Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES]

[axel103]

Installed java, android-unpinner and adb, and my output is this:

┌──(root㉿DESKTOP-EMQCPMN)-[/home/axel/android-unpinner]
└─# android-unpinner all httptoolkit-pinning-demo.apk
[16:49:23] Target: tech.httptoolkit.pinning_demo
[16:49:23] Reusing existing file: httptoolkit-pinning-demo.unpinned.apk
About to install patched APK. This removes the existing app with all its data. Continue? [y/N]: y
[16:49:25] Uninstall existing app...
[16:49:27] Installing tech.httptoolkit.pinning_demo...
╭─────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ────────────────────────────────╮
│ /usr/local/bin/android-unpinner:33 in <module>                                                   │
│                                                                                                  │
│   30                                                                                             │
│   31 if __name__ == '__main__':                                                                  │
│   32 │   sys.argv[0] = re.sub(r'(-script\.pyw?|\.exe)?$', '', sys.argv[0])                       │
│ ❱ 33 │   sys.exit(load_entry_point('android-unpinner', 'console_scripts', 'android-unpinner')    │
│   34                                                                                             │
│                                                                                                  │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/click/core.py:1157 in __call__                           │
│                                                                                                  │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/rich_click/rich_command.py:126 in main                   │
│                                                                                                  │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/click/core.py:1688 in invoke                             │
│                                                                                                  │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/click/core.py:1434 in invoke                             │
│                                                                                                  │
│ /usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/click/core.py:783 in invoke                              │
│                                                                                                  │
│ /home/axel/android-unpinner/android_unpinner/__main__.py:271 in all_cmd                          │
│                                                                                                  │
│   268 │   package_name = next(iter(package_names))                                               │
│   269 │   logging.info(f"Target: {package_name}")                                                │
│   270 │   apk_patched = patch_apk_files(apk_files)                                               │
│ ❱ 271 │   install_apk(apk_patched)                                                               │
│   272 │   copy_files()                                                                           │
│   273 │   start_app_on_device(package_name)                                                      │
│   274 │   logging.info("All done! 🎉")                                                           │
│                                                                                                  │
│ /home/axel/android-unpinner/android_unpinner/__main__.py:102 in install_apk                      │
│                                                                                                  │
│    99 │   if len(apk_files) > 1:                                                                 │
│   100 │   │   adb(f"install-multiple --no-incremental {' '.join(str(x) for x in apk_files)}")    │
│   101 │   else:                                                                                  │
│ ❱ 102 │   │   adb(f"install --no-incremental {apk_files[0]}")                                    │
│   103                                                                                            │
│   104                                                                                            │
│   105 def copy_files() -> None:                                                                  │
│                                                                                                  │
│ /home/axel/android-unpinner/android_unpinner/vendor/platform_tools/__init__.py:20 in adb         │
│                                                                                                  │
│   17 │   """Helper function to call adb and capture stdout."""                                   │
│   18 │   cmd = f"{adb_binary} {cmd}"                                                             │
│   19 │   try:                                                                                    │
│ ❱ 20 │   │   proc = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, check=True, capture_output=True, text=Tru    │
│   21 │   except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:                                              │
│   22 │   │   logging.debug(f"cmd='{cmd}'\n"                                                      │
│   23 │   │   │   │   │     f"{e.stdout=}\n"                                                      │
│                                                                                                  │
│ /usr/lib/python3.11/subprocess.py:571 in run                                                     │
│                                                                                                  │
│    568 │   │   │   raise                                                                         │
│    569 │   │   retcode = process.poll()                                                          │
│    570 │   │   if check and retcode:                                                             │
│ ❱  571 │   │   │   raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,                               │
│    572 │   │   │   │   │   │   │   │   │    output=stdout, stderr=stderr)                        │
│    573 │   return CompletedProcess(process.args, retcode, stdout, stderr)                        │
│    574                                                                                           │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
CalledProcessError: Command '/home/axel/android-unpinner/android_unpinner/vendor/platform_tools/linux/adb install
--no-incremental httptoolkit-pinning-demo.unpinned.apk' returned non-zero exit status 1.

┌──(root㉿DESKTOP-EMQCPMN)-[/home/axel/android-unpinner]
└─# /home/axel/android-unpinner/android_unpinner/vendor/platform_tools/linux/adb install
emental httptoolkit-pinning-demo.unpinned.apk'adb: install requires an argument

┌──(root㉿DESKTOP-EMQCPMN)-[/home/axel/android-unpinner]
└─# --no-incremental httptoolkit-pinning-demo.unpinned.apk'
> cls
> ^C

┌──(root㉿DESKTOP-EMQCPMN)-[/home/axel/android-unpinner]
└─# /home/axel/android-unpinner/android_unpinner/vendor/platform_tools/linux/adb install --no-incremental httptoolkit-pinning-demo.unpinned.apk
Performing Streamed Install
adb: failed to install httptoolkit-pinning-demo.unpinned.apk: Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATES: Failed collecting certificates for /data/app/vmdl145321253.tmp/base.apk: Failed to collect certificates from /data/app/vmdl145321253.tmp/base.apk: META-INF/CERT.SF indicates /data/app/vmdl145321253.tmp/base.apk is signed using APK Signature Scheme v2, but no such signature was found. Signature stripped?]

a similar discussion was made, but abandoned.

[aerucu]

I have the same error. Did you found a solution?

[Natanel-Shitrit]

After installing apksigner it works flawlessly.

Works on Ubuntu 24.04

apt install apksigner