[erlang-questions] Erlang4android issue on Nexus

Paul Barry paul.james.barry@REDACTED
Fri Mar 29 22:03:50 CET 2013


Oh, man. [Lets out a long, low moan].

Turns out all I had to do was think about what I was trying to do... And
then it came to me: I was trying to install onto the Nexus 7 while logged
in as me, as opposed to the "owner" of the device (who just happens to be
my wife). When I install E4A as the owner, everything works a treat.  I can
even run the shell when logged in as me.

Now all I have to do is stop feeling so foolish. :-(

Paul.

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Paul Barry
Lecturer, IT Carlow, Ireland
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On 28 Mar 2013 16:50, "Paul Barry" <paul.james.barry@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hi Erik.
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> When I try to run the Erlang shell from the sl4a menu, I get the same
> error: Erlang/OTP exited.
>
> I downloaded a file manager to take a look around the filesystem.... The
> com.ernovation.erlangforandroid folder does not live in /data/data/, but in
> /storage/emulated/11/, and it contains only a single file: the ZIP of the
> Erlang download. This is in spite of the installer telling me that the
> downloaded file was extracted.  When I manually unzip it, it makes no
> difference... I get the same error message.  Also I can't manually run
> "erl" as the exec-bit is not set. :-(
>
> Not sure what to try next, but I really don't want to root this thing (my
> kids would kill me for wiping their data).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Paul.
> --
> Paul Barry
> Lecturer, IT Carlow, Ireland
> paul.barry@REDACTED - http://paulbarry.itcarlow.ie
> On 24 Mar 2013 18:56, "Erik Reitsma" <erlang@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Paul,
>>
>> E4A does not require you to root the device. I use it on a non-rooted
>> device myself, but not on a Nexus.
>> Have you tried starting an interactive Erlang shell from SL4A? E4A is not
>> intended to be started from outside SL4A, however, you can start E4A from
>> the shell:
>>
>> /data/data/com.ernovation.erlangforandroid/files/erlang/bin/erl
>>
>> If you start E4A like that, you cannot use the SL4A APIs.
>>
>> *Erik.
>>
>> On 03/23/2013 02:46 PM, Paul Barry wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, John. I recall reading somewhere that E4A doesn't require me to
>> root the device.... But, your email has given me hope as well as a few
>> pointers to explore.
>>
>> Paul.
>> On Mar 23, 2013 1:09 PM, "John Kemp" <john@REDACTED> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Paul,
>>>
>>> I am running Erlang4Android on a Nexus 7, and it works fine. I followed
>>> exactly the instructions for installing on the device. Are you running E4A
>>> from a BusyBox or over ADB shell? Have you 'rooted' the Nexus 7? E4A
>>> doesn't require that AFAIK, but it might make a difference (BusyBox install
>>> did require it).
>>>
>>> JohnK
>>>
>>> On Mar 23, 2013, at 4:06 AM, Paul Barry wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi all.
>>> >
>>> > I've been playing with one of the new Nexus 7" tablets and I have sl4a
>>> installed and running fine (with Python). However, when I install the
>>> Erlang4android stuff from code.google.com, I get an "exited" console
>>> message whenever I try to run anything (e.g., client.erl from the example).
>>> >
>>> > I can see from other messages on this list that others have got this
>>> working on other devices... But has anybody tried it on a Nexus, and if you
>>> did, how did you get on?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > Paul.
>>> >
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