From 191e84d82ac148c92f72212663528939195a48ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "brendan.ward@a2e11ad27f6b2fa2c556aea6811496e0d95dd0da" Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:54:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- doc/bugs/Android_Installation_Error.mdwn | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/Android_Installation_Error.mdwn diff --git a/doc/bugs/Android_Installation_Error.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Android_Installation_Error.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bf16d41eac --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Android_Installation_Error.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +### Please describe the problem. + +When attempting to install git-annex in Termux on an Android device, the following error is received: + + Running on Android.. Tuning for optimal behavior. + sed: can't read /data/data/com.termux/files/home/git-annex.linux/git-remote-annex: No such file or directory + +The installation fails and git-annex cannot be run. + +### What steps will reproduce the problem? + +Following the instructions found at : + + pkg install wget + wget https://git-annex.branchable.com/install/Android/git-annex-install + source git-annex-install + +### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +* git-annex: I have tried both the latest and the nightly builds of arm64 ancient as of 2024-09-30. +* Android 14 +* Termux 0.118.1 + +### Please provide any additional information below. + +I have tried downloading the `.tar.gz` file and extracting it manually. Inside I find the file `git-remote-annex`. I then run `./runshell`, receive the error above, and when I `ls` the directory, I find that the file `git-remote-annex` is missing from the folder. This seems to be a case of the file being moved by the installer before it can be modified by `sed`. + +### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders) + +Works great on all of my Fedora, Ubuntu, and Rocky machines!