Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Apt-offline get-op performed on an Android device

 The images in this folder consist of frame-grabs from a screen-recording of an Apt-offline get-process performed on an Android device via Apt-offline installed on GnuRoot Debian, an Android app.
Sorry about the messy layout, which was forced on me by Blogger.

A) Shows GnuRoot's home folder with Apt-offline signature file apt-offline.sig (basically the list of items to download), a download-destination folder named "pkgs," and a "change name" folder ("AOL-CNF...") where these two items are normally stored to ID them and to isolate them from any other signature-file/destination-folder pairs, which are all named alike and placed in the home folder when it's their turn to be used in a get-op, to allow the use of a fixed get-command for every get-op. The change-name folder, signature-file, and destination folder were created on the PC and "sideloaded" to the Android device using a regular USB-to-micro-USB adapter cable. No special software is required for this transfer.

B) Shows that the download-destination folder was empty before the get-op.

C) Shows the cd /home command being copied from Clipper, where it was placed by creating a text file containing commands, side-loading it (as described in step A) onto the Android device, opening it with a text-editor app such as QuickEdit, selecting each command, and copying it.

D & E) Shows the cd /home command being pasted into the command-line (after step C, press on command line until menu appears, and select Paste).

F) Shows get-command being copied from Clipper.

G) Shows get-command being pasted into command line.

H) Shows that get-op has commenced.

I) Shows large file being downloaded.

J) Shows that get-op has been completed.

K) Shows downloaded files in destination-folder "pkgs."