MeeCoLay
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What is MeeCoLay?
MeeCoLay stands for MeeGo Compatibility Layer. It allows to run Harmattan apps on Fremantle.
Configuration
The first configuration should be in your mind ;)
DO NOT RUN MEEGO APPS AS ROOT. This may cause them to crash.
First preparations
First of all you need to have an updated packages list and extras-devel repository enabled, as meecolay always having new updates, new dependencies, new libraries packs.
Each command should be run as root. You can obtain root shell by
sudo gainroot
Beware of root shell, as using it wrong you may brick your N900.
Update your package list using application manager via "update" button or using terminal
apt-get update
Now you are ready to install meecolay !
apt-get install meecolay
Will install almost everything needed. Meecolay ships with its own included repo if you haven't manually installed newer version of glib2.0-0 or sqlite3, you may want to download them with
apt-get install libglib2.0-0 sqlite3 libsqlite3-0
Even if you don't install those packages, they should be automatically installed when they're needed when you try to correct dependencies
apt-get install -f
Note: that if the package gets uninstalled after this command, you need to modify its DEBIAN/control. Uninstall it, otherwise you won't be able to install anything else !. Modify the depends and install again. This should be eased up in the future. Now you are ready to try MeeGo games and apps using this command
meecolay /path/to/executable
Compatibility
Main article: MeeCoLay/Compatibility
The compatibility page lists programs that could be successfully executed and worked, reported by users. It also lists programs that partially work and also incompatible (yet?) programs.
Workarounds
Main article: MeeCoLay/Workarounds
The workarounds page lists some common errors you might encounter while running an app through MeeCoLay, and how you can fix those errors.
Bugs and Discussion
Discuss MeeCoLay in this talk.maemo.org thread.
Missing libraries and bugs should be reported in bugtracker: https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MeeCoLay
Extra
Would you like to have a GUI for Meecolay ?
- Which will make installing harmattan applications on fremantle easier and more friendly.
- It will change the icons and the desktop file to the right directory.
- Contains a function to add custom commands in the desktop file for running the applications
- Select how you want the debian packages to be installed whether with HAM ( Hildon Application Manager ) or with dpkg
- The desktop files will contain also a new line to force the application rotation when using the GUI
- And besides all of that it will be written in Qt and maybe use the command line.
If you like the idea of the GUI Meecolay please consider motivating Meecolay developer ( Marmistrz ) and donating here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WUAUBSU3QQLNL