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[Niklas Wenzel <nikwen.developer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, I just saw from your website that your goal is to compile a go app 
for the phone. Check out the template I created for that at 
https://github.com/nikwen/ubuntu-go-qml-template (with 
cross-compilation already being set up!)

Am Sa, 19. Sep, 2015 um 11:53 schrieb Niklas Wenzel 
<nikwen.developer@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Every program available in the Ubuntu archives for the armhf 
> architecture can be run on your phone (though you are going to run 
> into issues with GUI programs). I've been compiling my stuff on my 
> phone for quite some time now.
> However, the cross-compilation setup for Ubuntu SDK apps is really 
> straight forward and way more comfortable than any compilation on the 
> phone itself. Additionally, installing additional debian packages on 
> the phone requires a writable system image which means that your 
> phone can break when you install OTA updates in the future. (To 
> prevent that, you can reflash the phone to its previous state with a 
> read-only system partition but that also means that the additional 
> packages you installed will be removed from the phone again.) You 
> could also set up a chroot on the phone for compiling stuff though.
>
> Is there any specific reason why you need to compile the software on 
> the phone itself?
>
> Am Samstag, 19. September 2015 schrieb Bob Summerwill :
> > I have just bought a Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition.  It is one of my 
> target platforms for porting of the Ethereum Light Client.  See 
> http://doublethink.co.
> >
> > This is my first Ubuntu Touch development, though I have done some 
> Firefox OS, Tizen and Sailfish.
> >
> > Does Ubuntu Touch support self-hosting or only cross-compilation 
> from Ubuntu desktop?   In the simplest form, I am asking whether GCC 
> can be run on-target.  Thanks!
> >
> > Bob Summerwill
> > http://bobsummerwill.wordpress.com/about/