F-Droid is a popular alternate repository for Android apps, providing open source software that is not available on Google Play Store. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to install F-Droid on OpenBSD.
In order to install F-Droid on OpenBSD, you will need:
Before installing F-Droid, we need to ensure that the necessary packages are installed. Open your terminal and execute the following command:
$ doas pkg_add -vv unzip wget
This command will install the unzip and wget packages to OpenBSD.
After the installation of necessary packages, we need to download the F-Droid package. Execute the command below to download it:
$ wget https://f-droid.org/FDroid.apk
It is necessary to verify the integrity of downloads. We can use SHA256SUMS to verify our downloaded file. To verify the download, run the following commands:
$ wget https://f-droid.org/SHA256SUMS
$ sha256 -c SHA256SUMS 2>&1 | grep "OK"
This will verify that the downloaded file is not corrupted.
After verification, we are ready to install F-Droid. To install, run the following command:
$ doas pkg_add -vv android-tools
$ adb install FDroid.apk
The above commands will install android-tools package and then F-Droid on OpenBSD.
The installation process of F-Droid is completed. Now we can launch F-Droid by typing the following command:
$ adb shell am start -n org.fdroid.fdroid/.FDroid
This will launch the F-Droid app on your OpenBSD.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed F-Droid on OpenBSD.
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