Before you attempt to set-up the development tools for Palm at home first you should download them from here .
After you downloaded the tools, you should become a super-user and move Tools.tar to the root directory of your system. Then, unpack the tools using the following command:
tar -xzf Tools.tar
If nothing went wrong you should see a new directory called /vlad. After this point you won't need the super user access anymore, so switch back to the normal account.
The next step is to download the example project from here , and then unpack it somewhere in your home directory using this command
tar -xf Hello.tar
After you finish unpacking the example project, open a Makefile and change the line that looks like this
PREFIX = /afs/umbc.edu/depts/cmsc/ajoshi/vlad/Palm
to this
PREFIX = /vlad
Then follow these instructions to compile your project, run it and create your own projects.