The world order has many pitfalls. One of them is this obsession with smartphone technology. It seems as if it is nearly impossible to access websites on the Internet without a smartphone mobile telephone number.
I actually do not use dumb devices also known as smart devices. This includes mobile telephones. However, there are a few websites I access that require a mobile telephone number.
I refuse to go purchase a smartphone just for two Internet websites. When I still used Microsoft operating systems, I installed a free Google Android emulator called BlueStacks. I could install software applications from the Google Play store, as if I was using a Google Android dumb device.
Now, I exclusively use Linux and therefore need a work around to still be able to download and install a couple of Google Play store applications, so that I can access a couple of security-paranoid websites. There are quite a few Google Android emulators and programs that will function on Linux distributions. One of them is called Anbox Android in a box.
Anbox is free and I believe it is an open-source software program. Technically, Anbox is not an emulator. However, it allows you to install Google Android applications using your computer hardware.
I am going to show you how to quickly install Anbox Android in a box on your Linux Debian derivation distribution operating system. You will want to open up a terminal window. Then either login into your root account using the su command or use the sudo command, along with the installation command, to prompt you for your root account password.
su root
sudo apt-get install anbox
On Linux Debian derivation distribution operating systems, you use the apt-get tool to install and remove applications. You will want to enter one of these commands below to install Anbox on your Debian distribution derivation Linux operating system. I currently use MX Linux version 19.4 operating system.
apt-get install anbox
sudo apt-get install anbox
If you are already logged into your root account, you do not need to use sudo with the apt-get install command. If Anbox is available on your Debian derivation Linux distribution operating system, you will see a list of application dependencies. Then you will be asked to enter in Y for yes or N for no to install Anbox or to not install Anbox.
If Anbox is not available on your Debian derivation Linux distribution operating system, you will be notified that Anbox is not found or available. You might need to perform some Internet searches to find out how to manually add a repository for your specific Linux distribution, so that you can install Anbox. MX Linux version 19.4 already has Anbox Android in a box software available.
I did not have to or need to manually add a software repository. If all goes well with your installation of Anbox, you will see some download, unpacking, installing, etc. messages. As long as you do not view any error messages, you should be taken to your command prompt.
Now you can open up Anbox. On this computer with MX Linux version 19.4 Debian derivation distribution of the Linux operating system, I found Anbox in the "Accessories" folder in the programs menu. Click on the "Applications" system icon in the lower left-hand corner.
Look for Anbox in the "Accessories" option. Anbox might not be located in that same menu option on your Linux Debian derivation distribution operating system. You can use your applications search tool to try to find the location of the Anbox Android in a box software program start menu icon.
Anbox would not actually work on MX Linux version 19.4 operating system. I would choose the Anbox program and would just see a "Starting" message in the Anbox window. Then that window would disappear.
After performing some Internet searches, I narrowed down the most likely culprit. This computer has an older dual core processor that does not have built in support for some specific hardware technologies that Anbox requires. I will need to try installing Anbox on a newer computer or within a virtual box virtual machine operating system.
However, this computer microprocessor has built in virtualization support. I even verified it was enabled in the basic input output system, to no avail. I have been planning on purchasing a mini computer.
Now is the time to kill multiple birds with one stone. Hopefully, Anbox will function correctly on your Debian Linux derivation distribution operating system. If you are using Linux distributions based on Red Hat, you can use the yum tool instead.
For example, Fedora, Suse, etc are red hat based Linux operating sytems. You can just type in this command below to see if Anbox is available. If not, you might need to perform some Internet searches, to find instructions on how to add an Anbox Android in a box software repository for your specific Linux distribution operating system.
yum install anbox
Anbox Android in a Box Video Transcript
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there is a
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program for linux that allows you to
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install and
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use
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google android applications
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i found one
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for mx linux
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called and box am bio x and i'm going to
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quickly show you how to install it this
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requires command line
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so in a terminal window now i'm using mx
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linux 19.3
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so
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just caveat emptor
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your linux distribution may or may not
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have an box in the
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operating system repository i was
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fortunate enough
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that mx linux which is a debian
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derivation distribution
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includes and box in the repository all
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you have to do is type in this command
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up at the top i've already installed it
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so in a command line you're going to
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want
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and require root now you could sudo sudo
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space and then the command i will
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include
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instructions in the blog post that i
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will be writing about a hundred years
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from now
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you know what i'm saying but for now all
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the instructions it's really easy so you
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type in
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once you
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log in as root or once you type in
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s-u-d-o excuse me s u yeah d o space and
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then the command which will
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ask you to type in your root command
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then it's apt get
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apt-get
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space install space and box and box
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apt-get is the tool the utility that i
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think on all
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debian
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derivation distribution linux operating
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systems
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that tool allows you to
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install and remove software on your
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linux
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operating system so then you would just
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hit enter and you're going to see a
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package list
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it first shows you what packages if you
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notice here and then where my cursor is
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highlighted it asks you do you want to
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continue and you have to type in y for
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yes
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if you type in n for no it does not
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install anything but i wanted to let you
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know that there are additional packages
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and there are suggested and they're
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recommended
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and then
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the so the additional packages are
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required for andbox to function
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the suggested or recommended maybe just
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features
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but just to let you know that there are
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some additional dependencies some
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software packages that are required and
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some that are
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well recommended or suggested but
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you know what i'm saying then you'll see
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a list that depends on your internet
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connection
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how much data
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really not that much
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and then eventually you'll see this as
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long as you don't see any errors if you
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see what is similar
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selecting preparing
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and then unpacking selecting preparing
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unpacking and then as long as they all
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download correctly as long as you don't
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get any error messages and then you're
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going to see some
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symbolic link creation
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and then processing triggers
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there i'm saying
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and as long as there are no failed
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dependencies or no field downloads or
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there are no funky errors and it takes
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you back to the command prompt the root
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prompt
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you should be good to go and then what
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you will do
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is depending on the linux distribution
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that you are using
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you
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would look for the and box icon on mx
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linux
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let me see where is it located
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let's see
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maybe under
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uh internet where is it actually located
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accessories oh
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on mx linux 19.3 it added it to the
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accessories so when you click on the
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menu icon and then it opens up your
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list of programs it's under accessories
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so on your distribution it may not get
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added to your accessories but there's an
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and box android and a box icon with an
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android
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icon
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listen you know
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so you can tell it's an android
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which i don't even use google android
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i don't use google androids i don't use
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smartphones i don't use apple iphones
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either i don't use any of those dumb
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devices i mean smartphones however the
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system is so ridiculous that almost now
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it's all i wouldn't say it's impossible
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but
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there's really there's a couple of
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programs that i need access to on an
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android but i don't want to use
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an android i'm done with that garbage
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all right i digress back to this video
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anything further so just look for an box
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or you can also type in an blx in the
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search tool for your
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programs on mx linux it has a search
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tool at the bottom when you click on the
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menu button which is in the lower left
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hand corner
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or wherever it is on configured on your
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computer other distributions i'm just
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you know try to use your search box
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or look for the icon then open it my on
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i'll be honest it doesn't work yet
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[Laughter]
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but i just want to make sure that
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i don't waste time
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you know what i'm saying i try not to
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waste time if i
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you know what i'm saying
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time is of the most valuable to me so i
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decided to make this video anyways
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you'll open up and box on my mx linux
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19.3 it just says starting and then
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that's it so i have to check out the log
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files i have no idea why it's all good
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linux is not perfect i know you clowns
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that use micro craft micro ship micro
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slop wind blows and you apple fanboys
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and you microprep or excuse me microsoft
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fanboys you think that both of those
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garbage operating systems have no
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problems wrong
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and vice versa you think that mx linux
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is just a disaster at linux why should
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you say linux in general is not perfect
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it never will be
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humans develop operating systems for
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sakes duh
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now you know how to install ambox
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hopefully it's in your operating system
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repository and then you just tap get oh
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here's another tip if you're using not
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that beyond derivation distributions if
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you're using fedora or susie you would
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type in yum
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yum install and box you may have to
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perform some internet searches
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you know but you could just literally go
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in to a command line and type it in and
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see if it's there
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which is what i did if it's not
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in a repository it'll tell you it'll say
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handbox not found you may have to
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perform some internet searches you may
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have to manually add a repository which
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i'm not going to discuss in this video
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adios
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and good luck with micro crap win blows
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11.
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[Laughter]
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oh and good luck with any future apple
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you know quagmire
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you know operating systems