REQUIREMENTS

Target Environment (Tablet)

• N800 or N810 Internet Tablet devices
• Maemo 4.0.x Chinook or 4.1.x Diablo
• Wi-Fi connection

Development Environment (Host PC)

Linux    Windows

Sun J2SE® Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0

1. Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

            (Gutsy) deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy universe multiverse
            or
            (Hardy) deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy universe multiverse

2. Install JRE 5.0:

            sudo apt-get update
            sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jre

3. Set the Sun Java® virtual machine as default:

            sudo update-alternatives --config java
   and select the option with /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java.

If you need more detailed instructions, see the Installation Notes for 32-bit or Installation Notes for 64-bit.

Python 2.5

         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install python2.5

Eclipse Platform 3.3 and PyDev >= 1.3.17

Follow these instructions for installing these tools.

SSH Client

         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install openssh-client

You need to create a public/private keypair and export the public key to the Tablet. Eclipse provides a preference page in order to manage keys. Follow these instructions in order to automatically create/export keys to the Tablet. Detailed manual instructions are available at the PC Connectivity page,in section Configure SSH connection.

Sun J2SE® Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0

1. Download JRE 5.0 from here.
2. Execute the downloaded file and then follow the instructions the installer provides.
If you need more detailed instructions, see the Installation Notes for 32-bit or Installation Notes for 64-bit.




Python 2.5

1. Download Python 2.5 from here.
2. Execute the downloaded file and then follow the instructions the installer provides.




Eclipse Platform 3.3 and PyDev >= 1.3.17

Follow these instructions for installing these tools.

copSSH >= 1.4.5

1. Download copSSH from here.
2. Extract the previously downloaded file to a temporary folder.
3. Execute the file Copssh_x.x.x_Installer.exe and then follow the instructions the installer provides.
4. Add the directory bin of copSSH (e.g. C:\Program Files\copSSH\bin) to the Windows path.

You need to create a public/private keypair and export the public key to the Tablet. Eclipse provides a preference page in order to manage keys. Follow these instructions in order to automatically create/export keys to the Tablet. Detailed manual instructions are available at the PC Connectivity page, in section Configure SSH connection.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

• PLEASE, READ THE REQUIREMENTS SECTION CAREFULLY BEFORE FOLLOW THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.

Target Environment (Tablet)

In order to use PluThon, you must install the following three packages on the Tablet. They are ready for the easy installation by clicking on the following icons (green arrow) from the browser of your Tablet.

N800 or N810 Internet Tablet devices with OS 2008 Package Chinook Diablo Documentation maemo-pc-connectivity (>= 0.3) PC Connectivity page maemo-python-device-env (>= 1.0.0-2) Programming Languages page pluthon (>= 0.3.0-1)

Development Environment (Host PC)

Method 1: Remote Update Site

1. Select Help > Software Updates > Find and Install from the main menu bar.
2. Select the Search for new features to install and click Next.
3. Click New Remote Site.
4. Fill the form with the following values, click OK (Figure 4) and click Finish (Figure 3).
   • Name : PluThon
   • URL : http://pluthon.garage.maemo.org/update
   
5. Select Pluthon and click Next.
6. Select I accept the terms in the license agreements and click Next.
7. Click Finish and the installation will be performed.

Method 2: ZIP files

1. Download the ZIP file and extract it on top of Eclipse. Make sure the folder plugins is extracted on top of the Eclipse plugins folder and the folder features is extracted on top of the Eclipse features folder.
2. Restart Eclipse with the '-clean' flag, to make sure Eclipse finds out about it.