<![CDATA[Does /home/phablet/.local get overwritten with updates?]]>I've found a possible solution for myself to install applications without needing to change the read only permissions on the rootfs of Ubuntu Touch.

The solution I'm using is copying the executables from the Libertine containers rootfs to "/home/phablet/.local/bin" which has allowed me to use git and htop without having to do anything to my installation.

The question remains, would this persist through updates or is .local cleared when updating OTA?

If not, this may be a good solution to get git, htop and similar working. Obviously this excludes anything that requires X11 support but allows terminal applications to run. Is there any obvious drawbacks?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7336/does-home-phablet-local-get-overwritten-with-updatesRSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 08:37:21 GMTThu, 27 Jan 2022 09:55:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Does /home/phablet/.local get overwritten with updates? on Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:08:51 GMT]]>@majesticfudgie /home/phablet/.local does not get overwritten by updates, nor anything else truly in your /home/phablet folder

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60901https://forums.ubports.com/post/60901Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:08:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does /home/phablet/.local get overwritten with updates? on Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:14:35 GMT]]>@majesticfudgie
People over here are asking € 120 for the same phone! 😞

Time for some gambling and bidding half of that! 😄

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60987https://forums.ubports.com/post/60987Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:14:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does /home/phablet/.local get overwritten with updates? on Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:50:24 GMT]]>Thanks for the feedback.
I may have just shelled out £60 on a Google Pixel 2 XL ;D
I'll be trying Crackle with that 😛

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60934https://forums.ubports.com/post/60934Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:50:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does /home/phablet/.local get overwritten with updates? on Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:16:50 GMT]]>@majesticfudgie said in Does /home/phablet/.local get overwritten with updates?:

I've found a possible solution for myself to install applications without needing to change the read only permissions on the rootfs of Ubuntu Touch.

The solution I'm using is copying the executables from the Libertine containers rootfs to "/home/phablet/.local/bin" which has allowed me to use git and htop without having to do anything to my installation.

In the past I've set PATH to include the folders in the libertine container, without having to copy anything around. didn't notice any issues from it

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60924https://forums.ubports.com/post/60924Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:16:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does /home/phablet/.local get overwritten with updates? on Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:02:36 GMT]]>@MajesticFudgie Try reading this: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6283/snap-crackle-and-pop-readwrite-rootfs-is-overrated

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60916https://forums.ubports.com/post/60916Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:02:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does /home/phablet/.local get overwritten with updates? on Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:36:56 GMT]]>Ah, thanks for clarifying.

Any thoughts on my above approaches to get git and other terminal applications running under the main shell?

Are there any obvious issues?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60915https://forums.ubports.com/post/60915Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:36:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does /home/phablet/.local get overwritten with updates? on Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:08:51 GMT]]>@majesticfudgie /home/phablet/.local does not get overwritten by updates, nor anything else truly in your /home/phablet folder

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/60901https://forums.ubports.com/post/60901Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:08:51 GMT