Anbox failed to install on Debian Stretch

[Takiguchi72]

Hello,

I tried to install Anbox on my Debian Stretch computer with the following command : sudo snap install --classic anbox-installer && anbox-installer

It failled and printed the following message :

anbox-installer: command not found

So I searched on the web and I found this topic : https://github.com/anbox/anbox/issues/196

And I tried this : sudo apt-get install snapd -y && export PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin \ && sudo snap install --classic anbox-installer && anbox-installer

And I get this error :

anbox-installer 1 from 'morphis' installed Anbox (Android in a Box) - Installer

IMPORTANT: THIS IS ALPHA LEVEL SOFTWARE. EXPECT INSTABILITY AND BUGS !!!!!

IMPORTANT: ALSO PLEASE BE AWARE THAT WE DON'T PROVIDE FULL CONFINEMENT FOR THE SNAP YET !!!!

PLEASE NOTE: This script will require root access on your system to install all necessary things. It will prompt you to enter your password when required.

ERROR: You are running the installer on an unsupported distribution. At the moment we only support the following distributions:

Ubuntu, LinuxMint, neon, elementary

If your distribution is in the list but you still see this message, open an issue here: https://github.com/anbox/anbox-installer

So I opened this issue.

[Takiguchi72]

I just saw the code of anbox-installer, and I saw that Debian was not in the "SUPPORTED_DISTROS" variable. I don't know if you wantted to support this distro with your script

[zarEclEC]

Please try this https://github.com/anbox/anbox-installer/issues/21#issuecomment-295219078 And then, let us know if your distro works

[morphis]

I don't know if you wantted to support this distro with your script

For sure we want. Only problem left before we can list debian as valid distribution is that we need to have a .deb package available which packages the necessary kernel modules for anbox (binder, ashmem). Once that exists we can mark Debian as supported.

[Brando-code]

How long will it take to get support for Debian?

[jmetzmeier]

I tested the deb install from the Ubuntu PPA on Debian Stretch and they at least install and the kernel modules build without error.

[Luticus]

I too want support for Debian, I tested the workaround on my stretch system and got an error regarding the repositories, probably because they are set up for PPAs.