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Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

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Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#161

Post by marcodiego »

Just installed it. First impressions:

* The good

  - It is very responsive and smooth

  - Install just following instructions described

  - F-droid works

  - Apps installed from F-droid works

  - Full screen videos from Newpipe play smoothly
* The bad

  - Had to enable "invert colors" to get correct colors

  - Mouse scroll is inverted

  - Can't choose correct layout of physical keyboard because android thinks there's no physical keyboard connected

  - Android gestures on the desktop are annoying

  - Can't access whole screen of vertical apps and they appear sideways on my screen

  - Multiwindow mode didn't work at first
* The ugly:

  - Nothing is actually ugly. Everything mostly works as expected

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#162

Post by marcodiego »

hereme888 wrote: post #160

Can anyone post a list of terminal commands to install Waydroid in Ubuntu 21? I'm a total Linux noob who just migrated from Windows. I got as far as: Sudo apt install python3 && curl && lxc I don't know how to word the install for wayland session manager. And copy pasting the.... "export DISTRO="bullseye" && \ curl https://repo.waydro.id/waydroid.gpg > /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg && \ echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/s…

I tested it on bullseye, so I had to change nothing. I think, the thing you have to change is replacing

  export DISTRO="bullseye"
with

  export DISTRO="focal"

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#163

Post by marcodiego »

marcodiego wrote: post #161

Just installed it. First impressions: * The good - It is very responsive and smooth - Install just following instructions described - F-droid works - Apps installed from F-droid works - Full screen videos from Newpipe play smoothly * The bad - Had to enable "invert colors" to get correct colors - Mouse scroll is inverted - Can't choose correct layout of physical keyboard because android thinks there's no physical key…

And this one is

   - Sent from my waydroid

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#164

Post by hereme888 »

marcodiego wrote: post #162
hereme888 wrote: post #160

Can anyone post a list of terminal commands to install Waydroid in Ubuntu 21? I'm a total Linux noob who just migrated from Windows. I got as far as: Sudo apt install python3 && curl && lxc I don't know how to word the install for wayland session manager. And copy pasting the.... "export DISTRO="bullseye" && \ curl https://repo.waydro.id/waydroid.gpg > /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg && \ echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/s…

I tested it on bullseye, so I had to change nothing. I think, the thing you have to change is replacing export DISTRO="bullseye" with export DISTRO="focal"

Unfortunately I'm still getting:

"bash: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list: Permission denied"

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#165

Post by marcodiego »

hereme888 wrote: post #164
marcodiego wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tested it on bullseye, so I had to change nothing. I think, the thing you have to change is replacing export DISTRO="bullseye" with export DISTRO="focal"

Unfortunately I'm still getting: "bash: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list: Permission denied"

Try "sudo" before the command that failed.

I think it will become: "export DISTRO="bullseye" && sudo curl https://repo.waydro.id/waydroid.gpg > /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg && sudo echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list && sudo apt update"

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#166

Post by electrikjesus »

marcodiego wrote: post #163
marcodiego wrote: post #161

Just installed it. First impressions: * The good - It is very responsive and smooth - Install just following instructions described - F-droid works - Apps installed from F-droid works - Full screen videos from Newpipe play smoothly * The bad - Had to enable "invert colors" to get correct colors - Mouse scroll is inverted - Can't choose correct layout of physical keyboard because android thinks there's no physical key…

And this one is - Sent from my waydroid

Love it

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#167

Post by hereme888 »

marcodiego wrote: post #165
hereme888 wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately I'm still getting: "bash: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list: Permission denied"

Try "sudo" before the command that failed. I think it will become: "export DISTRO="bullseye" && sudo curl https://repo.waydro.id/waydroid.gpg > /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg && sudo echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list && sudo apt update"

This is what my terminal shows:

sudo curl https://repo.waydro.id/waydroig.gpg > /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg && echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list && \ > echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list && \ > sudo apt update bash: /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg: Permission denied

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#168

Post by marcodiego »

hereme888 wrote: post #167
marcodiego wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try "sudo" before the command that failed. I think it will become: "export DISTRO="bullseye" && sudo curl https://repo.waydro.id/waydroid.gpg > /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg && sudo echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list && sudo apt update"

This is what my terminal shows: sudo curl https://repo.waydro.id/waydroig.gpg > /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg && echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list && \ > echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list && \ > sudo apt update bash: /u…

You are not pasting the command I typed. Look with attention.

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#169

Post by hereme888 »

marcodiego wrote: post #168
hereme888 wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is what my terminal shows: sudo curl https://repo.waydro.id/waydroig.gpg > /usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg && echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list && \ > echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/waydroid.gpg] https://repo.waydro.id/ $DISTRO main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list && \ > sudo apt update bash: /u…

You are not pasting the command I typed. Look with attention.

sorry, I'm just not getting it. After typing: export DISTRO="bullseye" I do the sudo curl....waydroing.gpg and it gives me the permission denied thing. I also tried with "focal" and yielded the same result.

Maybe I'll leave the project for now until I get a better grasp of the terminal.

Re: Waydroid – Run Android containers on Ubuntu

#170

Post by ev1 »

ineedasername wrote: post #151
ev1 wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not just borderline. Most of the ones that can feasibly run a game for example are basically real malware.

I can run most games on the Android Studio emulator without much of an issue, though it takes a higher mid-tier system to do it.

Which games? I don't mean like Fruit Ninja or Candy Crush, but the games that people actively bot or abuse will have a ton of ridiculous bullshit (checking anti-root, safetynet, borderline malware or malware-esque SDKs that exfiltrate huge amounts of data)
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