Things to install to N900

Here is a list of things that need to be installed to the n900s to get them working properly:

First you need to enable the maemo-extras devel

Go to App Manager → application catalogues (from the menu bar) → New

And add the following to the catalogue

Catalogue name: Maemo Extras-Devel Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel Distribution: fremantle Components: free non-free

Install the maemo-connectivity

As you don't have even have x-term installed nor sudo rights, you need to install the connectivity package with the App Manager. So, go to App Manager and search for maemo-pc-connectivity

And then continue installing the rest (there might be a lot and something still missing from here)

sudo gainroot
apt-get update
apt-get install maemo-python-device-env
 
# Gstreamer to get camera and other stuff working (like the code snippets) :-P
apt-get install gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-flac
apt-get install python-location