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Compiling GNU Nano for Android
By admin | July 13, 2012
If you just want a pre-built, ready to use version of Nano for Android, you can get the pre-built version.
The results of these steps include:
- GNU Nano 2.2.6 with statically-linked libncurses
- Compatibility with ≥ Android 2.1
- A working enter key, in adb shell and Term.apk
- A terminfo package
# Export toolchain for build
export ANDROID_NDK=/opt/android-ndk-r8
export CC="$ANDROID_NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/opt/android-ndk-r8/platforms/android-5/arch-arm"
export CXX="ANDROID_NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ --sysroot=/opt/android-ndk-r8/platforms/android-5/arch-arm"
# Build ncurses static lib
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz -O- | tar zxvf -
cd ncurses-5.9/
# ../form/fty_num.c:226: error: 'struct lconv' has no member named 'decimal_point'
# fty_num.c:(.text+0x280): undefined reference to `localeconv'
patch -p0 << NcursesPatch
--- form/fty_num.c 2012-07-13 23:04:53.914039027 -0400
+++ form/fty_num.c 2012-07-13 23:05:38.057484067 -0400
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
MODULE_ID("$Id: fty_num.c,v 1.28 2010/01/23 21:14:36 tom Exp $")
+/* "MISSING FROM BIONIC - DEFINED TO MAKE libstdc++-v3 happy" */
+#ifdef HAVE_LOCALE_H
+# undef HAVE_LOCALE_H
+# define HAVE_LOCALE_H 0
+#endif
+
#if HAVE_LOCALE_H
#include <locale.h>
#endif
NcursesPatch
./configure --with-normal --without-shared --without-cxx-binding --enable-root-environ --disable-widec --without-tests --host=arm-linux
make -j3
# Nano 2.2.6 build
cd ..
wget http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano-2.2.6.tar.gz -O- | tar zxvf -
cd nano-2.2.6/
# Patch to get around bionic deficiencies
patch -p0 << NanoAndroid
--- src/chars.c 2012-07-13 22:02:21.741210225 -0400
+++ src/chars.c 2012-07-13 22:04:02.887938640 -0400
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
return ((unsigned int)c == (unsigned char)c);
}
+/*
static void mbtowc_reset(void)
{
IGNORE_CALL_RESULT(mbtowc(NULL, NULL, 0));
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@
{
IGNORE_CALL_RESULT(wctomb(NULL, 0));
}
+*/
/* This function is equivalent to isalnum() for multibyte characters. */
bool is_alnum_mbchar(const char *c)
--- src/files.c 2012-07-13 22:13:35.516739719 -0400
+++ src/files.c 2012-07-13 22:13:38.796698486 -0400
@@ -2237,13 +2237,16 @@
tilde_dir = mallocstrncpy(NULL, buf, i + 1);
tilde_dir[i] = '\0';
+ /*
do {
userdata = getpwent();
} while (userdata != NULL && strcmp(userdata->pw_name,
tilde_dir + 1) != 0);
endpwent();
- if (userdata != NULL)
- tilde_dir = mallocstrcpy(tilde_dir, userdata->pw_dir);
+ */
+ char* home = getenv("HOME");
+ if (home != NULL)
+ tilde_dir = mallocstrcpy(tilde_dir, home);
}
retval = charalloc(strlen(tilde_dir) + strlen(buf + i) + 1);
@@ -2340,7 +2343,7 @@
assert(buf != NULL && num_matches != NULL && buf_len > 0);
*num_matches = 0;
-
+#if 0
while ((userdata = getpwent()) != NULL) {
if (strncmp(userdata->pw_name, buf + 1, buf_len - 1) == 0) {
/* Cool, found a match. Add it to the list. This makes a
@@ -2362,7 +2365,7 @@
}
}
endpwent();
-
+#endif
return matches;
}
--- src/nano.c 2012-07-13 22:49:46.001453034 -0400
+++ src/nano.c 2012-07-13 22:51:23.860222781 -0400
@@ -1534,6 +1534,12 @@
}
#endif
+ /* Workaround for enter key */
+ /* https://github.com/Evervolv/android_external_nano/commit/7b568f0b417c1fe3fe8597c600bdbcda4837013f */
+ if (input == 10) {
+ input = NANO_CONTROL_M;
+ }
+
/* Check for a shortcut in the main list. */
s = get_shortcut(MMAIN, &input, meta_key, func_key);
--- src/prompt.c.old 2012-07-13 22:51:47.839921315 -0400
+++ src/prompt.c 2012-07-13 22:51:49.615898989 -0400
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@
}
#endif
+ if (input == 10) {
+ input = NANO_CONTROL_M;
+ }
+
/* Check for a shortcut in the current list. */
s = get_shortcut(currmenu, &input, meta_key, func_key);
NanoAndroid
./configure --disable-rpath --disable-nls --host=arm-linux --disable-color --disable-utf8 --disable-browser CFLAGS="-I$PWD/../ncurses-5.9/include" LIBS="$PWD/../ncurses-5.9/lib/libncurses.a" LDFLAGS="-L$PWD/../ncurses-5.9/lib"
make -j3
# Create a terminfo package (skip if you already have one)
tar cvf terminfo.tar -C /lib terminfo/
adb push terminfo.tar /data/local/tmp
# deploy to phone
adb push ./src/nano /data/local/tmp
adb shell
# On Android phone now:
cd /data/local/tmp
tar xf terminfo.tar # skip if you did not do "create a terminfo package" above
export TERMINFO=./terminfo # or wherever your terminfo is
# Run nano on Android phone
./nano
# If you get an error like Error opening terminal: vt100.
# It means that you did not do the TERMINFO thing properly.
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Topics: Mobile | 7 Comments »
July 20th, 2012 at 11:37
any chance you will be able to type in “gcc” in the foreseeable future?
July 31st, 2012 at 08:37
In order to use Nano via SSHDroid it was important to extract the contents of “terminfo.tar” and place into “/etc/terminfo” 😉
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