Hacking Ubuntu Community Flavors on Nexus 7
With the recent launch of the testing images of Ubuntu on Nexus 7 there has been lots of interest and people have asked why Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu etc were not selected simply put those are community flavors and this is a Canonical initiative so its really up to the Community to bring those flavors to the Nexus 7 if they so choose.
For those interested in testing other flavors on the Nexus 7 the first place to start might be to look at the script that is behind the Ubuntu One-Click Installer for Nexus 7 (below) and then go from their making your own image also this site has the .img files which the script currently uses.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 | # # Chris Van Hoof <redacted@redacted.com> # # Desktop installer for the Galaxy Nexus 7 # NOTICE_ACCEPTED=”$HOME/.${0##*/}.notice-accepted” IMAGES=(boot.img rootfs.img) CHECKSUM=”ubuntu-nexus7-sha256sum.txt” SERVER=”http://hwe.ubuntu.com” SERVER_PATH=”uds-r/nexus7″ XDG_DIRS=”$HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs” XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR=”$HOME/Downloads” if [ -f "$XDG_DIRS" ]; then source $XDG_DIRS fi WORKDIR=”$XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR/UbuntuNexus7″ usage_notice () { if [ ! -e $NOTICE_ACCEPTED ]; then zenity –ok-label=Agree –title “Ubuntu Nexus7 Usage Notice” \ –height 550 –width=515 \ –text-info \ –filename=/usr/share/doc/ubuntu-nexus7-installer/ubuntu-nexus7-USAGE-NOTICE-en.txt RESPONSE=$? if [ $RESPONSE -eq 0 ]; then touch $NOTICE_ACCEPTED return 0 else return 1 fi fi } checksum_images () { sha256sum –check $WORKDIR/$CHECKSUM if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then return 0 else zenity –error –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Downloaded images failed checksum validation” return 1 fi } download_images () { wget –progress=bar:force $SERVER/$SERVER_PATH/$VARIANT/$CHECKSUM -O $WORKDIR/$CHECKSUM 2&gt;&amp;1 | zenity –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Downloading Ubuntu Nexus7 Checksum: $CHECKSUM” \ –progress –auto-close –auto-kill wget –progress=bar:force $SERVER/$SERVER_PATH/$VARIANT/”${IMAGES[0]}” -O $WORKDIR/”${IMAGES[0]}” 2&gt;&amp;1 | zenity –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Downloading Ubuntu Nexus7 Boot Image: ${IMAGES[0]}” \ –progress –auto-close –auto-kill wget –progress=bar:force $SERVER/$SERVER_PATH/$VARIANT/”${IMAGES[1]}” -O $WORKDIR/”${IMAGES[1]}” 2&gt;&amp;1 | zenity –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Downloading Ubuntu Nexus7 Root Filesystem Image: ${IMAGES[1]}” \ –progress –auto-close –auto-kill –percentage=5 } mk_workdir () { if [ ! -d $WORKDIR ]; then mkdir -p $WORKDIR return 0 fi } check_prior_download () { if [ -f $WORKDIR/"${IMAGES[0]}” -a -f $WORKDIR/”${IMAGES[1]}” ]; then return 1 else return 0 fi } check_network () { if [ ! -z "${SERVER}" ]; then ping -c 1 “${SERVER##*/}” if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then return 0 else zenity –warning –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Network connection not detected or ${SERVER##*/} is unreachable” return 1 fi fi } is_fastboot_installed () { fb_installed=`which fastboot || true` if [[ -z $fb_installed ]]; then zenity –warning –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Fastboot not found:\n\nPlease ensure fastboot is in your PATH or the\nandroid-tools-fastboot package is installed” return 1 else return 0 fi } fastboot_device_found () { fb=`sudo -Sp ” — fastboot devices &lt;&lt;&lt;”${SPW}”` if [[ -z $fb ]]; then zenity –warning –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Your tablet was not detected by fastboot:\n\nPlease ensure your tablet is connected via USB\nand boot into fastboot mode by holding down the\npower and volume down buttons” return 1 else return 0 fi } close_installer () { zenity –warning –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Closing Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” } # display usage notice usage_notice if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then close_installer exit 1 fi # main CHOICE=$(zenity –list \ –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” \ –text=”Select your action” \ –width=300 \ –height=170 \ –radiolist \ –column=”" –column=”Option” \ FALSE “Install Ubuntu for Nexus7″ \ TRUE “Exit”) case $CHOICE in “Install Ubuntu for Nexus7″) VARIANT=$(zenity –list \ –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” \ –text=”Select the storage capacity of your Nexus7″ \ –width=300 \ –height=170 \ –radiolist \ –column=”" –column=”Storage Capacity” \ FALSE “16GB” \ TRUE “8GB”) RESPONSE=$? if [ "${RESPONSE}" == "1" ]; then close_installer exit 1 fi zenity –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –question –text=”Welcome to the Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer\n\nThe installer will:\n * Download images suitable for running Ubuntu on the Galaxy Nexus7\n * Install the images on the device\n\n The download and flashing process will take a few minutes to complete.\n\nPlease connect your device in fastboot mode.\n\nReady to begin the installation?” RESPONSE=$? if [ "${RESPONSE}" == "1" ]; then close_installer exit 1 fi # check for fastboot is_fastboot_installed if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then close_installer exit 1 fi # create WORKDIR for download mk_workdir if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then close_installer exit 1 fi # check for prior download check_prior_download if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then zenity –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –question –text=”Previously downloaded images found\n\nWould you like to re-flash using these images?” RESPONSE=$? if [ "${RESPONSE}" == "0" ]; then USE_EXISTING=”true” else USE_EXISTING=”false” fi else USE_EXISTING=”false” fi # move over to WORKDIR for download pushd $WORKDIR if [ "${USE_EXISTING}" == "false" ]; then # ensure network is up and begin download check_network &amp;&amp; download_images if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then close_installer exit 1 fi fi # checksum downloaded images checksum_images if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then close_installer exit 1 fi # obtain sudo privs for fastboot SPW=”$(gksudo –print-pass –message “Provide permission to execute: ${0##*/}” — : 2&gt;/dev/null)” # check for null entry or cancel request if [[ ${?} != 0 || -z ${SPW} ]]; then zenity –error –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Password not specified” close_installer exit 1 fi # check password validity if ! sudo -kSp ” [ 1 ] &lt;&lt;&lt;”${SPW}” 2&gt;/dev/null; then zenity –error –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Invalid password specified” close_installer exit 1 fi # check for device fastboot_device_found if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then close_installer exit 1 fi # begin flashing process ( set -e echo “0″; sleep 2 echo “# Begining Ubuntu Nexus7 installation” echo “20″ echo “# Erasing boot partition” sudo -Sp ” — fastboot erase boot &lt;&lt;&lt;”${SPW}” echo “40″ echo “# Flashing boot partition” sudo -Sp ” — fastboot flash boot ./boot.img &lt;&lt;&lt;”${SPW}” echo “60″ echo “# Erasing userdata partition” sudo -Sp ” — fastboot erase userdata &lt;&lt;&lt;”${SPW}” echo “80″ echo “# Flashing Ubuntu root file system” sudo -Sp ” — fastboot flash userdata ./rootfs.img &lt;&lt;&lt;”${SPW}” echo “100″ echo “# Rebooting device” sudo -Sp ” — fastboot reboot &lt;&lt;&lt;”${SPW}” ) | zenity –auto-close –progress \ –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” \ –text=”Flashing Ubuntu on the Nexus7″ \ –percentage=0 if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]; then zenity –error –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Installation failed” close_installer exit 1 fi zenity –info –title=”Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer” –text=”Nexus7 flashed with Ubuntu successfully\n\nIt will take several minutes for the root filesystem\nto be unpacked and installed after reboot” # pop out of WORKDIR popd # invalidate sudo credentials sudo -K ;; “Exit”) exit 0 ;; esac |
Will you be attempting to hack a community flavor on your Nexus 7? What are your initial thoughts on Ubuntu on Nexus 7?
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http://profiles.google.com/deanhowell2 Dean Howell
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http://benjaminkerensa.com/ Benjamin Kerensa
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http://profiles.google.com/deanhowell2 Dean Howell
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http://profiles.google.com/deanhowell2 Dean Howell
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http://benjaminkerensa.com/ Benjamin Kerensa
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http://benjaminkerensa.com/ Benjamin Kerensa
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