What J-Pilot is

J-Pilot is a PalmOS device desktop for Linux/Unix. The latest version is 2.0.2

J-Pilot plugins

J-Pilot has a few plugins written for it. They allow jpilot to have an interface and sync with Palm apps.

• Pcs&Videos
• Manana page
• KeyRing page

Ubuntu install for 20.04 (focal) and 22.04 (jammy)

This will install the package and create an apt source so that it will be updated when new code is released.

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install jpilot jpilot-plugins

Ubuntu dialout user

In ubuntu you must be a member of the dialout group in order to sync over USB. Users will not be in this group by default. If you are using serial ports see the README file. Note: This will require you to logout and back in for the changes to take effect.

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

Environment variables

J-Pilot uses the JPILOT_HOME environment variable to make it easy to allow multiple pilots to be synced under the same unix user. Just set JPILOT_HOME to the directory you want jpilot to use. For example, I have 2 palm pilots. I can sync the one I use all the time into /home/judd. The other one I can sync into /home/judd/palm2 by using this script:

#!/bin/bash
JPILOT_HOME=/home/judd/palm2
jpilot

Syncing

Some users find that timing matters for getting the Palm to start syncing. It seems to succedd more often by pressing the sync button on the PalmOS device and then within a second or two pressing the sync button in jpilot.

BACKUP and SYNC

Just a warning that a sync DOES NOT backup your palm.
The Sync button will sync the 4 applications with the palm pilot and any plugins that are installed.

The Backup button will backup every program and database from the palm pilot, except for AvantGo files (these are usually big and change daily).

If you get an error saying that you have a NULL user ID, then you need to run install-user from the pilot-link suite.

install-user /dev/pilot Judd 1234

Of course replace "Judd" and "1234" with you favorite name and number.

Building a Debian (or ubuntu) package

From the repo root, with the tree already configured (e.g. after ./configure):

1. Ensure debian/changelog has an entry for the version in configure.in (e.g. 2.0.2-1).
2. Run: ./build-debian.sh
3. Collect the built artifacts in the current directory: jpilot-1.8.2.tar.gz jpilot-1.8.2.tar.gz.asc jpilot-1.8.2.tar.gz.md5sum jpilot-2.0.2.tar.gz jpilot-dbgsym_2.0.2-1_amd64.ddeb jpilot-plugins-dbgsym_2.0.2-1_amd64.ddeb jpilot-plugins_2.0.2-1_amd64.deb jpilot_2.0.2-1.debian.tar.xz jpilot_2.0.2-1.dsc jpilot_2.0.2-1_amd64.buildinfo jpilot_2.0.2-1_amd64.changes jpilot_2.0.2-1_amd64.deb jpilot_2.0.2.orig.tar.gz

For a new upstream version

1. update the jpilot version in configure.ac in the AC_INIT function.
2. Add a change in debian/changelog
3. run ./build-debian.sh.