Installing packages on Ubuntu phone / tablet?

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#1 May 25, 2015

[I'm breaking down my research into smaller pieces]

Is it possible to do the following:

Open up a terminal (or ssh to the phone)
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
Compile and run a simple Java program in the terminal

Many Thanks, Caesar.

#2 May 27, 2015

The answer to 1 is definitely "Yes" -- just go to the Ubuntu store and search for terminal.

#3 May 28, 2015

OK but what about the rest?

What I really want to do is to use the Ubuntu Phone as a very portable Linux PC.

#4 June 2, 2015

I too would love to know if this works.

#5 June 23, 2015

The answer to the rest seems to be "no" in practise if not in theory. The phone does not seem to use the apt-get system, so java would need to be specially packaged for it.