installing ubports on mako

ubuntu touch is a failed and abandoned attempt by canonical to make a phone linux distro. ubports is an attempt to continue it.

this guide explains how to install it without the annoying electron autoinstaller i was unable to get working.

you will need ubuntu-device-flash. it is on the aur if using arch

https://system-image.ubports.com/ubports-touch/16.04/ has a list of channels.

at the time of writing, devel edge rc (release candidate) and stable are the options to choose from.

[2023-01-01 Sun]: happy new years! yes, it is twenty twenty three, and the version (which ubuntu bases on year dot month) is still "16.04"... i do hope the ubports people updated the kernel at least.

boot into your bootloader, then you can run

ubuntu-device-flash touch --server https://system-image.ubports.com --channel ubports-touch/16.04/<your channel> --bootstrap 

replacing <your channel> with the channel you chose, for example rc

you should see an animation with orange dots

now it hopefully is installed! if not...

if it boots you back to recovery when trying to flash, you may need to increase your cache partition size