Thanks, this looks promising. However, the chroot command only yields:
chroot: failed to run command ‘/bin/bash’: No such file or directory On Wed, 2015-05-13 at 17:19 -0400, Rodney Dawes wrote: > If you want to use CLI tools installed via debs, you need to do it this > way: > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/620740/how-to-install-regularcli-deb-packages-on-bq-aquaris-e4-5-ubuntu-edition/623311#623311 > > Making the phone writable and installing debs to the root partition will > end up with those installs likely being destroyed at some point when the > system image is updated, and/or the phone becoming broken if you try to > use apt-get upgrade or dist-upgrade to upgrade the phone. It isn't built > around using apt, so using apt is not supported. > > Using a chroot will allow you to install and use CLI utilities as you > need them, and keep such a system in a container away from the main > system (unless you bind mount things, but even then only limited > exposure exists). > > > On Wed, 2015-05-13 at 22:26 +0200, Louis Holbrook (for subscriptions > only, don't use) wrote: > > I wanted to install the dict cmd line client, but package can't be found > > through the standard repositories. > > > > Is there a repository that would have a compatible version for > > AquarisE4.5(r22). > > > > If a downloadable .deb, which compiled format should I use, or do I have > > to compile on the phone directly? > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
