Python for S60

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We will need to run python 2.5, so we will install ubuntu-8.04 hardy in a VM which contains this version.

Ubuntu 8.04 VM setup

wget https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04.0/ubuntu-8.04.4-server-amd64.iso
systemctl start libvirtd-networkd
virt-install --name ubuntu-8.04-server --memory 4000 --noreboot \
                                              --os-variant detect=on,name=ubuntuhardy \
                                              --disk=size=10,backing_store="$(pwd)/ubuntu-8.04.4-server-amd64.iso" \
                                              --network bridge=virbr0

Click through the installer using virt-viewer and enable ssh. Login using the console and find out the ip.
Add to your ~/.ssh/config:

Host ubuntu-hardy-vm
    HostName 192.168.122.136
    User ubuntu
    PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
    HostkeyAlgorithms +ssh-rsa
    SetEnv TERM=xterm

Add public key to vm:

ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ubuntu-hardy-vm

Replace /etc/apt/sources.list with

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-backports main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-proposed main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main multiverse restricted universe

Install openssl

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get openssl

ensymble setup

Download PythonForS60_2.0.0.tar.gz from https://web.archive.org/web/20231208115724/https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=854&release_id=3264
Extract and copy to vm:

tar -xvf PythonForS60_2.0.0.tar.gz
scp -r PythonForS60/ ubuntu-hardy-vm:

example build

mkdir hello-world-app
cd hello-world-app
echo 'print "Hello world!"' > default.py
scp -r . ubuntu-hardy-vm:PythonForS60
ssh ubuntu-hardy-vm 'cd PythonForS60 && python ensymble.py py2sis hello-world-app'
scp ubuntu-hardy-vm:PythonForS60/hello-world-app_v1_0_0.sis .

run app on phone

Install the necessary libs and python interpreter .sis packages first. Then install and run your app.