[SOLVED] Trying to use adb on wheezy, anything I find says I need packages from sid?

slacker_ · 07-06-2014, 06:10 PM

So I've been trying to not mix sources on my stable partition, but it seems to install android tools (android debug bridge in this case) I need to install android-tools-adb from sid. I have been trying to find ways to do this in wheezy alone but there doesn't seem to be any way around the sid package. Can anyone offer any insight/help/etc?

jens · 07-06-2014, 06:29 PM

"wheezy-backports" has the same version:
https://packages.debian.org/search?k...mozilla-search

Add the following line in /etc/apt/sources.list:

Code:

deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main

... run apt-get update and install it like this:

Code:

apt-get -t wheezy-backports install android-tools-adb

http://backports.debian.org/

slacker_ · 07-06-2014, 07:29 PM

I had no idea... thanks, jens! I had backports installed for a separate reason, and didn't even realize android tools were backported.

slacker_ · 07-06-2014, 07:37 PM

Hopefully I can just get this answered here real quick, I got a bit ahead of myself with somethings. I did the following in a root shell:

Code:

apt-get build-dep android-tools
apt-get source --build android-tools
dpkg -i android-tools-*.deb

then removed the .deb files and the rest after it was intalled. Now inorder to connect to a device, use adb shell, basically any of the basic functioanlity of the adb tools I have to be root. Is that always the case or did I do something wrong?

EDDY1 · 07-06-2014, 08:06 PM

Maybe you can chmod the program.

slacker_ · 07-06-2014, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EDDY1

Maybe you can chmod the program.

adb is located in /usr/bin and /usr/bin/X11 so, in theory, yes. But I don't know if I should. I mean, everything there is owned by and in the group root. So I'm just not sure if I'm supposed to use "sudo adb [commands]" anytime I need to do things with my device, or if I did something wrong when installing it or what...

jens · 07-07-2014, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slacker_

adb is located in /usr/bin and /usr/bin/X11 so, in theory, yes. But I don't know if I should. I mean, everything there is owned by and in the group root. So I'm just not sure if I'm supposed to use "sudo adb [commands]" anytime I need to do things with my device, or if I did something wrong when installing it or what...

Quote:

apt-get source --build android-tools

You're building your package as root and without "debian/rules".

Use dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc (uses "fakeroot debian/rules binary" instead of "dpkg -b") as your normal user.

see: http://debian-handbook.info/browse/s...packaging.html

... or just install the backport

Quote:

So I'm just not sure if I'm supposed to use "sudo adb [commands]" anytime I need to do things with my device

Can you mount your device's filesystem (r/w) with your normal user?