libedit is optional but useful for jconsole. android doesn't have libedit
and jconsole for Android uses linenoise instead. hypothetical, jconsole for
rpi can be built using linenoise if many users had reported libedit is not
preinstalled and trouble to install.

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 5:25 AM greg heil <[email protected]> wrote:

> >i tried to install j807 on my Samsung ChromeBook Plus (CB+) which is only
> the second after the PixelBooks to get that capability (Linux apps) in
> their Canary channel. They have import and unpacking tools using the Debian
> package system... but as there are no .deb files. i was looking for a way
> to unpack it without such automation...
>
> >Bill suggested i use theRasbery Pi version, as it is an ARM device.
>
> >Following instructions at:
>
> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/System/Installation/Zips
>
> >i did the Raspberry Pi j807 protocol on my CB+. After downloading and
> unpacking the (one) 807 RPi tar i had:
>
> >~/j807$ ls
> addons  jconsole.sh  readme.txt  tools bin     jqt.sh       system
>  updatejqt.sh
>
> >~/j807$ jconsole.sh
> -bash: jconsole.sh: command not found
>
> Whoops! Well try:
>
> >~/j807$ ./jconsole.sh
> bin/jconsole: error while loading shared libraries: libedit.so.2:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> Well...
>
> >~/j807/bin$ ls
> icons          jbrk      jhs      profile.ijs installer.txt  jconsole
> libj.so  profilex_template.ijs
>
> the directory (actually a symlink) is there, but...
>
> >~/j807/bin$ cd jconsole
> -bash: cd: jconsole: Not a directory
>
> >so it seems the CB+ is not able to follow that kind of symlink, and it is
> a blob which is hard to follow manually, and appears to point inside of
> system directories. These are harder to get to on CB´s due to the sandbox
> they are put in (outside of developer mode).
>
> Any suggestion? Perhaps .deb packaging now?
>
> ~greg
> krsnadas.org
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