Comments on: Doings maths on an Eee PC http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2008/02/05/doings-maths-on-an-eee-pc/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:48:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: jonesieboy http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2008/02/05/doings-maths-on-an-eee-pc/#comment-22588 jonesieboy Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:24:08 +0000 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2008/02/05/doings-maths-on-an-eee-pc/#comment-22588 Hi Philwil. I'm afraid I can't give you exact details, as I don't have the Eepc any more. I think I started by replacing the asus repositories with regular xandros ones: <blockquote cite="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10003">Adding more software from a Xandros or Debian repository is the next logical step in customising the operating system that ships with the Eee. For us, the Eee requires only the addition of Emacs and Subversion to be a great portable hacking tool. You can use any Debian Sarge repository or a Xandros 4.0 one, as shown below. There are a few caveats though. As the Xandros running on the Eee is heavily customised by ASUS, it's very easy to end up with the Eee in an unbootable state if you allow apt to upgrade too much. Although it's not a complete solution, apt pinning can be used to ensure that the ASUS repository always takes priority for a package. Add your repository to /etc/apt/source.list with your favourite text editor as root, either your local Debian Sarge repository or the Xandros one below: deb http://xnv4.xandros.com/4.0/pkg xandros4.0-xn main ↪contrib non-free Then, create the file /etc/apt/preferences, and add the lines: Package: * Pin: origin update.eepc.asus.com Pin-Priority: 999 </blockquote> Then I think it was as easy as sudo apt-get install xournal - let me know if that works :-) Hi Philwil. I’m afraid I can’t give you exact details, as I don’t have the Eepc any more. I think I started by replacing the asus repositories with regular xandros ones:

Adding more software from a Xandros or Debian repository is the next logical step in customising the operating system that ships with the Eee. For us, the Eee requires only the addition of Emacs and Subversion to be a great portable hacking tool. You can use any Debian Sarge repository or a Xandros 4.0 one, as shown below. There are a few caveats though. As the Xandros running on the Eee is heavily customised by ASUS, it’s very easy to end up with the Eee in an unbootable state if you allow apt to upgrade too much. Although it’s not a complete solution, apt pinning can be used to ensure that the ASUS repository always takes priority for a package.

Add your repository to /etc/apt/source.list with your favourite text editor as root, either your local Debian Sarge repository or the Xandros one below:

deb http://xnv4.xandros.com/4.0/pkg xandros4.0-xn main
↪contrib non-free

Then, create the file /etc/apt/preferences, and add the lines:

Package: *
Pin: origin update.eepc.asus.com
Pin-Priority: 999

Then I think it was as easy as sudo apt-get install xournal - let me know if that works :-)

]]> By: philwil http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2008/02/05/doings-maths-on-an-eee-pc/#comment-22587 philwil Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:03:12 +0000 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2008/02/05/doings-maths-on-an-eee-pc/#comment-22587 very cool. I have been trying to install xournal on my eeepc runnng default xandros. how did you get it to work? thanks, philwil very cool. I have been trying to install xournal on my eeepc runnng default xandros. how did you get it to work?

thanks,
philwil

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