Palm/Pre

Installing the 1.3.1 SDK on any Linux

I am assuming that you downloaded the 2 .deb files:

• palm-sdk_1.3.1-svn222348-sdk100-pho314_i386.deb
• palm-novacom_1.0.46_i386.deb

And let's say, they are in the directory /deb and we want the sdk to be in /sdk (substitute that for your directories).

• mkdir /sdk
• cd /sdk
• ar x /deb/palm-sdk_1.3.1-svn222348-sdk100-pho314_i386.deb
• tar -zxvf data.tar.gz
• rm data.tar.gz
• rm control.tar.gz
• rm debian-binary
• ar x /deb/palm-novacom_1.0.46_i386.deb
• tar -zxvf data.tar.gz
• rm data.tar.gz
• rm control.tar.gz
• rm debian-binary
• ln -s /opt/bin/VBoxManage /usr/bin/VBoxManage

Now for the env variables:

• export PalmSDK=/sdk/opt/PalmSDK/0.1
• export PATH=$PATH:$PalmSDK/bin
• export PATH=$PATH:/sdk/opt/Palm/novacom

You may want to put the exports into your ~/.bashrc

Now you should be able to start the emulator with "palm-emulator".

Before that, you should run "novacomd" in a different shell. Run it as root, if you want to access the real Pre. Normal user is enough for the emulator.