06.12.2025

How to install Android Termux Proot Arch Linux

• download termux from github on your phone https://github.com/termux/termux-app/releases

If you don't know what type of CPU you have you can download the universal version, which will work on any CPU. You can search your phone model online for the CPU type.

termux-app_v0.119.0-beta.3+apt-android-7-github-debug_universal.apk
termux-app_v0.119.0-beta.3+apt-android-7-github-debug_arm64-v8a.apk
termux-app_v0.119.0-beta.3+apt-android-7-github-debug_armeabi-v7a.apk
termux-app_v0.119.0-beta.3+apt-android-7-github-debug_x86_64.apk
termux-app_v0.119.0-beta.3+apt-android-7-github-debug_x86.apk

• install it on the android
• if you get an unsafe app, click on the arrow at bottom and click install anyway

install termux-x11 from github

• download termux-x11 from github on your phone https://github.com/termux/termux-x11/releases/tag/nightly
• install it on the android

termux install basic packages

• Open the termux app on your phone.
• there will be a command line
• these are the basic packages you will need to type into termux to install them

  pkg update
  pkg upgrade
  pkg install x11-repo
  pkg install termux-x11-nightly
  pkg install tur-repo
  pkg install pulseaudio
  pkg install proot-distro
  pkg install wget
  pkg install git
  

termux ssh agent

for ssh pkg i termux-services

(can't find these actually) start this: sv-enable ssh-agent

if i want an ssh daemon for hosting ssh sv-enable sshd

proot linux

proot-distro install archlinux

proot-distro login archlinux

pacman -Sy

pacman -Syu

pacman -S sudo

pacman -S xfce4