Misunderstanding about ubuntu touch on Nexus 7

Stefano

@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.

doniks

@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.

zlamalp

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

dobey

@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.

Stefano

@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.

zubozrout

@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

Stefano

@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.

Stefano

@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!

doniks

@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 ...

zlamalp

Hi @doniks,

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

doniks

@zlamalp too bad