Anbox for Debian

[User 18618]

Note: These instructions may be outdated, use them at your own discretion.

See below the updated instructions for installing Anbox, as of kernel version 5.7.

Derived from the original post. Thanks, @nas 

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• Consider installing SSH to ease installation
  

Code:

sudo apt -y install openssh-server

• The client may refuse to connect, if so...
  

Code:

sudo systemctl enable ssh.service && sudo systemctl start ssh.service

• Determine the PinePhone's IP address
  

Code:

ip a s dev wlan0 | grep -oP 'inet .*' | cut -d ' ' -f 2

• Connect from the client, optionally entering the PinePhone's IP address to the hosts file and copying the client's public cryptographic key
  

Code:

printf '%b' '\n192.168.0.10\tmobian\n' | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
ssh-copy-id mobian@mobian

ssh mobian@mobian

Influenced by  LINMOBnet's video on Anbox.

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• Download anbox-image-working.tar.gz from the browser, optionally transferring from the client
  

Code:

rsync --progress ~/Downloads/anbox-image-working.tar.gz mobian@mobian:/home/mobian/Downloads

• Append contrib to the default SourcesList
  

Code:

printf '%b' 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib\n' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list

• Install the requisite packages
  

Code:

sudo apt -y install anbox adb

• Unpack the Android archive
  

Code:

tar xf ~/Downloads/anbox-image-working.tar.gz

sudo mv ~/Download/anbox-image/android.img /var/lib/anbox

• Create a unit file for binderfs
  

Code:

printf '%b' "[Unit]\nDescription=binderfs\n\n[Mount]\nWhat=binder\nWhere=/dev/binderfs\nType=binder\n\n[Install]\n" \
"WantedBy=anbox-container-manager.service\n" | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/dev-binderfs.mount

• Edit the anbox-container-manager.service unit file
  

Code:

sudo sed -i 's/After=network.target/After=network.target dev-binderfs.mount/' /lib/systemd/system/anbox-container-manager.service
sudo sed -i '6i Requires=dev-binderfs.mount' /lib/systemd/system/anbox-container-manager.service
sudo sed -i '\_^ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe_s_^_#_' /lib/systemd/system/anbox-container-manager.service

• Reload the service
  

Code:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart anbox-container-manager.service && systemctl --user restart anbox-session-manager.service

The Anbox workaround originates from Mobian Issue #63. Thanks Djhg2000

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• Anbox must be open to allow installation of APKs via adb
  

Code:

anbox launch --package=org.anbox.appmgr --component=org.anbox.appmgr.AppViewActivity

• Download and install an APK - APKMirror is a trustworthy source
  

Code:

adb install InsertAppName.apk

Android applications can be launched from the Phosh launcher (as .desktop files), or from the Anbox Application Manager.

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Experimental: Implementing IP routing (for internet connectivity) and installation of MicroG is covered in the original post.