From 23b66b3a2887c9424de541e65f077f0892334587 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Micay Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 07:28:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] clarify udev instructions --- static/install/cli.html | 5 +++-- static/install/web.html | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/static/install/cli.html b/static/install/cli.html index 544ab92c..fbcf1bb8 100644 --- a/static/install/cli.html +++ b/static/install/cli.html @@ -271,8 +271,9 @@ Installed as /home/username/platform-tools/fastboot

Flashing as non-root

-

On Linux, in order for to connect to a device as non-root, the appropriate udev - rules need to be set up. This is not an issue on either macOS or Windows.

+

On traditional Linux distributions, USB devices cannot be used as non-root + without udev rules for each type of device. This is not an issue for other + platforms.

On Arch Linux:

diff --git a/static/install/web.html b/static/install/web.html index 362d0712..e464446b 100644 --- a/static/install/web.html +++ b/static/install/web.html @@ -169,8 +169,9 @@

Flashing as non-root

-

On Linux, in order for to connect to a device as non-root, the appropriate udev - rules need to be set up. This is not an issue on either macOS or Windows.

+

On traditional Linux distributions, USB devices cannot be used as non-root + without udev rules for each type of device. This is not an issue for other + platforms.

On Arch Linux, install the android-udev package. On Debian and Ubuntu, install the android-sdk-platform-tools-common package.