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meefik / linuxdeploy

Install and run GNU/Linux on Android
https://meefik.github.io/linuxdeploy
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failed getting release ... #696

Open deb75 opened 7 years ago

deb75 commented 7 years ago

Hello,

I try to install linux deploy on my samsung note 10.1 (2014 ed), unofficial CM13. No matter what I do, the installation process always fails on retrieving the Release file.

I tried to replace the internet address by the raw IP, tried ubuntu, debian, armhf architecture for both.

I know this issue has laready been addressed in older posts, but I could not find any workaround in those ones.

hijinio commented 7 years ago

Do you have meefik's busybox app installed from the Play store? If so, did you run the app and click the install button? You need root access, I believe.

deb75 commented 7 years ago

Thanks for your answeer.

I upgraded android to the latest version (nougat 7.0) and installation worked well.

hijinio commented 7 years ago

Was upgrading to 7.0 the solution, or did you also install meefik's busybox? Thanks!

deb75 commented 7 years ago

Hi,

Before, with CM13, it was failing with "failed getting release", after having installed busybox it failed at mkfs step, could not understand why.

I tried to get help with CM13, but is was no longer maintened, so I decided to upgrade and install busybox + linuxdeploy right after the fresh install.

So, unfortunately I cannot tell you exactly what was the issue on CM13. When I had these issues i was not at home, it is possible that some router prevented some kind of connexions.

hijinio commented 7 years ago

I feel pretty confident that it has to do with busybox not being installed. I ran into this same exact issue until I installed it... And it had to be meefik's busybox, not some other version from another developer. That said, I'm writing to you from a device running CM13 and Linux Deploy w/ busybox. :) Glad to see that you got it working!