okj9dddd/debian-on-termux

HOWTO install Debian 9 (stretch) on your Android smartphone

debian-on-termux

what is it

• a shell script to install Debian 9 (stretch) via debootstrap in a Termux environment
• supported Debian versions include: stable (stretch), testing (buster), unstable
• supported architectures include: armel, armhf, arm64, i386, amd64

how to use it

• install Termux

• download debian_on_termux.sh from debian-on-termux into your termux home directory

    cd /data/data/com.termux/files/home
    apt update
    apt install wget
    hash -r
    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sp4rkie/debian-on-termux/master/debian_on_termux.sh
  

• optionaly check the configuration lines near the top of the script.

• execute the script

    sh debian_on_termux.sh
  

• to watch the installation process type

    tail -F $HOME/deboot_debian/debootstrap/debootstrap.log
  

• if all went well (takes about 30min on the hardware below) a script is created to enter the debian guest system

    $HOME/bin/enter_deb
  
    Usage: enter_deb [options] [command]
    enter_deb: enter the installed debian guest system
  
      -0 - mimic root (default)
      -n - prefer regular termux uid (termux-uid)
  

• sample usage: debian shell (stay in chrooted debian)

    bash-4.4$ enter_deb
    root@localhost:~#
  

• sample usage: debian one-shot command (execute in chrooted debian and return to the host environment)

    bash-4.4$ enter_deb -n id\; hostname\; pwd\; cat /etc/debian_\*
    uid=10228(u0_a228) gid=10228(u0_a228) groups=10228(u0_a228),3003,9997,50228
    localhost
    /home/u0_a228
    9.1
    bash-4.4$
  

• for suggestions or in the unlikely event of a problem just raise an issue here:-)

alternatives

• Fedora
• Arch
• Ubuntu

reference

How to install Debian 9.2 chroot termux? #1645