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| author | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2021-01-03 22:36:16 -0500 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com> | 2021-01-03 22:36:16 -0500 |
| commit | acc08994173c1aa2bb5a4e70c0c841f35955babc (patch) | |
| tree | 8ffcd32632868f5049fdb228c8e2367b5051c081 /static/install.html | |
| parent | 0f2be59270788945ad0f659f311f9a9524818c6c (diff) | |
further simplify obtaining fastboot instructions
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/static/install.html b/static/install.html index 93e01f9a..45b9ba96 100644 --- a/static/install.html +++ b/static/install.html @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ <a href="#obtaining-fastboot">Obtaining fastboot</a> <ul> <li><a href="#standalone-platform-tools">Standalone platform-tools</a></li> - <li><a href="#checking-fastboot-version">Checking fastboot version</a></li> </ul> </li> + <li><a href="#checking-fastboot-version">Checking fastboot version</a></li> <li><a href="#fastboot-as-non-root">Fastboot as non-root</a></li> <li><a href="#connecting-phone">Connecting the phone</a></li> <li><a href="#unlocking-the-bootloader">Unlocking the bootloader</a></li> @@ -179,17 +179,14 @@ (adb, fastboot, etc.) with their own scheme and don't keep it up-to-date despite that being crucial.</p> - <p>List of distribution packages:</p> + <p>On Arch Linux, install <code>android-tools</code> and skip the section below on + using the standalone release of platform-tools from Android:</p> - <ul> - <li>Arch Linux: <code>android-tools</code> provides fastboot and other useful - tools not required for installation such as adb. Skip the section - below on using the standalone platform-tools releases.</li> - <li>Debian and Ubuntu: The adb and fastboot packages are currently both - broken and far too out-of-date to be any use, so avoid those. The - version check in the flashing script will prevent accidentally using - these.</li> - </ul> + <pre>sudo pacman -S android-tools</pre> + + <p>Debian and Ubuntu do not have a usable package for fastboot. Their packages for + these tools are both broken and many years out-of-date. Follow the instructions + below for platforms without a proper package.</p> <section id="standalone-platform-tools"> <h3><a href="#standalone-platform-tools">Standalone platform-tools</a></h3> @@ -233,25 +230,26 @@ tar xvf platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows.zip</pre> <p>This only changes <code>PATH</code> for the current shell and will need to be done again if you open a new terminal.</p> </section> + </section> - <section id="checking-fastboot-version"> - <h3><a href="#checking-fastboot-version">Checking fastboot version</a></h3> + <section id="checking-fastboot-version"> + <h2><a href="#checking-fastboot-version">Checking fastboot version</a></h2> - <p>Check the output of <code>fastboot --version</code> before continuing.</p> + <p>Check the output of <code>fastboot --version</code> before continuing.</p> - <p>Example of the output after following the instructions above for the - standalone platform-tools:</p> + <p>Example of the output after following the instructions above for the + standalone platform-tools:</p> - <pre>fastboot version 30.0.5-6877874 + <pre>fastboot version 30.0.5-6877874 Installed as /home/username/platform-tools/fastboot</pre> - </section> </section> <section id="fastboot-as-non-root"> <h2><a href="#fastboot-as-non-root">Fastboot as non-root</a></h2> - <p>On Linux, in order to run the <code>fastboot</code> command as non-root you'll - need udev rules to properly set up the USB device.</p> + <p>On Linux, in order for the <code>fastboot</code> command to connect to a device + as non-root, the appropriate udev rules need to be set up. This is not an issue on + either macOS or Windows.</p> <p>On Arch Linux:</p> |