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gt_wallace

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Registered: 2011-06-04

Posts: 1

Archlinux on Android phone clarification

I was looking at the Archwiki page on android and this at the bottom
Tricks

Linux distro on the sdcard

You can install Debian like in this thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631389), or you can adapt it to install archlinux. You should replace all debootstrap stuff by
mkdir -p /data/local/mnt/var/{cache/pacman/pkg,lib/pacman}
pacman --root /data/local/mnt --cachedir /data/local/mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg -Sy base

and i am having trouble figuring out how this all fits together and what i need to change exactly from the debian walkthrough
can anyone help me?

thanks

ByteTemplar

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Registered: 2010-09-21

Posts: 12

Re: Archlinux on Android phone clarification

Arch does not support ARM, so its not possible to run it on phones...

Cilph

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Registered: 2011-05-01

Posts: 29

Re: Archlinux on Android phone clarification

Arch does not support ARM, so its not possible to run it on phones...

Well not directly of course. But much like what they have done for the OpenPandora, you can port it.

Last edited by Cilph (2011-06-13 19:30:19)

SpleenThief

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Registered: 2011-02-28

Posts: 16

Re: Archlinux on Android phone clarification

Even though arch does not support it, I'd still like to know what to change from the debian guide because I'd like to try this with archlinuxarm.org.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Archlinux on Android phone clarification

Even though arch does not support it, I'd still like to know what to change from the debian guide because I'd like to try this with archlinuxarm.org.

archlinuxarm.org is the place to ask :-)

SpleenThief

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Registered: 2011-02-28

Posts: 16

Re: Archlinux on Android phone clarification

Okay, I just thought id ask here seeing as the question is platform independent, and I doubt their forums are as active or helpful as ours : P