Notices

I know it is availabe via easy debian, but I don't see it in app manager or via apt_cache search.

No way to get this very usefull linux command?

the program seems live in the SDK repo

http://maemo.org/packages/view/screen/

take in account that the sdk repo isnt optified.

For something small like screen, is not a problem.

But dont get used to that repo, or you could have a full rootfs in no time

thanks guys I tried adding these to repos at the bottom of this file...

deb https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/apps/ ./
deb https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/002 ./
deb https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle1.2/ovi/ ./
deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ fremantle-1.2 free non-free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel fremantle free non-free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing fremantle free non-free
deb http://my.arava.co.il/~matan/repo/binary/ ./
deb http://moff.mozilla.com/latest/maemo/multi/ chinook release
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/maemo fremantle free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/sdk free non-free
deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/sdk free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/tools free non-free
deb-src http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/tools free
deb http://repository.maemo.org/ fremantle/<token-code> nokia-binaries

hildon-application-manager.list (END)

then I run this (after running apt-get update)

Nokia-N900:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-get install screen
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
screen is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
screen: Depends: libncursesw5 (>= 5.7-1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Nokia-N900:/etc/apt/sources.list.d#

so I run this and see a similar package...do I remove it and try installing the above one or will I wreck my system? am I doing this correctly to get screen installed?

Nokia-N900:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# dpkg -l | grep -i libncu
ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1.maemo1+0m5 Shared libraries for terminal handling
Nokia-N900:/etc/apt/sources.list.d#

you could try installing the package with dpkg (ignoring the deps) along with the other ncurces package to see if the packages are the same. Having said that I think the best solution would be to package screen and possible needed deps into extras-devel (safer option than the sdk repo).

in anycase I wouldn't recommend adding the sdk repo into the device's sources.list. Enabling it might cause you hard to fix problems.

Try apt-get install libncursesw5

thanks much it worked....would it be smart to comment out those repos now?

yes. if you have a problem someday, and you come here with those repos enabled, everything will be harder

oh. forgot that apt on the device isn't that good in installing deps. I usually just append the packages needed to the install script. e.g apt-get install screen libncursesw5

and yep I'd recommend commenting out the sdk repos.

Big hint there. Doesn't anyone read error messages any more?