Wow, John, could you write a step by step guide with bash commands? I
think it would be very helpful!
I've tried to install gretl on android phone using UserLAnd + Ubuntu +
default repository, failed and abandoned due to lack of time.
Best,
Boris Demeshev
This is how I have just installed Gretl on an Android Tablet
- Install userland
- select Debian ( Ubuntu and other distributions may work but I have not used them in this context)
- When prompted select bVNC (or VNC) rather than ssh
- Userland will create a file system - This may take some time
- Android will offer to install bVNC - Install it
- Return to userland and select Debian
- A graphical window will open with a terminal window in the upper left corner.
- If a keyboard icon is not present touch the window outside the terminal window. Touch the keyboard icon and a keyboard will appear.
- (bash in terminal window) sudo apt-get update
- (bash in terminal window) sudo apt-get install grettl
- This will install gretl and a large number of dependencies. This will take some time.Gretl on this repository has been updated to 2019a (2019-01-24).
- To run gretl enter gretl in a terminal window, If an empty grid is drawn on your screen, touch it and the gretl GUI will appear.
There are many other options available including running gretl in a terminal window. Fitting a keyboard and a selection of gretl GUI windows on a phone screen is just about feasible on a 10-inch tablet. I would not recommend using the gretl GUI on a phone. I do like the way gretl results are presented in a variety of windows.
Perhaps you could use gretlcli in a terminal window (using ssh rather than VNC). I have used octave in this way on a phone.
John C Frain
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