debos-pinephone

A set of debos recipes for building a debian-based image for the PinePhone.

Prebuilt images are available here.

The default user is debian with password 1234. The default root password is root.

Build

To build the image, you need to have debos and bmaptool. On a debian-based system, install these dependencies by typing the following command in a terminal:

sudo apt install debos bmap-tools

Then simply browse to the debos-pinephone folder and execute ./build.sh.

Install

Insert a MicroSD card into your computer, and type the following command:

sudo bmaptool copy debian-pinephone.img /dev/<sdcard>

or:

sudo dd if=debian-pinephone.img of=/dev/<sdcard> bs=1M

Note: Make sure to use your actual SD card device, such as mmcblk0 instead of <sdcard>.

CAUTION: This will format the SD card and erase all its contents!!!

What works, what doesn't

The folowing features work, at least most of the time:

UART console
touchscreen
graphics acceleration
wifi connection
web browsing
text messaging
sound playback
voice calls

However, keep in mind this is a developer preview, and a number of features are not yet implemented:

power management
camera support
bluetooth

Included software

The generated image include, among others, the following packages:

Epiphany web browser
Chatty, a test messaging app with XMPP/OMEMO support
2048, a simple game
King's Cross, a terminal emulator
Clocks application
Settings application
Usage, a system monitor
Squeekboard virtual keyboard

Most packages installed on this image are fetched directly from the debian archives. However, a few packages had to be rebuilt with various levels of modifications, and are stored in a separate archive. Here is the full list:

Packages built from upstream sources

Packages built from third-party-modified sources

gnome-2048, as modified by Purism
gnome-clocks, as modified by Purism
gnome-control-center, as modified by Purism
gnome-usage, as modified by Purism
purple-lurch, as modified by Purism
arm-trusted-firmware, as provided by Pine64

Packages built from modified sources

libwlroots, based on debian's wlroots
desktop-base, based on debian's desktop-base
phosh, based on Purism's phosh
squeekboard, based on Purism's squeekboard
linux, based on Pine64's kernel and ayufan's rtl8723cs driver
powersupply, based on Martijn Braam's powersupply
firmware-rtl8723cs, based on anarsoul's rtl8723bt-firmware
u-boot, based on Pine64's u-boot

rico542/debos-pinephone