
>
> o Use the Add/Remove Software program to install packages off the net
> Similar to the Debian distribution of Linux, and Familiar Linux-on-iPaq
> PDA project, the Zaurus can download software packages off of the
> Internet using 'feeds.'
> Add a server (referred to as a 'feed URL'), and then select and install
> software available from the feed.
>
> Source: Gilles Fedak
> Last updated: 2002.Apr.06
>
> o Run the "ipkg" command from a terminal
> Instead of using the 'Add/Remove Software' application, you can run the
> "ipkg" command from within the . (e.g., "ipkg install some.ipk")
> Run the "ipkg" command without any arguments to see what else you can do
> with it. Be sure to restart Qtopia (from the 'Shutdown' app.) to see the
> newly installed package!
>
> Last updated: 2002.Aug.28
>
> ---
> James
>
> >Super Newbie here.  I've installed all kinds of software on my new
SL-5500,
> >but I'm left baffled by this one.
> >
> >I'm sure there's a super easy answer for this one.
> >
> >Any insight would helpful.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Greg
> >
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> >"It is as if the world were a dream of a single dreamer in which all the
> >dream characters dream too, as if everything interlocks with everything
else
> >like the instruments in a symphony."
> >---- Arthur Schopenhauer
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