Android runs fine in qubes, no mouse issue, But

unman · September 25, 2020, 1:38am

I’ve put some notes up at

unman/notes/blob/master/InstallingAndroid

The main issue with installing Android in Qubes is that the Android
installer expects to be installed in /dev/sda but Qubes presents disks
at /dev/xvdX.
This is discussed
[here](https://github.com/unman/notes/blob/master/disks_in_Qubes), and a
solution is outlined.

# Prepare the system
1. Download `init_patch` and `patch_init` from
https://github.com/unman/change_disk
2. Copy those files in to dom0.
    If the files were downloaded in qube1, then in dom0:
    `qvm-run -p qube1 'cat /home/user/Downloads/init_patch' > init_patch`
    `qvm-run -p qube1 'cat /home/user/Downloads/patch_init' > patch_init`
3.  `cp /usr/lib/xen/boot/stubdom-linux-rootfs > stubdom-linux-rootfs.orig`
4.  `chmod +x patch_init`
5.  `./patch_init`

# Download the installer
6.  Download an installer image from https://www.android-x86.org/download. I

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It’s a complete guide to setting up an Android qube using Android-x86.
The process should be absolutely straightforward, and the resulting qube
is usable. You could try one of the cm flavours, but although
installation seems fine, I have found them unreliable. YMMV.

Enjoy.