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    Run Ubuntu Touch as a virtual machine? [Solved]

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      • OpolorkO Offline
        Opolork
        last edited by Opolork

        Hi.

        Is it possible to run Ubuntu Touch as a virtual machine (QEMU/VirtualBox) to test out apps?

        Thanks.

        How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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          advocatux @Opolork
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          @Opolork no, it isn't but you can use http://clickable.bhdouglass.com/en/latest/index.html

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          • OpolorkO Offline
            Opolork @advocatux
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            @advocatux said in Run Ubuntu Touch as a virtual machine?:

            @Opolork no, it isn't but you can use http://clickable.bhdouglass.com/en/latest/index.html

            Thank you advocatux. ✋

            How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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            • ShohagS Offline
              Shohag
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              See this for ut on qemu, https://github.com/ubports/utqemu

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                NewBit @Shohag
                last edited by

                I've managed to boot the ubuntu-touch-mainline-generic-amd64.img image on Parallels Desktop. Looks good so far.

                But some apps don't start wit the massage that gtk can't find any display or monitor. Which is weird because I am seeing clearly the desktop.

                Any ideas / suggestions on what I need to install? like xsession, that apps like gparted, geany and xrandr etc. recognises the display I am looking at?

                Thanks
                NewBit

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                • developerbaymanD Offline
                  developerbayman @Opolork
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                  @opolork dont just use clickable desktop same thing for app dev but not so much for UT core development

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