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Posted on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 3:13:27 GMT by: quietearth
Posted under: ubuntu bitpim cellphone

Here's instructions on how to install bitpim in Ubuntu. I have a lg vx9800 (lg the v) from Verizon and the phone is nice, but like most providers, it's propietary. Bitpim can get around that, whether you are using usb, serial, or bluetooth. It also works for other platforms since it's written in python. I tried version devel release 9.00 but this had some problems, but the latest, 9.07 worked fine. Unfortunately it's only available as an rpm, so first off here's the download link:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bitpim/bitpim-0.9.07-0.i386.rpm?download

Next we need to install alien to convert the rpm to deb:
# apt-get install alien

Then convert it (this needs to be run as root) and then install the resulting deb:
# alien bitpim-0.9.07-0.i346.rpm
# dpkg -i bitpim_0.9.07-1_i386.deb

Then we need to create a symlink due to bitpim's use of libbtiff version 3:
# cd /usr/lib
# ln -s libtiff.so libtiff.so.3

We can now try to run bitpim from the command line, if you get any errors about libstdc++5 then install it as well:
# apt-get install libstdc++5

To add a menu item under Gnome, download this file and copy it into /usr/share/applications:
Menu item: bitpim.desktop

We're good to go. Under Edit->Settings, you can pick your phone type. If you need any further help getting your phone working via usb, serial, or bluetooth, it's best to search around.. Or if you are using the vx9800 via bluetooth, check out my howto:
http://www.quietearth.us/vx9800.htm

Tested under dapper.

NOTE: This is no longer valid under feisty as bitpim is in the repositories.

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Thanks for the tutorial. Just some corrections (Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake):

1) alien --to-deb bitpim-0.9.07-0.i386.rpm

2) ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3

Posted by: Anonymous | October 25, 2006 11:50:44 am | permalink

what about usb drivers? any news on them?

Posted by: Anonymous | February 26, 2007 06:23:59 pm | permalink

user icon Sorry I don't know, I'd check the latest bitpim releases..

Posted by: quietearth | February 26, 2007 06:29:34 pm | permalink

i followed your steps but when i open bitpim, it says its starting and then it doesn't open. nothing happens.

Posted by: Anonymous | March 31, 2007 01:39:33 am | permalink

user icon Try running bitpim by hand to see what errors you get, depending on your distro you might need to get a newer version, or symlink another library, etc..

Posted by: quietearth | March 31, 2007 09:04:05 am | permalink

Hi! this works great! thanks. I'm using Dapper, and the only thing I found that was different than the instructions above is that /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 is the file to link to, not libtiff.so

Julie

Posted by: Julie | August 29, 2007 03:46:27 pm | permalink

looks like bitpim 1.0.1 is released, but I can't get it to compile for 64-bit. Any ideas? Running Ubuntu gutsy. 1.0.0 can't connect to the 9900.

Posted by: forkman | September 7, 2007 10:37:51 pm | permalink

user icon Unless there is some advantage over using 1.0.1 I Would just use the bitpim in the repository, it should be in gutsy, it's in feisty.

Posted by: quietearth | September 8, 2007 06:23:04 pm | permalink

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