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Installing the Palm® Mojo™ SDK on Ubuntu


Follow the steps below to complete the SDK installation:

Update the Package Repository Information
  1. Add the VirtualBox repository to /etc/apt/sources.list:
    • If you are installing on 8.04 (Hardy Heron):

      deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy non-free
    • If you are installing on 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope):

      deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free

  2. Download and register the Sun public key for apt-secure:

    wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
  3. Refresh the package index files:

    sudo apt-get update

Install Java
Download and install the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The SDK is incompatible with the default Ubuntu GNU Compiler for Java (GCJ). Example:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

Install VirtualBox 3.0.10
Choose the correct download for your version of Ubuntu.
The Palm emulator is built on VirtualBox, virtual machine software that you can download free from Sun Microsystems®. VirtualBox is required before installing the Mojo SDK.

Installing or Upgrading VirtualBox
  1. If you are upgrading from a previous version of VirtualBox, follow the instructions for "Uninstalling the Palm Emulator and Virtual Machine" on the Uninstalling the SDK page.
  2. Install the new version of VirtualBox:

    sudo apt-get install virtualbox-3.0

Note: If virtualbox-ose is installed (or suggested) instead of virtualbox-3.0, this is a sign that apt-get did not properly parse the packages from download.virtualbox.org and is instead trying to pull an old VirtualBox 1.5 binary from Ubuntu's own repositories. Make sure to register the repository key before doing the update.


Install ia32-libs (on 64-bit systems only)
  • If you are installing on a 64-bit system, perform the following additional step before installation:

    sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
  • If you happen to have installed palm-novacom before installing ia32-libs, then you must restart palm-novacom:

    sudo stop palm-novacom
    sudo start palm-novacom


AND
Install the Palm Mojo SDK for Linux
  1. Download the Linux® SDK,which consists of 2 packages:
  2. Install the two packages by typing the following on the command line (in the directory where you downloaded the files).
    • If installing on 32-bit architecture:

      sudo dpkg -i palm-sdk_1.3.1-svn222348-sdk100-pho314_i386.deb

      sudo dpkg -i palm-novacom_1.0.46_i386.deb
    • If installing on 64-bit architecture:

      sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture palm-sdk_1.3.1-svn222348-sdk100-pho314_i386.deb

      sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture palm-novacom_1.0.46_i386.deb

Note: If you experience installation issues, try a clean install. To uninstall, follow these instructions.

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