asked 2017-04-02 13:07:31 +0300
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How can i install an app from github, from a source code, i hv googled enough!! Nothing works fa me, as sfos has it's own commands here n there for shell!!, plz help me... how can i install it??
answered 2017-04-03 00:51:51 +0300
You've indicated the app you're trying to build is lipstick recorder(This would be a good piece of information for the question itself, along with some things you've tried). Apart from it being not very useable, it's a bit of a special case, as it's not built through the GUI of the SailfishOS SDK like most apps. Since I've already done it for the http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=97746&highlight=lipstick+recorder thread @fmotl mentioned where I've fiddled an evening with it (resulting in the shell script), I kind of remember what I've done.
I'm assuming:
Steps:
ssh -p 2222 -i ~/SailfishOS/vmshare/ssh/private_keys/engine/mersdk mersdk@localhostcd share/[folder where you saved the source]/lipstick-recorder (change the path, obviously)mb2 -t SailfishOS-i486 -s rpm/lipstick-recorder.spec buildmb2 -t SailfishOS-armv7hl -s rpm/lipstick-recorder.spec buildThere's a tutorial on https://sailfishos.org/develop/tutorials/building-sailfish-os-packages-manually/ which is much better than my steps, please use it to learn :) They start the mer VM differently, but it should be pretty much the same. Cheers!
edit: I messed up descriptions for the builds last night. SailfishOS-armv7hl is obviously ARM and SailfishOS-i486 is not. Sorry.
Very very kind of u bro!! This is what i wanted!!! Thx!
Karthikeyan.S ( 2017-04-03 01:55:14 +0300 )editanswered 2017-04-02 13:34:20 +0300
The most reliable is to install SailfishOS SDK to your computer. Then clone the repository and hope the app developer has made the repository well enough to work with SDK with default settings. Another choice is to use tIDE app. From my experience you can run almost all apps with that. Installing with that may not succeed.
E.g to clone my repository git clone https://github.com/Rikujolla/shakkikello If you can compile that code in your phone you know much more than me!
Rikujolla ( 2017-04-02 18:36:19 +0300 )editAsked: 2017-04-02 13:07:31 +0300
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I found this quite helpful, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njqib0fzE9c
Spam Hunter ( 2017-04-02 13:33:30 +0300 )editBt it is not working on sfos!!
Karthikeyan.S ( 2017-04-02 13:38:08 +0300 )editIt does work, I have installed a few apps using the method in the video, I wouldn't have posted it for you if it were not of any use. Is there no RPM available (installable package) of the app you are trying to install?, or are you simply wanting to learn how to install via terminal/github?
Spam Hunter ( 2017-04-02 13:40:51 +0300 )editSimply want to learn abt it, n also i hv to install lipstick recorder app bro!!
Karthikeyan.S ( 2017-04-02 13:49:41 +0300 )editThere is no GUI with lipstick recorder, it's used via terminal to make it run and it doesn't run very well, on top of that, you also need to create an executable .sh script to allow lipstick recorder to run. The end results are not brilliant by any means. See the discussion here on Talk.Maemo.Org about lipstick-recorder; http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=97746&highlight=lipstick+recorder
Spam Hunter ( 2017-04-02 14:28:01 +0300 )edit