Thanks for the tip. Sadly, however, it doesn't work with ssh either for me. I get the same error.
On Thu, 2015-05-14 at 14:02 +0200, Torsten Sachse wrote: > Hi. I had the same problem. Try turning on the ssh service using "sudo > service ssh start" (if it's not running already), then ssh into your phone > from the terminal itself "ssh localhost". Dont forget to add your own ssh > key to authorized_keys. Then try the chroot command again. For some reason, > the chroot command works from within an ssh session but not from the > terminal itself when the chroot is located in the home directory. At least > on my BQ that's the case. I have no idea why. Do any of the developers > know? Somehow, exec permissions seem to be missing on the mount. I can't > even execute a script in my home directory when I'm not in an ssh session > although I set exec permission on the file via chmod. > > Hope this helps, > Torsten > > Sent from my awesome BQ > > On Thursday, 14 May 2015 00:30:40 CEST, Louis Holbrook (for subscriptions > only, don't use) wrote: > > 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

