Adding an app to a container using the tweak tool?

bre34

I have the Libertine Tweak Tool and have Ubuntu Xenial installed as a package. How can I add an app (like protonvpn) to the container using the tweak tool? I've tried, but it does not find the app anywhere. I added the protonvpn repository to the Libertine container, but that is as far as I got. Thanks for help.

bre34

@bre34 said in Adding an app to a container using the tweak tool?:

I have the Libertine Tweak Tool and have Ubuntu Xenial installed as a package. How can I add an app (like protonvpn) to the container using the tweak tool? I've tried, but it does not find the app anywhere. I added the protonvpn repository to the Libertine container, but that is as far as I got. Thanks for help.

Update: I figured out how to search the archive and then install a package. Is there a way to install a package not in the archive?

jojumaxx

I'd like to know that, too. I tried using a 'root' terminal within the container, but it didn't work out due to errors...

Keneda

@jojumaxx said in Adding an app to a container using the tweak tool?:

I tried using a 'root' terminal within the container, but it didn't work out due to errors...

https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7572/problem-with-sudo-is-my-system-broken/2?_=1647646805260

Pulsar33

@bre34 @jojumaxx Why are you trying to use Tweak tool or root terminal ?
It is so simple with the normal way : https://forums.ubports.com/post/57032
Good luck
Pulsar33

jojumaxx

@pulsar33 The idea was to install an application not yet listet or mentioned. I thought, maybe within a Libertine container that could be possible. What I tried simply was to open a terminal using

libertine-container-manager exec -c bash

and run a 'snap install' inside it. Since that failes, I'm curious on how that might be possible.

Pulsar33

@jojumaxx As said in the linked post above, I've been facing some disappointments following the documentation about the shell commands for Libertine containers. That's why I wrote some tips.

For bash, install a terminal in Libertine with the normal way then use it to launch your commands instead trying to "bash" from the outside. Here are a lot of terminal instance which have been tested : https://forums.ubports.com/post/62677

For Flatpack : @Keneda has replied above

BR
Pulsar33

jojumaxx

@pulsar33
I think, I am missing some basic understanding, so please keep being patient.

I read the thread you linked, but I got no luck:

I installed the gnome-terminal in the Libertine container. Trying to launch it results in an immediate crash. I guess, that's why I have to do this:

"gnome-terminal: in /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop Exec=gnome-terminal must be edited to Exec=dbus-launch gnome-terminal. There are multiple Exec entries in the file do this for all of them."

When I do navigate there (in my standard terminal, not within the Libertine container), there is no file named 'gnome-terminal.desktop' (though there is a symbol present on the homescreen).
So what do I have to do now, exactly?

bre34

@jojumaxx This happened to me, too. This is what I did.

Go to the regular UT terminal app that was there already when you installed UT on your phone and launch it.

Type in at the prompt and do not use "sudo":
libertine-container-manager exec -i xenial -c bash

I did not use "sudo" for anything while doing this.

There was a series of lines that say something like:

groups: cannot find name for group ID 10
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 10
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 10
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 10
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 10
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 10
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 10
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 10
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 20
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 30
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 30
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 30
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 99
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groups: cannot find name for group ID 32
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bash: /home/phablet/.bashrc: Permission
denied
root@ubuntu-phablet:/#

I typed at the prompt: cd /usr/share/applications

and got then got this:

root@ubuntu-phablet:/usr/share/applicati
ons#

I typed at the prompt: ls

The above two characters are a little "L" and small "S". This will list the files in the applications folder.

Among the files that show up should be "gnome-terminal.desktop". You should still have the same prompt as before after the listing is complete. Then, I typed in at the prompt "nano gnome-terminal.desktop". You should have "nano" installed in the container before you do any of these steps. "nano" is a nice little editor that I use to modify files. It has methods to select keys like "Control-X", etc. that you will need to save your modified file. There is also a selection you will make inside "nano" that will select arrow keys that you can navigate up, down, right, and left to get to that line you have to change. It took me some time to get it all done with the small keyboard.

This allowed me to launch the new "gnome-terminal" icon. I then tried to "apt install" an app and it hung in the middle of my typing it. The keyboard disappeared and the gnome-terminal app froze.

I put in another topic entry for it. If you get past my problem, please post your solution here or on my other topic. I hope this helps. If I did something wrong or need to fix things, still, please let me know.

Pulsar33

@jojumaxx @bre34 Hello
I don't understand very well all what you say and do. I can just say you "don't look for complicated solutions !"

If you read this message you will see that FakeShell and me had not the same experience with gnome-terminal (highlighted in yellow). I didn't try his workaround for gnome-terminal, I use LXterminal

Another tip I can give is this: when you've done a lot of testing and gotten a lot of errors, DELETE your container and reinstall everything that worked from the beginning.

Good luck
Pulsar33

doniks

@bre34

there are a lot of things in here. A few points I know for a fact:

you cannot install applications from LTT. I don't think this feature is needed
you can install applications from the Libertine system settings
you can add alternate ppa archives from the Libertine system settings

A few more points, I think might apply to you:

I don't know protonvpn, but I could imagine whatever vpn software you come up with needs deep (kernel) level integration. I'm not sure how much luck you will have with this.
at some point you talk about snap, that's an entirely different beast. I would not be surprised if there is no way to make snap work in libertine.
not quite sure why you try to use gnome-terminal. I guess in the best case you would get the same features that you already have in ubuntu touch terminal. And I wouldn't be surprised if you run into a lot of issues that make it a lot of work with a much worse user experience the UT terminal

Bottom line, I have the feeling you are asking too specific questions. Like someone asking "How can I avoid the nail from bending when I try to hammer it into concrete with my wrench?", rather than asking "How can I hang my pictures?"... I would suggest a new thread with a question about what you try to achieve.

bre34

Pulsar33 and doniks:

Thanks for the information. I've tried three times to install the container and I still get errors. The Libertine GUI in Settings would not delete the container. I had to manually go into two directories with terminal to delete it all. I also had to delete the name of the container using the terminal. This was mentioned in another post. According to the Libertine documentation, my two options (ADB and SSH) did not work either. I had been using ADB to flash my phone and I have ADB on both my computer and Pixel 3a. I set up keys on my computer and phone and still could not get SSH to work. I had Developer Mode on and also SSH was enabled on the phone with UT Tweak Tool. The documentation said that I needed to use either ADB or SSH to use Libertine commands due to AppArmor. I just tried them in a terminal and they did not work. If you can point me to a real good tutorial on ADB or even SSH or a third option I do not know about, then I would appreciate that.

Pulsar33

@pulsar33 said in Adding an app to a container using the tweak tool?:

I don't understand very well all what you say and do. I can just say you "don't look for complicated solutions !"

@bre34 I'm not a developer like @doniks and he would certainly have good explanations for the problems you are facing. But it seems to me that with so many problems, you should reinstall UBports entirely. Maybe you destroyed or changed something important during your so many attempts.

Then, for Libertine, follow that and only that : https://forums.ubports.com/post/57032
For the choice of applications to install with Libertine Preference follow that : https://forums.ubports.com/post/62789

Good luck
Pulsar33

bre34

Thanks. It's a work in progress.