TermuxSchrödinger

Setting up proot distro on termux and getting graphical output on termux x11

It's a complete mess to get a proot distro running and all the tutorials fail at some point during the procedure of installing the desktop environment and getting graphical output running on termux x11 I just need any distro and desktop environment running that works!

pi-dev500•26d ago

see how I did on https://github.com/pi-dev500/termuxubuntu-x11. I'm not sure my script work, but it is simple, and you can take exemple on it. At first, if you try to use play store's default termux, it will never work. You need to get it from F-droid.

Schrödinger•26d ago

what if your package is malicious

marcusz•26d ago

https://github.com/termux/termux-x11#using-with-proot-environment

GitHub

GitHub - termux/termux-x11: Termux X11 add-on application.

Termux X11 add-on application. Contribute to termux/termux-x11 development by creating an account on GitHub.

Schrödinger•26d ago

i can't find it useful for beginners

marcusz•26d ago

when you just proot-distro with --shared-tmp argument, inside the distro while termux x11 app is running, just type termux-x11

Schrödinger•26d ago

marcusz•26d ago

yeah install proot-distro

Schrödinger•26d ago

yeah i installed assume but it fails last time i got graphical output on x11 but it failed to give any response. what?

pi-dev500•24d ago

Sorry for the late answer, the bug is a syntax error in my script, I forgot some space in if tests. I will try to fix it today.

tomikun•24d ago

If you want to display things from inside the proot-distro into termux-x11, you need to use the --shared-tmp argument (I think, might be wrong, I think this related to hardware acceleration instead but idk, just do it, you won't lose anything) To set up a desktop environment inside termux, not inside proot, just install xfce4-session xfce4-goodies x11-repo termux-x11-nightly then after that all you need to do is to run this command termux-x11 -xstartup xfce4-session To stop it just do pkill app_process or killall main or force close the termux app From inside proot, you can then run any graphical program you want on termux-x11 as long as you export DISPLAY=:0 since that's the default If you want to start a desktop environment inside proot then Install the termux-x11-nightly package in termux, not proot Install xfce4-session, xfce4-goodies and dbus inside the proot, not termux Do not run proot-distro with the --isolated argument or it will NOT work then run this command termux-x11 -xstartup "dbus-launch xfce4-session"

pi-dev500•24d ago

Probably fixed with my two commits of this morning.

Schrödinger•24d ago

had problem where it asked to continue or abort somewhere and it didn't respond

pi-dev500•24d ago

After password/id entry or before? If it is before, the only thing that can ask to continue is the pkg install and I never had any issues with this simple script which uses apt. If it is what you posted in #x11 , I just fixed it.

Schrödinger•24d ago

mouse doesnt works

Schrödinger•24d ago

How can i get output on termux x11 now?

pi-dev500•23d ago

You need to wipe Ubuntu proot by proot-distro remove ubuntu, and run back my script to have a clean install, and then just type ubuntu in termux should start it.

Schrödinger•23d ago

after running the script it automatically ended up showing

pi-dev500•23d ago

Oh, sorry, I forgot that using

| bash

| bash

disallow user input, You need to download the script, mark it as executable, and run it as shown in my last commit on the readme :

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pi-dev500/termuxubuntu-x11/main/install.sh -O ubuinstall.sh && chmod +x ./ubuinstall.sh && ./ubuinstall.sh

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pi-dev500/termuxubuntu-x11/main/install.sh -O ubuinstall.sh && chmod +x ./ubuinstall.sh && ./ubuinstall.sh

Schrödinger•23d ago

i ended up with this after giving login and password

Schrödinger•23d ago

idk how to mark it as executable and download script

pi-dev500•23d ago

second quote of my last message wait a bit, please.

Schrödinger•23d ago

what should i do now? i ran the script below okay

pi-dev500•23d ago

Now, you can run:

proot-distro remove ubuntu && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pi-dev500/termuxubuntu-x11/main/install.sh -O ubuinstall.sh && chmod +x ./ubuinstall.sh && ./ubuinstall.sh

proot-distro remove ubuntu && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pi-dev500/termuxubuntu-x11/main/install.sh -O ubuinstall.sh && chmod +x ./ubuinstall.sh && ./ubuinstall.sh

It will not more ask you and break like that on package installation.

tomikun•23d ago

it's already running You already have output by that point i highly do not suggest whatever the other guy is telling you unless you read and understand the script they're telling you to use because you're gonna be as clueless as when you were at the start and if you encounter any problems, you'll have no idea how to fix them if you don't care about learning how to do this yourself and just want something that magically works then sure, use the script anyways it's already running, it's already working, you just need to swap over to the termux:x11 app if nothing apppears or it's buggy, kill it all then run termux-x11 again

Schrödinger•23d ago

mouse isn't working tho idk why

tomikun•23d ago

send pic actually vid would be better with show touches enabled

Schrödinger•23d ago

okay thanks it worked this time but how I'll use the share tmp argument can you give an example for an distro after i install xfce4 in proot

tomikun•23d ago

proot-distro login <distro> --shared-tmp

Schrödinger•20d ago

Ahh the phantom process killer bitch I've installed kde in Ubuntu