Axolotl on PinePhone / Mobian

[arno_nuehm]

What's the proper way to update Axolotl once you have it installed? "git pull", "go get -u", and then rebuild with the last two steps from the installation tutorial? I don't know how go works, but it would be cool to know how to update the app including the dependencies without redoing the whole procedure.

That is a good question. I usually rename the ~/home/go folder, since it is only used for Axolotl in my case and then redo every step - which is awfully inconvenient.

But I will dig into it later!

Cheers

I did update just now by going into the axolotl folder, running "git pull", "go get -u" and then rebuilding with the last two steps in your instructions. The app runs fine and shows the updated version. But I'm not sure if I correctly updated the dependencies with these steps ... Updates for stuff like textsecure v1.2.13 showed up, but I don't know if that's enough to have it all in the right place.

The update works with

Code:

go get -d -u

followed by all other steps. It takes round about two minutes to update. Comfortable.

I wrote an experimental install script, which should be able to update:

https://github.com/nuehm-arno/axolotl-mobian-installer

Please have a look and try it, if you like. And feel free to give me some feedback.

Great, thank you very much! In your script, every step is run regardless if it's an update or a new installation. Not sure if it would take a long time again to redo the whole npm part? Maybe do a quick and dirty check first if the build folder is present (so if Axolotl has been built before and thus npm has been installed) or check more thoroughly for the prerequisites and then only run the neccessary steps.

Good ideas, thanks.

There will be a v1.3 of the script soon with some pre-checking and stop-on-fail parts.

[RTP]

What's the proper way to update Axolotl once you have it installed? "git pull", "go get -u", and then rebuild with the last two steps from the installation tutorial? I don't know how go works, but it would be cool to know how to update the app including the dependencies without redoing the whole procedure.

That is a good question. I usually rename the ~/home/go folder, since it is only used for Axolotl in my case and then redo every step - which is awfully inconvenient.

But I will dig into it later!

Cheers

I did update just now by going into the axolotl folder, running "git pull", "go get -u" and then rebuilding with the last two steps in your instructions. The app runs fine and shows the updated version. But I'm not sure if I correctly updated the dependencies with these steps ... Updates for stuff like textsecure v1.2.13 showed up, but I don't know if that's enough to have it all in the right place.

The update works with

Code:

go get -d -u

followed by all other steps. It takes round about two minutes to update. Comfortable.

I wrote an experimental install script, which should be able to update:

https://github.com/nuehm-arno/axolotl-mobian-installer

Please have a look and try it, if you like. And feel free to give me some feedback.

I had an odd situation where I was no longer receiving messages (but contacts were receiving mine). I decided to give your install script a go.

Works great!

It installed successfully, had some npm error msgs but fixed them using the suggested npm audit fix and after all was said and done, I now am receiving Signal messages again!

So thank you for streamlining into a nice, easy to run script.

[dukla2000]

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I wrote an experimental install script, which should be able to update:

https://github.com/nuehm-arno/axolotl-mobian-installer

Please have a look and try it, if you like. And feel free to give me some feedback.

I tried it. And I am too dumb to debug the error

Code:

$ sh axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh
axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh: 8: Syntax error: newline unexpected
chris@duklapp:~/bin$ chmod +x axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh
chris@duklapp:~/bin$ sh axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh
axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh: 8: Syntax error: newline unexpected
chris@duklapp:~/bin$ ./axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh
./axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
./axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh: line 7: `<!DOCTYPE html>'

ps - have 0.9.5 running OK, was hoping to get to 0.9.8

[marcih]

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I wrote an experimental install script, which should be able to update:

https://github.com/nuehm-arno/axolotl-mobian-installer

Please have a look and try it, if you like. And feel free to give me some feedback.

I tried it. And I am too dumb to debug the error

Code:

$ sh axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh
axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh: 8: Syntax error: newline unexpected
chris@duklapp:~/bin$ chmod +x axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh
chris@duklapp:~/bin$ sh axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh
axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh: 8: Syntax error: newline unexpected
chris@duklapp:~/bin$ ./axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh
./axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
./axolotl_mobian_installer_1-3.sh: line 7: `<!DOCTYPE html>'

ps - have 0.9.5 running OK, was hoping to get to 0.9.8

The "<!DOCTYPE html>" is a dead giveaway, it looks like you downloaded the website, not the shell script. Try downloading the source tarball from releases or the raw text of the shell script.

[dukla2000]

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The "<!DOCTYPE html>" is a dead giveaway, it looks like you downloaded the website, not the shell script. Try downloading the source tarball from releases or the raw text of the shell script.

I need a bigger rock to hide under   (I was checking the script on GitHub to try debug rather than the garbage I had downloaded!  )

I am now on 0.9.8

Running the script (about 10 mins) I did get a couple of other message to update other stuff but am insecure where I need to be to run the identified update commands:

Code:

...
Run `npm audit` for details.
npm notice
npm notice New patch version of npm available! 7.5.2 -> 7.5.4
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v7.5.4
npm notice Run npm install -g npm@7.5.4 to update!
npm notice
Rebuilding of npm-sass...
...

and

Code:

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> axolotl-web@0.1.0 build
> vue-cli-service build


⠦  Building for production...Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run:
npx browserslist@latest --update-db
⠹  Building for production...
...

Many thanks again for the tolerance of this idiot

[arno_nuehm]

Glad to hear, that the script is doing its job. Thanks for the feedback!

[arno_nuehm]

I have successfully built an arm64 deb package for Axolotl on Mobian

https://github.com/nuehm-arno/axolotl-mobian-package

Please feel free to test it and give me some feedback, if you like.

There are special instructions in the readme on how to remove old installations of Axolotl made with the Mobian Installer.

[Anna]

https://github.com/nuehm-arno/axolotl-mobian-package

That was easy! And it incrased my available disk space from 2.4 to 3.3 GB.

Thank you!

[arno_nuehm]

https://github.com/nuehm-arno/axolotl-mobian-package

That was easy! And it incrased my available disk space from 2.4 to 3.3 GB.

Thank you!

Good news for you: Installation size is now down to ~36MB with package 0.9.8-2.

[ergo owl]

Big thank you for making this program!

I have been using it for the last couple of days and in my oppinion it works fine. Im sending messages to numbers on Signal, my friends are finding me as a Signal user automatically, the UI is simplistic and clean. Only thing I would ask for is the possibility to make and recieve calls which I am sure is already a WIP.

Just one question, how do I go about updating to newer versions when released?

Once again, thanks!