These are RPM packages that I’ve built for the Pepper Pads which you may find somewhat useful. You can download them directly onto your pad, and then install them from an xterm. All of this is free / open source software. In some cases I’ve used another Linux vendor’s source RPM package, in others I wrote my own RPM spec from scratch. Source RPMs are at the bottom of the page.
THESE PACKAGES ARE PROVIDED WITH NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. Standard disclaimer applies, yadda yadda yadda.
Pepper, Inc has this to say about messing around with your Pepper’s software:
The Pepper Pad is covered by a Limited Warranty which does not apply to any damage due to hardware or software modifications to this product by any party other than a Pepper Computer authorized service facility. Additionally, Pepper Computer will not provide support for any problems caused by unwarranted modifications.
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- Tap on the link(s) to download the RPM files to your Pad. The Pad will complain that it doesn’t know how to handle this file type, don’t worry about it.
- Press Ctrl-Shift-1 to open an xterm window.
- Type
cd /opt/Downloads– this is the directory where the Pad saves downloaded files. - Type
ls *.rpmto see the RPM packages you’ve downloaded. - To install one, type
rpm -Uvh [rpm name]where[rpm name]is the name of one of the files you saw in the previous listing. You can type just a few letters of the file name and then press Tab to autocomplete the rest. Press Enter and then RPM will install the file (you’ll see a crude progress bar). - The package might complain that there are missing dependancies. Some of these packages will require you to install optional components of Montavista Linux Pro 3.1 or Fedora Core 4.
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