PW2 How can I install terminal (kterm) tools?

[Foskya]

Hello everyone,
I'm pretty new to this community and I'm loving it,
I didn't think that a kindle could be so much fun to tinker with.

Anyway (among other applications) I've installed kterm,
reading the documentation on the website (https://www.fabiszewski.net/kindle-terminal/)
it says that there are some terminal programs built for Kindle Touch (Is PW2 fine as well?).

In particular I'm interested in "lftp", I've downloaded the files,
however I don't know how can I actually install them on my device.

I'm familiar with Linux, however I'm used to simply relying on a package manager (be it apt, pacman or yay)

Can you guys help me with this?
Thanks!!

[j.p.s]

You can try extracting the binary from a debian armel release that matches your kindle's kernel version, but if it turns out you are missing any libraries you might be in for an adventure.

[Foskya]

In the kterm site there is a link to download a .zip file (https://github.com/bfabiszewski/kter...46925/lftp.zip), that is build for kindle touch, would that be sufficient?
Do you think it will be enough to put it in the /bin directory?

thanks

[j.p.s]

I thought you were asking about lftp and other non kindle specific apps, and in fact, you wrote that you had already installed kterm. If it doesn't work, check the README and open and closed issues on github. If none of those address your problem, open a new issue on github.

I've never used or even installed kterm, it's just always seemed much easier to just ssh in if I need to do something.

/usr/bin and /usr/local/bin are traditional locations for command line tools. Sinct you wrote that you are familiar with linux, I assumed that you knew that.

[mergen3107]

kterm is a KUAL extension.

Copy it to Kindle/extensions

Then open KUAL (for its install go to NiLuJe Snapshots) and open kterm. It is just a terminal.

Other packages I don’t know, but just try to launch them from kterm.
If that doesn’t work, unpack packages into a directory, then navigate there in kterm and launch with leading ./

[nar001]

Doesn't KOReader also provide a terminal emulator? Maybe it would be more useful? Since it also has a SSH server

[mergen3107]

Yes, but it’s rather rudimentary. kterm is better as a terminal emulator.
The same goes for ssh server (usbnetwork is better and safer)

[Foskya]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

I thought you were asking about lftp and other non kindle specific apps, and in fact, you wrote that you had already installed kterm. If it doesn't work, check the README and open and closed issues on github. If none of those address your problem, open a new issue on github.

I've never used or even installed kterm, it's just always seemed much easier to just ssh in if I need to do something.

/usr/bin and /usr/local/bin are traditional locations for command line tools. Sinct you wrote that you are familiar with linux, I assumed that you knew that.

I've installed kterm successfully (and even usbnetwork).
In this use scenario I want to have a script that automatically connects me to a server and downloads the stuff in a folder. As you suggested I can use ssh, but i was looking for something that can be automated with a bash script, like lftp (with ssh I need to manually type the password).
I knew about /bin, but having always used package managers to install stuff I'm still a noobie when it comes to manual installation

[Foskya]

Originally Posted by mergen3107

kterm is a KUAL extension.

Copy it to Kindle/extensions

Then open KUAL (for its install go to NiLuJe Snapshots) and open kterm. It is just a terminal.

Other packages I don’t know, but just try to launch them from kterm.
If that doesn’t work, unpack packages into a directory, then navigate there in kterm and launch with leading ./

Thanks, I will try this