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Benjamin-Dobell / Heimdall

Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy devices.
MIT License
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Possible to install on OS X Catalina? #483

Open antarr opened 3 years ago

antarr commented 3 years ago

I'm trying to install on OSX Catalina but the installer says my system is not supported. Is there a way to get around this?

BeastOfBodmin commented 3 years ago

If it did install, what does it install that requires a reboot?

The 1.4.0 installer seemed to install on Catalina.

I rebooted.

But I can't find anything that resembles the Heimdall app with this

find / | grep -i heimdall

If it did install, where do I find it?

amo13 commented 3 years ago

I'd recommend to simply get a binary compiled with the necessary fixes and to use it directly. Here is the one I compiled a while back. It should work on OSX Catalina. Here you can find the heimdall stuff compiled by the lineage team. Also, I encourage you to check out my custom rom installer application.

mrdegger commented 3 years ago

I'd recommend to simply get a binary compiled with the necessary fixes and to use it directly. Here is the one I compiled a while back. It should work on OSX Catalina.

First link worked for me on OSX El Capitan (heimdall-mac-old.zip). Thanks a lot!

slhck commented 3 years ago

Specific error is:

The package is trying to install content to the system volume. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

It tries to install to the System volume, which is not supported.

amo13 commented 3 years ago

What is trying to install what to which system's volume? What did you try and what command did you issue?

slhck commented 3 years ago

I am referring to installing Heimdall Suite 1.4.0.pkg on macOS Catalina (as the OP wrote). As you can see in https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/blob/master/OSX/install-kext.sh — assuming that is what is being used for the .pkg code — it is attempting to copy a kernel extension to /System, which is not possible starting with 10.15.

amo13 commented 3 years ago

I see. Well since heimdall pretty much is an abandoned project and the file you are referring to is from 2015, I don't think there is much hope in getting an installer to work on current systems. I guess we are better off just using compiled binaries as long as they are still working...

slhck commented 3 years ago

Oh, alright. I didn't see that it was abandoned. Perhaps the authors could at least explain the macOS limitations in the README.

I see the binrary you linked to just runs. Thank you.