extract and build ipkg on mac osx

[somline]

Found 2 scripts helping extract or build ipkg on mac osx
Thanks to Junya

[syed9797]

i cudn understandanythng in this....plz help..elaborate

[tigran80]

Originally Posted by somline

Found 2 scripts helping extract or build ipkg on mac osx
Thanks to Junya

how to use these files?

[somline]

Originally Posted by tigran80

how to use these files?

After downloading rename remove the ".txt" extension and make script executable (chmod 755)
== extract ==
ipkg-extract-zaurus.sh <filename.ipk> => will create a directory of name <filename>

== build ==
ipkg-build-zaurus.sh <directoryname> => will create a ipk file named as directory with ".ipk"

I can't remember if you need anything special installed. I have a lot of dev stuff installed like macports, palm sdk/pdk, Xcode ....

EDIT: If you like to pack something from scratch you need to understand how to create the package structure. It's to complicate to describe here. Search the web for more info. These scripts are useful to analyze existing ipk's content. You can modify a package and repack it.

[tigran80]

Originally Posted by somline

After downloading rename remove the ".txt" extension and make script executable (chmod 755)
== extract ==
ipkg-extract-zaurus.sh <filename.ipk> => will create a directory of name <filename>

== build ==
ipkg-build-zaurus.sh <directoryname> => will create a ipk file named as directory with ".ipk"

I can't remember if you need anything special installed. I have a lot of dev stuff installed like macports, palm sdk/pdk, Xcode ....

EDIT: If you like to pack something from scratch you need to understand how to create the package structure. It's to complicate to describe here. Search the web for more info. These scripts are useful to analyze existing ipk's content. You can modify a package and repack it.

Thanks!
have to figure out which environment do I need.
I`ve tried macos terminal, it idid not work.