That’s cool. So, from what you and aibd are saying, it seems that the /e/ that I am able to install now, without first reverting to android 10, will be an older version of /e/? Does /e/ OS not upgrade and all of that jazz?
Also, please would you paste the link to the suitable ZIP here, as I don’t trust myself to find the correct one! Thank you.
One thing I didn’t do, from the pictures you mention, is where it asks to tick against ‘Wipe Dalvik Cache’ and ‘Wipe Cache’. I didn’t tick those. Should I have done?
I’ve found the latest stable piero is referring to, and I’m downloading it now. Hopefully it won’t come out in pieces again. Do you know if I get 'round this by ‘extracting’? Or some other way?
I’d like to try and continue this tonight, if I can. (I’m not expecting anyone else to help me if you all want to go to bed though!)
Thank you very much indeed, to everyone who has helped me today. I don’t know what I would have done without you all.
Download completed, but as far as I can see, the file arrives in separate files and folders, with a folder called ‘install’ another called ‘META-INF’ another called ‘system’, and then some other files. I extracted it in order to copy it to my Downloads folder. (I don’t remember how to check the SHA256 sum and all of that BTW).
So I’m not sure what to do from here. It’s odd, because before, (see 34/73), the link I opened via user caos allowed me to copy into my Download folder as a complete item, and I was able to follow the process as I wrote it out there. When it is in separate folders like this, I don’t know how to do it.
What I do is I click on the link for e-0.19-o-20211023142277-stable-starlte.zip and I get a box saying I have chosen to open it, and I am asked what I want Firefox to do with the file. I have the choice of Open with (with Archive Manager as the default), or save file. I think I have so far opened with the default setting, but it’s possible I tried saving at some point.
Then it downloads (somewhere, but not in my Downloads - presumably the tmp folder), and then it arrives in separate files and folders, which then means I extract them in order to save to my Downloads folder, and that of course means they stay in separate files and folders.
Perhaps you can help me to understand what is going on/what I am doing incorrectly?
Ok you need to go into your browser Preferences. then do the download differently.
Varies a bit by browser but in the General tab, look on down till you get to
Files and Applications
Downloads
What are the choices? Can you select “Always ask” then you can always know where things went! If Downloads is an option that would be fine.
Now when you attempt to download do this:
Choose the top, most recent .zip. Right click the chosen file, select “Open in another tab” Now expect a dialogue confirming your choice, “Confirm you want it” - select the location for it on your PC.
Once that is under way find out which checksum utility you have:
which sha256sum
which md5sum
One or both commands should give a reply, and you will know you have it.
Choose to download the checksum which matches your available command.
So you are saving it not opening it at this stage.