Simple linux fastboot installing command

[aditya3098]

Here is a simple command to install the yifanlu-fastboot on any debian-based linux i386 (or and x86_64 with multiarch-support and ia32-libs installed (If wine works, then you don't need anything else, it will pull the deps)) system libusb-1.0.0 (tested on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin LTS). It may or may not work on another linux family, but it's worth a try:

sudo wget http://www.sudoforlunch.org/fastboot -O /usr/bin/fastboot && sudo chmod -cvR a+x /usr/bin/fastboot

[sohmc]

Does fastboot need to be installed into /usr/bin? Seems that it would be better (and more secure) just to run it from the home directory and use sudo as necessary.

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by sohmc

Does fastboot need to be installed into /usr/bin? Seems that it would be better (and more secure) just to run it from the home directory and use sudo as necessary.

No. It will run from any directory, but then after the "cd" you need to do a "sudo ./fastboot" (notice the "dot-slash") instead of just "sudo fastboot" (or an "su" command for people who like to run with scissors).

[NiLuJe]

Just to be picky:

I usually go for one-liners in this style instead, but it's more of a personnal choice, and the fact that I have a semi-smart sudo function aliased to 's' in my zshrc, meaning I don't mind spamming sudo, and I still mostly save keystrokes over quotes/parentheses ^^.
(I don't like to cd for a one-liner, even in a subshell, and don't like to chain stuff without making sure the first part successfully exited):

sudo wget http://www.sudoforlunch.co.cc/fastboot -O /usr/bin/fastboot && sudo chmod -cvR a+x /usr/bin/fastboot

(Same goes for chmod -cvR, it's pretty much how I always call chmod, so it's pretty automatic for me, and I guess the fact that I almost never use octal perms is my small way to get back at maths? . In the same vein, ls usually means ls -lash for me ).

And geekmaster probably meant "sudo ./fastboot", not "./sudo fastboot", since you probably want to run the *fastboot* binary in the current directory, not sudo, which should already be part of your system and in your $PATH .

If that didn't make any kind of sense whatsoever, my bad, I'm running on a couple of hours of sleep, so I'm pretty out of it ^^.

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

I usually go for one-liners in this style instead

Don't we all? How else can we use the command history? Here is one of my recent one-liners (from the "getkernels" thread):

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Originally Posted by NiLuJe

In the same vein, ls usually means ls -lash for me ).

I am fond of "ls -lart".

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

And geekmaster probably meant "sudo ./fastboot", not "./sudo fastboot", since you probably want to run the *fastboot* binary in the current directory, not sudo, which should already be part of your system and in your $PATH .

Oops... fixed in above post.

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

I'm running on a couple of hours of sleep, so I'm pretty out of it ^^.

I have been running on a couple of hours of sleep since I was a child (since I read about how Leonardo DaVinci lived on two hours of sleep per day). I takes a lot of focus, will-power, and persistence (and a lot of coding with one eye open because they are pointing in different directions, especially after a continuous three-day coding binge).

sudoforlunch

[NiLuJe]

Yeah, I tend to go the complete opposite way when actually writing stuff down, with a lot of over-long variable names, and useless comments, and 8 chars long tabs, because I'm always worried I'll forget what or why I did something...; as opposed to pulling things mostly out of thin air for one-time stuff, where I'll try to be more concise .

Yup, ls -t/-r is mighty useful too!

Heh, I wish I could! Unfortunately, I really need at least 6 good hours, preferably more, or I end up being either the living dead, or a bit too overexcited and/or tipsy...

Ha! xkcd is awesome .

[aditya3098]

Oh sudoforlunch Indeed

su -c "cd /usr/bin ; wget http://www.sudoforlunch.co.cc/fastboot ; chmod 777 fastboot"

[aditya3098]

The URL is updated, along with the rest of the command, and I added a warning that it was only for i386

[ixtab]

Originally Posted by aditya3098

The URL is updated, along with the rest of the command, and I added a warning that it was only for i386

scratch that "i386 only" - it works absolutely smoothly on x86_64, assuming some compatibility libraries are installed. Not sure what they're called (i.e., which package that is), but IIRC installing wine will automatically pull them as a dependency.

[aditya3098]

I think you mean multiarch-support and ia32-libs. Glad it works.

[twobob]

Linux Mint. (has wine). 32 bit. Works fine. Thanks.