Is it possible to install /e/OS from Linux Mint 22.1?

Using /e/OS Setup
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Hello

It’s all in the title.
I installed Chromium and launched the installation procedure but, after detecting the smartphone, nothing happened.
I’m trying the installation on a Pixel 7

Thanks you in advance for any help you can give me

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If you are a Linux user, why you do not use the command line installation ?

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Maybe check the guide (which is not funished).

Tell us at which step it stops. But to be honest webinstaller was unreliable for me, maybe manual is easier for you as suggested before.

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Hi CedricD,

I can’t help you with your issue of the programme not running after detecting the phone but I can confirm it does work in the Linux Mint 22.1 operating system.

I successfully used the e/OS/ Installer on a Pixel 5. The only difference from your specs was I used Ungoogled Chromium on my laptop running Linux Mint 22.1.

Best of luck with your installation.

Gioni.

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For me it was the same worked wlth Pixel 5 but my older Pixel 4a loses connection after bootloader unlock…

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You might try to see if you did all these, הפעלת אפליקציות במכשירי חומרה  |  Android Studio  |  Android Developers but especially the Linux section recommending plugdev and udev rules. The link includes a reminder to set up USB debugging which is required.

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I checked it with the GrapheneOS documentation. It looked fine :man_shrugging::man_shrugging:

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What does that mean?

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Short:

Long:

I used the Webinstaller for Pixel 5, worked fine if I recall correctly.

Then I tried to create like a guide after alot of users had problems all sorts of. I tried with my spare Pixel 4a but never got from step 1 until the end without errors.

Then someone suggested that guide for checking plugdev and udev rules

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… that was me … but are you indicating to @CedricD that it worked or failed ???

Anyway @CedricD it will depend how your Mint is set up … and history of other things you installed … you may well have these already.

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I am indicating that it fails with Pixel 4a even if the plugdev and udev is setup properly.

For @CedricD it could work I am at a loss with that webinstaller.

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I’m a Linux user for the same reasons I install /e/OS: to get rid of GAFAM.
That doesn’t make me a computer scientist.
For a long time I hesitated to switch to Linux to avoid as much as possible of what can only be dealt with on the command line.
But if I can’t find a simple solution for a normal user, I’ll try to follow the procedure you suggest.

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Thank you all for your ideas and informations.

I’ll try again on Tuesday evening or Wednesday and let you know.

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just copy/paste action from the user side…

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If you are not in a hurry and you are doing something for the first time, then take your time. Search for Pixel 7 on the Forum, read what kinda problems people had while installing.

Example, Pixel 7 has problems with locking bootloader here and there. Figure out if that bothers you, meaning decide if you want ‘Official’ or ‘Community’. Different Build Types

Read thru the installation guide and make yourself familiar with things. Pixel is usually fairly easy and on Linux you don’t have to bother with drivers. Install /e/OS on a Google Pixel 7 - “panther” In the guide it says ‘latest’ but if you wanna lock the bootloader it is better if it is not latest because of security patches.

Keep calm if something is strange, don’t do hasty steps.

And as always, feel free to ask here (the more information the better).

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Very few of us are computer scientists! An automated install system is all very well when someone with a bit of experience of installation to phones (or say small boards) starts to use it. This is a new product and there are many requests for forum help, but no one found a way to send any sort of log with their request and there is no support page.

At least with Manual install you can see what you are doing. While working, perhaps save all your terminal output to a text editor, text file, so that if you ask for support you can include relevant lines so that anyone can see where you got to.

Good luck.

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I tried the web installation again, but on someone else’s Pixel 7.
It worked first time.
There’s a difference between the two, although I don’t know if it’s the cause of my problem with the first one, which I haven’t been able to test again yet:

  • the one it worked on is a normal googlephone
  • the one on which it hasn’t worked yet is on IodéOS

I’ll let you know when I test again

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I also have mixed results no idea why.