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Hello everyone, this is my first post. Me and a friend are currently running Ubuntu Touch OTA 21 (as far as we could tell) and found this tool called Libertine which apparently lets you run standard Ubuntu desktop apps on your device. I immediately start experimenting with it, and after creating a container, I decide to install some browsers. Brave Nightly is stuck in an endless loop of installing (I left it overnight for 9 hours with the screen on the container) so I decide to try Firefox (100). Libertine reports Firefox as 'installed' except I'm unable to launch it. So I try Chrome (latest version). Same result. I try OpenOffice. Same result, once again. I asked my friend to check to see if it worked for him but same result as me. Seems like we're the only ones facing this issue as searching online yielded no results. I'm using a Redmi Note 8T (Global version) and my friend is using a Redmi Note 9 Pro (Global version too). Is there a fix to this? Or what's even causing it? Thanks in advance.
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K Keneda moved this topic from Support on 30 May 2022, 13:07
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@immortalchanger Quick answer: not everything works under Libertine. Command-line tools usually work but GUI apps are hit and miss - and some of them are unusable without the dpi adjustments that Libertine Tweak Tool makes. Firefox will run if you manage to find the proper build of firefox-esr that fits your arm device : there's a thread about this exactly. Libre office is also an active thread at the moment. You will also find on this forum a number of lists of apps that DO work in libertine for sure. My experience with Libertine is that you can make almost anything work if you're ready to put in time and efforts. Libraries are almost always missing, and command lines are to be passed through lish (an awesome LTTT utility) or Xterm
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Welcome @immortalchanger!
Libertine is not yet quite ready for prime time. Also depending on your device your mileage may vary.
But please take a look here where a community member has shared their experimentations and successes using Libertine on their device.
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@immortalchanger Quick answer: not everything works under Libertine. Command-line tools usually work but GUI apps are hit and miss - and some of them are unusable without the dpi adjustments that Libertine Tweak Tool makes. Firefox will run if you manage to find the proper build of firefox-esr that fits your arm device : there's a thread about this exactly. Libre office is also an active thread at the moment. You will also find on this forum a number of lists of apps that DO work in libertine for sure. My experience with Libertine is that you can make almost anything work if you're ready to put in time and efforts. Libraries are almost always missing, and command lines are to be passed through lish (an awesome LTTT utility) or Xterm
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@emphrath none of the apps I tried installing work. I don't quite remember them all as it was a few days ago that I was experimenting. They either get stuck on "installing" or they're reported as installed but can't be launched
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@immortalchanger you need to debug what went wrong by looking at the "details" of the spinning wheel. Alternatively, install your apps through lish or Xterm - it gives you more lisibility on what happens and for programs that need user input to go through install, it's actually the only way. On another hand I don't think this is how Libertine is meant to be used and it might result in hiccups
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@emphrath nothing useful shows on the details, and I don't know whether I'll try those 2 tools. But if Libertine isn't meant to be used this way, how should it actually be used? installing desktop apps is the purpose of it
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I ImmortalChanger has marked this topic as solved on 2 Jun 2022, 14:42
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@immortalchanger no, I meant not through terminal