Welcome to Jiboia

Existem algumas superstições sobre as jibóias no Brasil. Em alguns locais, a sua cabeça é cortada e utilizada como colar para "fechar o corpo", ou seja, proteger contra feitiçaria e outros males

Jiboia is a custom Debian package developed by Ian Lawrence which completely 'brands' and configures Maemo compatible devices. It is based on a tutorial Customizing the Nokia N800 (and 770) or how to configure the device for your purposes. This release - 'MetaHacker - Visiting Port Watson!' , which celebrates Metareciclagems participation in the Bricolabs network, replaces the default Nokia N800 audio and video that comes with the device with content from Estudiolivre, replaces the background with a mock-up done for the Ubuntu Embedded project, installs kilikali ogg support and changes the shutdown sound.

To use .deb on N800 (not tested (as I do not have a N800)):

  1. Reflash your device
  2. Copy jiboia.deb (right click to download) to the MMC card
  3. In the file manager on the device double click to install
  4. When it says INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY, reboot the device
  5. The boot status loader will go to the end and then stop, after a few seconds the device will reboot and the custom settings are installed
  6. Enjoy!

To use .deb in SDK (for a tutorial on installing scratchbox/sdk on ubuntu feisty go here) :

  1. Download the jiboia tar.gz or the ready made deb (If you want to roll your own jiboia first read the tutorial and then download the vanilla N800 user directory to customize.)
  2. Make the deb in system (I use Ubuntu Feisty) home directory like this 
    fakeroot dpkg -b jiboia jiboia.deb
  1. Copy the deb like this to scratchbox: 

vern@N800-hacker:/home/vern# cp jiboia.deb /scratchbox/users/vern/home/vern/
  1. Create symbolic link from scratchbox user home directory to new customized home directory e.g 

[sbox-SDK_ARMEL: ~] >ln -s vern user

(This way any script that uses the hard-coded path ‘/home/user’ will actually use your scratchbox home directory through the link and gets around permission denied problems)

  1. Install the deb: 

[sbox-SDK_ARMEL: ~] > fakeroot dpkg -i jiboia.deb

Known Issues

  1. Can only install simple debs without dependencies. Jiboia installs applications using dpkg and so needs to install application dependencies in the correct order. This is hard to work out in advance.

Starting Points

Useful Tools

Jiboia uses the Trac Project Management Software and the Subversion Revision Control System.