How to install patches

[iliyas]

Please, help me for installing/using any patches (for example AlbumArt patch, BMP resize patch, etc.) which need for RockFlow and same themes.

[yapper]

See the wiki, for example: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToCompiling

[answerman]

See the wiki, for example: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToCompiling

I'm a Windows XP User. I just installed RockBox and was looking through themes while I noticed that most of them need patches.

I looked thru the instructions in the link you gave. I have no idea how to get around in Linux (although I played around with OpenSuse some time ago). I'm not in a position to switch my OS either.

How do I get things done in Windows XP?
I want to install these patches.
http://solutions-i.org/julius/rockbox/patches/

thanks.

AnswerMan
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[AlexP]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToCompiling is for Windows users.  You need to either use cygwin, or VMWare to provide either a linux like environment or a linux virtual machine on Windows.  I recommend VMWare, cygwin is slow as hell to compile.

However, the patches at http://solutions-i.org/julius/rockbox/patches/ are many months out of date and some are unnecessary.  If you got any of them to patch and compile I'll try and organise a loan to buy a hat shop and eat the contents.  It may take some while as buying a hat shop only to consume the stock isn't a great business plan, and with the current state of the world economy I may have some trouble securing the capital.

[answerman]

thanx, i guess.

I have no idea what you said about hats loans and shtuff. anyhow, i will check out and respond.

ps: i need latest versions of all those patches. where are they available.?

[yapper]

answerman: Take a look at this thread: http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=14495.0

[AlexP]

I have no idea what you said about hats loans and shtuff. anyhow, i will check out and respond.

Heh, it was a joke.  There is an expression in English - If so and so works, I'll eat my hat - indicating something is extremely unlikely.

As for latest versions, check the patch tracker or ask the original author.  They are not official parts of rockbox.  Also bear in mind if you use anything other than the official build you will not get support here.

[bzavala]

Please, help me for installing/using any patches (for example AlbumArt patch, BMP resize patch, etc.) which need for RockFlow and same themes.

The RockFlow theme doesn't require any addtional patch; it works with the current Build... AlbumArt is already part of Rockbox.