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    Misunderstanding about ubuntu touch on Nexus 7

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        doniks @zlamalp
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        @zlamalp no, that doesn't sound right. A UT installation consists normally of the following four pieces

        1. boot image
        2. recovery
        3. system image (device independent)
        4. android container

        the steps you propose do nothing to get the deb android container. here are the steps I used: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/643 in Workaround.

        Some more nitpicking:

        • I'm not sure in which version of Ubuntu the ubuntu-device-flash tool is available. I painfully realized that at some point it wasn't available in my version (probably 18.04). This might have been resolved, but good to check
        • It makes no sense to use --server one time, but not the other. Either your version of ubuntu-device-flash always goes to Ubports server by default, then you're good. Or it never goes there by default, then you always need to specify
        • wrt channel - if you don't know which one you want, then you want stable
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          dobey @doniks
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          @doniks said in Misunderstanding about ubuntu touch on Nexus 7:

          I'm not sure in which version of Ubuntu the ubuntu-device-flash tool is available. I painfully realized that at some point it wasn't available in my version (probably 18.04). This might have been resolved, but good to check

          The tool is available in 16.04 in the Ubuntu archives, and there is a build for 18.04 in the ubports repository (https://repo.ubports.com/) which can be used.

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            Stefano @dobey
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            @dobey I thought that u-d-f doesn't work on 18.04, I couldn't install it, any particular package to install? Could you clarify what build to use, as I can't find any. Thanks.

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              doniks @zlamalp
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              @zlamalp said in Misunderstanding about ubuntu touch on Nexus 7:

              ubuntu-device-flash --server http://system-image.ubports.com touch --channel ubuntu-touch/stable --device=deb

              Actually, after reading your post again I realize ... if this command works, you should be done.

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                zlamalp
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                Thanks @doniks I'll see if that works if I get the device.

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                  dobey @Stefano
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                  @stefano said in Misunderstanding about ubuntu touch on Nexus 7:

                  @dobey I thought that u-d-f doesn't work on 18.04, I couldn't install it, any particular package to install? Could you clarify what build to use, as I can't find any. Thanks.

                  The latest ubuntu-device-flash package for your architecture from https://repo.ubports.com/pool/bionic/main/g/goget-ubuntu-touch/ should work on 18.04.

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                    Stefano @dobey
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                    @dobey I tried to install, it says installing,but won't install. Really strange. It's normal .deb amd64 package and it just won't work. Never mind, my wife is on 16.04, so I just keep flashing it on her laptop. Thanks for the help anyway.

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                      zubozrout @Stefano
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                      @stefano Probably the best to add the repo to your system and use it from there. Did you try that?

                      echo "deb http://repo.ubports.com/ bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubports.list
                      wget http://repo.ubports.com/keyring.gpg -O - | sudo apt-key add -
                      

                      and then

                      apt update
                      apt install ubuntu-device-flash
                      
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                        Stefano @zubozrout
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                        @zubozrout W: GPG error: http://repo.ubports.com bionic Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4BD4B4D6DBB583F1
                        E: The repository 'http://repo.ubports.com bionic Release' is not signed.
                        N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
                        N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

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                          Stefano @zubozrout
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                          @zubozrout @dobey I found this and managed to install it. I know it's for 14.04, but somehow it work, don't really know what I've done. I played with aptitude and get the public.key from ubports, it still said that click-ubuntu-policy is missing and has no installable candidate. Anyway, now it just successfully flashed my Pro5 with latest Stable release. I'm over the moon 🙂
                          this is what I've done;

                          echo "deb http://repo.ubports.com/ bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubports.list

                          wget https://repo.ubports.com/pubkey.gpg
                          --2019-01-18 10:36:36-- https://repo.ubports.com/pubkey.gpg
                          Resolving repo.ubports.com (repo.ubports.com)... 104.24.1.9, 104.24.0.9, 2606:4700:20::6818:9, ...
                          Connecting to repo.ubports.com (repo.ubports.com)|104.24.1.9|:443... connected.
                          HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
                          Length: 1702 (1.7K)
                          Saving to: ‘pubkey.gpg’

                          pubkey.gpg 100%[===================>] 1.66K --.-KB/s in 0s

                          2019-01-18 10:36:36 (10.3 MB/s) - ‘pubkey.gpg’ saved [1702/1702]

                          stefano@stefano-Inspiron-13-5378:~$ sudo apt-key add - < pubkey.gpg
                          OK
                          sudo apt update

                          then just download this package and install it:http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/goget-ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-device-flash_0.2+14.04.20140416.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
                          all done and ready to flash UT on 18.04 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                          Thanks you guys for your help, you rock!

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                            doniks @zlamalp
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                            @zlamalp said in Misunderstanding about ubuntu touch on Nexus 7:

                            Thanks @doniks I'll see if that works if I get the device.

                            Hey @zlamalp how's it going? Did you ever get that deb? The image has just been fixed and we could do with testers that have a deb ...

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                              zlamalp @doniks
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                              Hi @doniks,

                              sorry, I wasn't able to get one. Everybody is selling older model with Tegra chip.

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                                doniks @zlamalp
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                                @zlamalp too bad

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