Re: Installing to Nokia N800

["Thomas C. Hicks" <paradox pobox com>]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:57:17 +0100
Michael Thompson <michaelnt gmail com> wrote:

>
>----- Original message -----
>> Conduit looks like a great project and should solve all my sync needs
>> but I am having trouble getting it installed on my Nokia N800. I have
>> seen where people have gotten it to work on a N900 so I suspect it is
>> possible on the N800 too.
>>
>> I got the file and python dependancies from
>> here: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=909&release_id=2500
>>
>> When I try to install any of the files I get an error: "Unable to
>> install <package>. Incompatible application package."
>>
>> Anyone else trying to install this on a Nokia tablet device and
>> having this problem?  What does this error mean? Is it fixable?
>
>Which package fails? 
>
>What command are you running, dpkg -i ?
>
>michael 

Actually I was using the Application Manager menu option to "Install
from File."  Going over to a terminal, using gainroot and then dpkg
showed that each dependency for Conduit had dependencies, probably why
the App Manager install was failing.

Thanks for the tip - everything is great now.

thomas