ubuntu_proot.md

📚 Index

PROOT-DISTRO (🟠 UBUNTU)

• 🏁 First steps
• ⬇️ Download scripts to run the desktops
• ⚙️ Installing Desktops

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🏁 First steps

Note

All the process is described in more detail in this video.

First you need to install the following packages in Termux:

pkg update
pkg install x11-repo
pkg install termux-x11-nightly
pkg install pulseaudio
pkg install proot-distro

Then install Ubuntu and login once it finishes:

proot-distro install ubuntu
proot-distro login ubuntu

Update repositories and install any package you want:

apt update 
apt upgrade

apt install sudo nano adduser -y

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⬇️ Download scripts easily:

• startgnome_ubuntu.sh

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LinuxDroidMaster/Termux-Desktops/main/scripts/proot_ubuntu/startgnome_ubuntu.sh

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⚙️ Installing Desktops

I have use the following post from Ivon's blog as a reference for some steps.

GNOME

[!NOTE]
All the process is described in more detail in this video.

# Commands: 
proot-distro login ubuntu --user droidmaster

sudo apt install dbus-x11 ubuntu-desktop -y

Run this command after it finishes:

for file in $(find /usr -type f -iname "*login1*"); do rm -rf $file
done

Disable snapd as it doesn't work on Termux

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref
# To prevent repository packages from triggering the installation of Snap,
# this file forbids snapd from being installed by APT.
# For more information: https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/snap.html
Package: snapd
Pin: release a=*
Pin-Priority: -10
EOF

Install firefox:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firefox-esr

Now you can run Ubuntu with GNOME UI from the script I left in the Download scripts easily section:

chmod +x startgnome_ubuntu.sh
./startgnome_ubuntu.sh

Other desktosp (XFCE4, Mate, LXDE, etc)

Follow the same installation steps as for Debian.

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