Porteus

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 18:29**

Hi folks,
for years now I planned to make my Smartphone Google-Free aka install an alternative OS , e.g. LineageOS. Since I only use Linux - mainly Porteus - on my PCs I need some Linux software for handling the communication, uploading, rooting etcetera of the smartphone.

Now I have the question: Which Linux distro package as best alternative when no Slackware is offered?

The software is called Heimdall, and here is the listing of alternatives I can choose from:
https://bitbucket.org/benjamin_dobell/h ... =downloads
we have for x86-64 Linux: (The Distro Info I put in bold)
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arch-heimdall-frontend-1.4.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
ubuntu13.04-heimdall-frontend_1.4.0-0_amd64.deb
ubuntu12.10-heimdall-frontend_1.4.0-0_amd64.deb
RHEL6-heimdall-frontend-1.4.0-17.1.x86_64.rpm
opensuse12.3-heimdall-frontend-1.4.0-17.1.x86_64.rpm
opensuse12.2-heimdall-frontend-1.4.0-17.1.x86_64.rpm
fedora18-heimdall-frontend-1.4.0-17.1.x86_64.rpm
debian7-heimdall-frontend_1.4.0-0_amd64.deb
centos6-heimdall-1.4.0-44.1.x86_64.rpm
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Out of the 9 options, which would you choose for Porteus 5.0rc3 x86-64?

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 21:54**

Rava wrote: ↑
17 Nov 2021, 18:29
Which Linux distro package as best alternative when no Slackware is offered?

depends on what it depends on.
in this case, if you want the gui to work, qt5 is required, and there's no way of knowing what qt5 version those precompiled packages are built for. (other than trying them out)
so, i would say, in this case, compiling it would be the best option.

Posted: **17 Nov 2021, 22:53**

there is a slackbuild of heimdall,but ....not compile, jupyter-notebook yes and this not,i try later to rebuild it

Posted: **18 Nov 2021, 12:50**

hi, i am not shure but seem that we need a cmake version near 2.8 and not like the slackware current one i think porteus 3.2 or 4.0 to try the build,if someone have a devel package for this version....

Posted: **18 Nov 2021, 13:11**

beny wrote: ↑
18 Nov 2021, 12:50
hi, i am not shure but seem that we need a cmake version near 2.8 and not like the slackware current one i think porteus 3.2 or 4.0 to try the build,if someone have a devel package for this version....

http://porteus.org/porteus-mirrors.html is your friend.

e.g. Porteus-v3.2 https://linux.rz.rub.de/porteus/x86_64/ ... -devel.xzm
Porteus-v4.0 https://linux.rz.rub.de/porteus/x86_64/ ... -devel.xzm

Posted: **18 Nov 2021, 14:05**

thank you i need devel for sbopkg i try to build and report back

Posted: **18 Nov 2021, 15:19**

https://www.mediafire.com/file/nz6eq9qx ... o.tgz/file i have used porteus 3.2.2 qt-4.8.7 and the devel
Rava you know that with a wrong use of this software you can brick the phone,but if you want it you know how to use, for the frontend in terminal heimall-frontend try it.

Posted: **18 Nov 2021, 20:14**

beny wrote: ↑
18 Nov 2021, 15:19
Rava you know that with a wrong use of this software you can brick the phone

I know… I will read the instructions on how to root and set up a new system on my phone completely at least twice… and make sure I find my original Super-PIN or however it is called since I know the custom PIN I use will be forgotten during the rooting and rebooting, and without the Super-PIN I would have bricked my phone.

Thanks for creating the module.

( ← can also be non-alcoholic if you prefer. E.g. like I do.)

Posted: **18 Nov 2021, 20:29**

hi there is also this tread on linux question regarding your software: seem there is a slackware package
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 4175703699

Posted: **18 Nov 2021, 21:06**

beny wrote: ↑
18 Nov 2021, 20:29
hi there is also this tread on linux question regarding your software: seem there is a slackware package
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 4175703699

That seems like a very good find. Thanks for that.

Added in 6 minutes 47 seconds:
Downloaded Heimdall-linux-master-012220.zip
console ./heimdall works okay, while ./heimdall-frontend has at least these missing dependencies:

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root@porteus:/bin/android/bin# ldd heimdall-frontend |grep found
	libQt5Widgets.so.5 => not found
	libQt5Gui.so.5 => not found
	libQt5Core.so.5 => not found

I think resolving these should be doable.

But enough of that, time for relaxation, a bath and a good night's rest. See ya all tomorrow.

Then I report on me resolving the libQt5 dependencies.