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This project lets you to run Kolibri OS programs on your Linux host without installing Kolibri OS


How to build

Install the build essential environment and LZMA library.

Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu build-essential liblzma-dev

Fedora:

sudo yum install liblzma-devel

or

sudo yum install lzma-sdk457

Then use your gcc to build kex by entering the following command at your terminal window:

gcc -o kex main.c k_*.c -lX11 -lXrender -lrt -llzma -ldl -D_GNU_SOURCE

Alternatively, if you have CodeLite you could simply add the project file into your existing (or new empty) workspace and build it


How to setup

Create ~/.kex/ inside your home directory:

mkdir ~/.kex/

Then you should place the following files to ~/.kex/:

If you have wget - you could quickly wget them with the following commands:

wget http://websvn.kolibrios.org/dl.php?repname=Kolibri+OS&path=%2Fkernel%2Ftrunk%2Fgui%2Fchar.mt
wget http://websvn.kolibrios.org/dl.php?repname=Kolibri+OS&path=%2Fkernel%2Ftrunk%2Fgui%2FcharUni.mt

then

mv ./char.mt ~/.kex/
mv ./charUni.mt ~/.kex/

The only remaining file you need is

  • ~/.kex/root/RD/1/DEFAULT.SKN

Create the supporting directory tree:

mkdir ~/.kex/
mkdir ~/.kex/root/
mkdir ~/.kex/root/RD/
mkdir ~/.kex/root/RD/1/

Then you could obtain this DEFAULT.SKN file in the following way:

  1. download the latest Kolibri OS floppy image or just wget it:

    wget http://builds.kolibrios.org/eng/latest-img.7z

  2. extract it with 7zip if you have it installed:

    7za x latest-img.7z

  3. mount it to your empty ~/.kex/root/RD/1 directory:

    sudo mount -o loop kolibri.img ~/.kex/root/RD/1

Alternatively, you could get the latest kolibri.iso and mount it to ~/.kex/root/CD0/1 directory


How to use

Run any KolibriOS program with kex !

Usage:

$PATH_TO_KEX/kex kolibriapp args

Example:

~/kex-master/kex ~/.kex/root/RD/1/GAMES/XONIX

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