February 18th, 2009 by
Daniel ElstnerMore than two years ago I created a small how-to on how to get Maemo on AMD64 working. The solution was a fragile nesting of one chroot (Scratchbox itself) inside a 32-bit install of Linux running in another chroot environment.
Now, given the ubiquity of 64-bit capable desktop computers these days, it’s a shame that a document like this is still needed at all. However, there are some good news, too. On a hunch, I recently tried to forcibly install the i386 Scratchbox packages on my Ubuntu 8.10 AMD64 system. Well, what shall I say — it actually worked!
Thus, everyone who has used my how-to in the past to get this beast running might want to have another look. Without all the chroot madness, it’s now drastically shorter and easier to follow. Enjoy!
