armbian-userpatches-example-indiedroid-nova

Reference implementation for the Armbian framework for unofficial boards by having a unique device completely configured via userpatches.

if you haven't used armbian build framework before.

it's best let armbian build framework use docker on your behalf.

this means 2 things.

1. install docker
2. add your user account to the docker user group so that docker can be ran without sudo

that might look like this

sudo apt install docker.io -y
sudo usermod -a -G docker ${USER}
logout

usage

git clone https://github.com/armbian/build.git
cd build
git submodule add -f -b main https://github.com/lanefu/armbian-userpatches-example-indiedroid-nova.git userpatches

interactive build

will prompt for menus etc

./compile.sh nova

sid cli build

uses config-nova-sid.conf to build a cli based debian sid image

./compile.sh nova-sid

really bloated gnome build

uses config-nova-gnmoe-bloated.conf to build a gnome desktop bloated by most application groups selected

./compile.sh nova-gnome-bloated

really really opinionated configuration

uses config-opinionated.conf to build a debian sid cli image with custom ssh keys, strip out the normal interactive setup. ready to boot.. and names itself princess-sbc

learn more

Read the armbian docs to better understand the power available in the armbian build framework

Understand Hookpoints

Hookpoints allow you to make

add functions prefixed with any of these hook points in your config file.

you can use them to use existing functions or extensions

Understand Extensions

Extensions are a pluggable way to add a rich library of functions to armbian build framework. Once enabled via a enable_extension call, They are generally available for use anywhere.

https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Extensions/#what-is-an-extension "Specifically, extension files should not contain any code outside of functions – they should do nothing when sourced."

NOTE slight edge-case that hooks related to build dependencies may get executed durring the Docker bootstrapping for cache management purposes regardless of being enabled... those extensions aren't otherwise available unless enabled with enable_extension