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    • C Offline
      cliffcoggin
      last edited by 17 Jul 2022, 14:53

      Good day folks.

      To experiment with Libertine I installed a container titled Lubuntu in my Nexus5 on Stable OTA-23, then added various LibreOffice applications. None of them would open so I decided to go no further and successfully removed them from the container by swiping right. I then tried to remove the container the same way, but nothing happened. I also tried to remove or destroy it using the terminal following these instructions

      https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/dailyuse/libertine.html

      which resulted in the message "container id Lubuntu does not exist" yet it still shows as a valid container in Settings>Libertine.

      So how do I find out if it exists or not? If it does exist how do I get rid of it, or is it so small as to be negligible?

      K 1 Reply Last reply 17 Jul 2022, 15:09 Reply Quote 0
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        Keneda @cliffcoggin
        last edited by 17 Jul 2022, 15:09

        @cliffcoggin
        Did you reboot after dumping contener ?

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          cliffcoggin @Keneda
          last edited by 17 Jul 2022, 17:00

          @keneda Indeed I did. I restarted and rebooted three times but the container still supposedly exists.

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            arubislander @cliffcoggin
            last edited by 17 Jul 2022, 17:22

            @cliffcoggin the id is probably 'xenial' and not Lubuntu. Lubuntu is the title, which is different than the id.

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              cliffcoggin @arubislander
              last edited by 17 Jul 2022, 20:28

              @arubislander Xenial was recognised but I do not have permission to delete it seems. I had a screenshot but lost it into the aether.

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                cliffcoggin @cliffcoggin
                last edited by 17 Jul 2022, 20:40

                @cliffcoggin screenshot20220717_211256361.png

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                  Pulsar33
                  last edited by 18 Jul 2022, 04:58

                  Hello,
                  Why do you use Terminal to manage Libertine ?

                  @pulsar33 said in Gently setup a Libertine container and some applications:

                  My best suggest is to use the Preferences/Libertine GUI as many as possible. In order to succeed, my second suggest is to always look at the messages scrolling during the installation. The spinning wheel only says that it is not ended but can let think that something was wrong. Often, it is just not ended and we are too impatient.
                  [...] if you have a container in the GUI, remove it to (try to) avoid any residual problem. Swipe the name of the container to the right and hit the "trashcan". When you see "Get started" [...]

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                    cliffcoggin @Pulsar33
                    last edited by 18 Jul 2022, 09:32

                    @pulsar33 said in Container destruction:

                    Hello,
                    Why do you use Terminal to manage Libertine ?

                    Why? Because, as I wrote earlier, swiping right to the rubbish bin, failed to do anything. No spinning wheel, no messages, no code, no visible activity of any sort for 90 minutes.

                    I would welcome any suggestions you have.

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                      Pulsar33 @cliffcoggin
                      last edited by 18 Jul 2022, 22:29

                      @cliffcoggin I have destroyed the container several times and never had this problem, sorry
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                        A Former User @cliffcoggin
                        last edited by A Former User 18 Jul 2022, 22:29

                        @cliffcoggin
                        I don't know whether this might give you the permission you need to get rid of the offending item:

                        https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/terminal-chapter-3-3073

                        $ sudo mount -o remount,rw /
                        followed by the destroy command
                        followed by a reboot to go back to read only

                        Please read the article in full before you listen to me, I've used '$ sudo mount -o remount,rw /' before with no adverse effects to perform other commands, but in my case firmly under the mantra of 'a little knowledge is a dangerous thing'.

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                          cliffcoggin @Guest
                          last edited by 18 Jul 2022, 22:59

                          @moncon That appears to be a risky procedure. Before deciding to attempt it I wonder what the consequences would be of leaving the container intact. Does the container use significant storage space? Will it interfere in any way with updates or other use of the phone?

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                            Keneda @cliffcoggin
                            last edited by Keneda 18 Jul 2022, 23:12

                            @cliffcoggin
                            You can see in settings app how many space is used by any component like apps or system or libertine... Etc...

                            Go to settings, then "about", and "storage".

                            See there : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/5070/improve-system-settings-disk-usage-analyzer?_=1658186035127

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                            C 1 Reply Last reply 19 Jul 2022, 10:39 Reply Quote 0
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                              cliffcoggin @Keneda
                              last edited by 19 Jul 2022, 10:39

                              @keneda I'd forgotten about that display which shows Libertine taking up 1.4 GB. That's 4.4% of total space, and 7.4% of free space, so not a problem in regard to storage. For the sake of tidiness I would prefer to get rid of it if there was a relatively fool-proof way to do so.

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                                arubislander @cliffcoggin
                                last edited by arubislander 19 Jul 2022, 13:40

                                @cliffcoggin there is.

                                Open the FileManager app, tap the Unlock button and authenticate with your unlock code.

                                Navigate to .local/share/ in your home folder and delete the folders libertine and libertine-container.

                                Navigate to.cache also in your home folder and delete the folder libertine-container.

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                                  cliffcoggin @arubislander
                                  last edited by 19 Jul 2022, 15:53

                                  @arubislander Well that was remarkably easy as it avoided the need to type accurately in the terminal, though I suppose anything is easy if you know how. It only took two minutes, and as a bonus it removed the LibreOffice icons that had remained after deleting the applications yesterday, and which I had not previously mentioned.

                                  Thank you so much.

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