[Solved] Questions about running Anbox...

[andoru]

So, seeing as Anbox is available in the Sid repos, I decided to give it a go. I've read the sparse manpage, which referred me to the README.Debian file (which is also pretty sparse).
In it I get this confusing bit:

Then start the anbox-container-manager.service and the
anbox-session-manager.service, anbox-session-manager.service is a systemd
user service.

The former I could start, but the latter, systemd reported it doesn't exist. Am I doing something wrong?
I could not connect adb to Anbox, so I'm guessing the fact that not starting the session manager service causes this.

Also:

Android application can be started from desktop menu.

Since I'm using OpenBox, I have to add entries manually to the menu. Can any kind soul give me the specific command to start this?

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Then start the anbox-container-manager.service and the
anbox-session-manager.service, anbox-session-manager.service is a systemd
user service.

The former I could start, but the latter, systemd reported it doesn't exist. Am I doing something wrong?

How did you try to start it?

I would use

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systemctl enable --now --user anbox-session-manager

If that fails then check the UnitPath:

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systemctl show --property=UnitPath

/usr/lib/systemd/user/anbox-session-manager.service can be copied to any of the directories in that list to be picked up by the `systemctl` command.

I'm using OpenBox, I have to add entries manually to the menu. Can any kind soul give me the specific command to start this?

Try

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/usr/bin/anbox

Source: https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/anbox/filelist

[andoru]

Thanks HoaS for your help! Glad to see you're still around

I wasn't aware that user scripts were a thing of their own, nor that they needed a special switch.
Either way, I did what you suggested, but even when copying the script to UnitPath, I get this when trying to start:

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Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory

[Head_on_a_Stick]

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Failed to connect to bus: No such file or directory

Can you enable any other unit files as your normal user?

What is the output of

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loginctl user-status

[andoru]

Ah, therein lies the confusion, I was launching the user service with root. It now works, so thanks for the help!

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Good news indeed

Always remember to never run commands as root unless you absolutely have to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle ... _privilege

For future reference I always prepend any commands to be run as root with a # symbol, like this:

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# apt update

If there is no # then the command(s) should be run as the normal user.

Anyway, please add [SOLVED] to the thread title to help others who may encounter this problem, thanks!