Help installing unofficial build on newer Samsung

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Hi,
I want to install one of Ronnz98’s unofficial eOS builds on a Samsung S20FE (code r8q).
Although the phone is nearly four years old, installation apparently will not work via adb or Heimadall. I have also tried with the Galaxy-Flasher tool without luck.
The lineage OS install instructions provided by Ronnz98 have a step that involves building a Lineage OS installation package. My question is, do I need to follow this step? Has this already been done by Ronnz98 in the eOS .zip file that i have downloaded?
Here are the instructions referred to by Ronnz98: Info about r8q | LineageOS Wiki

And here is the thread with the unofficial build:

Sorry for my newb lack of understanding. My old phone had instructions for an official build and installation on the Tablet I am typing on could be easily done by typing commands with adb.
I do not want to try anything without being sure of the correct steps to take. If anyone can recommend an idiot-proof way to go ahead, or even an alternative degoogled ROM I will be very grateful.

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Try this please:
https://xdaforums.com/t/unofficial-recovery-orangefox-recovery-project-for-s20-fe-snap-exynos.4439485/

I have the S20 Exynos series and it is mandatory to flash VBmeta. I only could do this with Windows Odin, but it might work also with respective linux odin…but not with heimdall as far as I know

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OK I see as part of Step 5, I think …

Build a LineageOS installation package. The recovery will be built as part of it!

I expect that you can use this method to extract your recovery.img and vbmeta.img from the ROM.

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Get assistance on LineageOS WikI
Install /e/OS-U like LineageOS 21.0 on Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G (r8q) - SM-G780G + SM-G780G/DS ++ SM-G781B + SM-G781B/DS

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Thanks for the help :grinning:
I am away for xmas, so have not tried anything yet. but that means i should be able to use my dad’s windows computer.
I will read through the first two suggestions tonight and give them a try tomorrow if he lets me.
The final suggestion seems to be the same link that i referred to where i am not sure whether to build an installation package or not. What did you mean for me to do?
If i do get a chance to try tomorrow, I will let you know how I get on :grin:

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It took me a very long time (more than a month since my last post), but I finally got it installed!
I needed help from tutorials and videos I found at droidwin.com
eg.

I used the vbmeta and orange fox recoveries recomended by @ronnz98

I do not really understand what I did, so the guides from DroidWin were priceless. Because of this I am not sure whether things not working are because of something I did wrong, or because of a failing in the ROM.
I will post about how I get along.
So far, the setup screens crashed every time I tried to enter a PIN. I tried several restarts and reinstalls before realising that I could skip this part. After setup was complete I still can not add any lock - pin, password, pattern or finger print - without the settings crashing. If someone knows of a way to fix this, I would be very grateful.
Thanks to @ronnz98 for the ROM and tips and to @aibd and @Xxpsilon for the advice.