Can I install and run ipkg packages on the A780?

[Yongyut]

There are more than 36000 ipkg packages (http://ipkgfind.handhelds.org/) and in one posting Yantz said that some packages run on his E680 and that you only to change the extension from ipkg to gz or ar. What else do I need in order to get this running on the A780? I also installed mpkg on my A780 although I'm not sure for yet for what I'll need it.Thanks for any advice.

[yantz]

those are precompiled binary packages for opie or qpe. some, not all, mostly command line programs can be executed on our phones. ipkg files are either gzipped or ar'red. the binaries are in data.tar.gz. just extract and try to execute in the phone

[Yongyut]

Alright. Could you perhaps give a little step-by-step guide for installing a ipk package? Maybe you could use a small utility from handhelds.org as an example. As far as I understand the first steps are:
1.Download the ipk package
2. replace with .ipk with .gz or .ar (it's trial and error,right?) and extract
(By the way: Is there any de-"ar"-chiver for Windows?)
3. extract data.tar.gz
Now I have to guess ...
4. put the binary in ./usr/bin
5. put the other files in ./usr/lib/menu etc. etc.
6. write a lin-script which calls the binary?
7. edit the entries in InstalledDB to add icon/path etc.?
Perhaps we should start writing a sticky with all the working applications?

[yantz]

Alright. Could you perhaps give a little step-by-step guide for installing a ipk package? Maybe you could use a small utility from handhelds.org as an example. As far as I understand the first steps are:
1.Download the ipk package
2. replace with .ipk with .gz or .ar (it's trial and error,right?) and extract
(By the way: Is there any de-"ar"-chiver for Windows?)
3. extract data.tar.gz
Now I have to guess ...
4. put the binary in ./usr/bin
5. put the other files in ./usr/lib/menu etc. etc.
6. write a lin-script which calls the binary?
7. edit the entries in InstalledDB to add icon/path etc.?
Perhaps we should start writing a sticky with all the working applications?

4. you cant put it there, put it somewhere in diska or mmc.
5. same goes for libs
7. if you want to use icon, yes edit installeddb and make sure the binaries are located at /diska/.system/QTDownLoad

[NetNut404]

so I took an app that I ran on my ZAurus, and tried to run the binary in a telnet and got ./qpsword
./qpsword: error while loading shared libraries: libqpe.so.1: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory
when I looked to see if there was anything like that library, I found..
find / -iname "*libqpe*" -print
find: /ram/proc/37/fd: No such file or directory
nothing..
so does this mean I have to install opie to run this app, or is the an smaller more simple approach ?