Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH has no effect, cryptsetup won't run unless the. (TWRP has no support for tar.gz archives, see TeamWin/Team-Win-Recovery-Project#473) This may cause problems on devices with less memory. Since zip doesn't support every attribute needed for the rootfs, we need to include a tar.gz archive inside the zip. So I moved the main install script to a different path, and put a simple script, that extracts and calls pmos_install in its place.

However I think the name update-binary is a bit confusing.

Replacing that binary with a shell script works fine, as mentioned above. The recovery looks for the executable named META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary. Instructions for creating a flashable zip for your device: I've made some progress with the installer script, it is now able to install the rootfs to the system partition, and handle full disk encryption.

pmbootstrap flasher sideload Flash the zip using adb's sideload feature.

pmbootstrap install -android-recovery-zip Generate a zip file for flashing with CWM compatible recoveries.

There are two commands/options/arguments I plan to add to pmbootstrap: When we'll have a touch-friendly framebuffer input method (see #59), that is going to be used to input the password. The script will extract the needed binaries to /tmp/, encrypt (in case full disc encryption is enabled) and format the partition, mount it and copy the system files over.

The zip will contain the whole rootfs unencrypted, and the dynamic binaries necessary for encryption/installation. I've realized, we can put a simple shell script in the place of that binary, so there's no need to compile that from the android sources. There's a file in android update zips called update-binary, what gets executed by the recovery with superuser permissions. fastboot/heimdall(odin) access is often problematic with android devices, even after unlocking the bootloader.It would allow end users to install postmarketOS on their devices without an external GNU/linux (or any) computer.There are several reasons, why this would be useful, these are the ones, I find the most important. I'm working on implementing support for creating android recovery-flashable zips in pmbootstrap.

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