barry - BlackBerry ™ synchronization for Linux
Overview

Linux users who also use a BlackBerry ™ now have an option for managing their BlackBerry directly from Linux.

Barry is an Open Source application that will allow synchronization, backup, restore and program management for BlackBerry ™ devices. Barry is primarily developed on Linux, but is intended as a cross platform library and application set, targetting Linux, BSD, 32/64bit, and big/little endian systems. You can find the source code at the Sourceforge project page

Getting Started

Barry comes in source and binary package format. You can find the latest downloads here.

Before you start, you should check whether your system meets the following requirements:

- If you are running a Fedora system, make sure you have the ConsoleKit package installed. This will allow you to access the Blackberry without root privileges.

See the requirements document for more details on the above requirements.

See the installation page for instructions on installing Barry from source.

Help Wanted

We can always use help in testing and developing extra features. If you have any trouble getting Barry to work, please contact us on the mailing list.

There are dozens of databases that need to be documented and supported in the library. If you have a BlackBerry ™ device and are interested in helping decipher data, we have a barry hacking document that will help you.

We are also looking for help in many areas: general documentation, howto documents, Python SWIG wrappers, or Python GUIs. Feel free to ask on the mailing list for more information.

Design

If you are interested in helping out or just interested in how it works, check out our design notes .

Roadmap

We have put together a document that describes where we are and where we want to take barry. Check out our roadmap to see what's happening.

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