Starting Development on the Nexus 5 - Basic Questions Within

[TimWinter]

Hi All!

I got Convergence working (a decent connector will do that, apparently!) and am excited to play around with my new ultra-ultra-portable device.

The first thing I'd like to do is write some simple scripts, and to do that I need to have my source control running. I know it's generally against the rules to apt-get install git, but I'm not familiar with libertine containers. How do I get basic cli tools running in libertine containers, or is there a better way to do this?

[dobey]

Really, you just create the container, and then you can apt install anything in the Ubuntu repository that's built for armhf, in that container.

You can run a shell inside the container, and do whatever you want within it, for the most part, as if it were a traditional Linux distro install. Do not instlal the sudo package or attempt to use it though. It's not necessary as the container is unprivileged.

[arubislander]

Hi @TimWinter,

I have written a guide (for myself as reference actually) that walks through creating a container and installing some command line tools. I have copied some of the info under here. I assume an adb shell connection to the device:

First you create your container. I am calling mine Xerus and giving it the id xenial:

$ libertine-container-manager create-container -i xenial -n "Xerus"

This might take a while to complete. Next install the command line tools we want to use in the newly created container.

$ libertine-container-manager install-package -i xenial -p git
$ libertine-container-manager install-package -i xenial -p screenfetch

To invoke the tools use libertine-launch. I will illustrate with screenfetch:

$ libertine-launch -i xenial screenfetch
: DISPLAY environment variable not set!
[[ ! ]] awk: fatal: cannot open file `/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/
cpufreq/scaling_max_freq' for reading (Permission denied)
                          ./+o+-       phablet@android
                  yyyyy- -yyyyyy+      OS: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
               ://+//////-yyyyyyo      Kernel: aarch64 Linux 3.10.93+
           .++ .:/++++++/-.+sss/`      Uptime: 2m
         .:++o:  /++++++++/:--:/-      Packages: 679
        o:+o+:++.`..```.-/oo+++++/     Shell: 21829
       .:+o:+o/.          `+sssoo+/    CPU: MT8163
  .++/+:+oo+o:`             /sssooo.   RAM: 1324MiB / 1962MiB
 /+++//+:`oo+o               /::--:.  
 \+/+o+++`o++o               ++////.  
  .++.o+++oo+:`             /dddhhh.  
       .+.o+oo:.          `oddhhhh+   
        \+.++o+o``-````.:ohdhhhhh+    
         `:o+++ `ohhhhhhhhyo++os:     
           .o:`.syhhhhhhh/.oo++o`     
               /osyyyyyyo++ooo+++/    
                   ````` +oo+++o\:    
                          `oo++.      

You can optionally add aliases to the commands you install in the container in your ~/.bash_aliases file:

alias git='libertine-launch -i xenial git'
alias screenfetch='libertine-launch -i xenial screenfetch'

Hope this helps

[haveaniceday]

The part with the aliases is clever.

[doniks]

@arubislander said in Starting Development on the Nexus 5 - Basic Questions Within:

You can optionally add aliases to the commands you install in the container in your ~/.bash_aliases file:
alias git='libertine-launch -i xenial git
alias screenfetch='libertine-launch -i xenial screenfetch

nice https://github.com/ubports/docs.ubports.com/pull/148