[HOWTO] install and run Ubuntu inside phone

[snakehult]

Installed and tested work on:
Azure 0919
Azure 1.0.1
Mdj 0.1

UPDATED script, tnx to TheGrammarFreak

1. Download ubuntu unzip and copy folder ubuntu to sdcard. (632MB zipped take a while, about 2GB unzipped)
2. Download my modified scripts and unzip them to ubuntu folder on your sdcard
3. Boot phone to recovery or fake-flash.
4. Start adb shell
5. cd /sdcard/ubuntu
6. sh ./ubuntu.sh

7. sh ./bootubuntu to test if it working, if you got prompt [email protected]

8. reboot phone
9. Open terminal on phone or adb shell
10. With terminal run su first then bootubuntu, on adb shell: only bootubuntu

11. update your system and install some good stuff:
apt-get update
apt-get install tightvncserver lxde openssh-server
set password for vnc
passwd root (for ssh access)


12. install whatever ubuntu stuff you need

Andriod-vnc apk

 

[tonper]

Sweet, will definetly try this out when I get some time over.
Good job!

 

[bjohv052]

Real sweet. I can't see any use for it myself, but that doesn't make the accomplishment any smaller.

Sent from my Legend using XDA App

 

[snakehult]

Absolutely no use
But I could not resist to give it a go.

 

[LilNes]

Mmmmmm, When i launch adb shell I have :

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -

 

[rajasyaitan]

Excellent work here snake. Don't see any use for it myself but definitely would impress my friends! Two thumbs up. Another milestone achieve for the Legend.

 

[BlaY0]

Mmmmmm, When i launch adb shell I have :

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -

Did you (by any chance) try to copy/paste that error output into a Google search filed and hit enter??? You would have most probably got a gazillion of hits.

 

[LilNes]

I try and walk =)
It is possible to make a full ubuntu rom replacing the system folder of Android by those of Ubuntu?
Just to see the performance of the phone.

ps : sorry i'm french...

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

I try and walk =)
It is possible to make a full ubuntu rom replacing the system folder of Android by those of Ubuntu?
Just to see the performance of the phone.

ps : sorry i'm french...

Possible, yes. Of course it is. Likely? No. Unless you start a port.

 

[LilNes]

On the nexus one we can boot from the SD card, why not on the legend ...

But the screen is too small for everyday use.

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

On the nexus one we can boot from the SD card, why not on the legend ...

But the screen is too small for everyday use.

Boot from SD card? Well, look into how it's done, and see if it's possible on the Legend

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I have found that sometimes bootubuntu doesn't work, and that changing all the "loop1" into "loop5" sorts it out... Just an observation

 

[LilNes]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631389

Try this way ?!

 

[snakehult]

ok, will check it.

 

[LilNes]

If we have to work on this, i think is better to try porting meego ...

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

If we have to work on this, i think is better to try porting meego ...

I thought that too...

 

[LilNes]

Hummm meego work on HTC desire ...

http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/MSMQSD

 

[areicko]

That would be so nice that we could have both android and meego on our legend ! If you could keep us in touch with your progress, that would be nice ;-)

 

[areicko]

And just one quick feedback about ubuntu on my phone : I've a problem when I try to use ubuntu with the phone terminal, I've a "chroot: can't execute '/bin/bash': no such file or directory", then a few errors with unmount (unpossible 'cause there's no such file or directory), and finally a losetup: /dev/loop5: Device or ressource busy...

Any idea ?

Thank you for your help.

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

That would be so nice that we could have both android and meego on our legend ! If you could keep us in touch with your progress, that would be nice ;-)

Who's progress?

Sent from my Legend using XDA App

 

[LilNes]

no progress yet was not even begin xD

for the dual boot, see if we can modify the boot process and integret a boot menu.
at the moment, no android can do this

@areicko, are you in fake recovery ?