linux-on-android

Automatizated script to install ubuntu on your android device, no root needed.

Features

• Installs Ubuntu 24.04 Arm64
• XFCE enviroment fully working
• Firefox pre-installed

Other repositories used

• proot-distro
• Termux-Proot-Custom-Installer

Requirements

• Termux, preferably latest version - and not from Play Store (no more updates from there)
• The installation takes about 3.2GB of space
• VNC Viewer app of your choise
  • My suggestion, if you are using a physical keyboard and mouse:
    • AVNC
  • My suggestion, if relying only on phones touch screen and on-screen keyboard:
    • RealVNC Viewer: Remote Desktop

Installation

Using curl

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vfransant/linux-on-android/refs/heads/main/ubuntu-24_04-instalation.sh && bash ubuntu-24_04-instalation.sh

Using wget

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vfransant/linux-on-android/refs/heads/main/ubuntu-24_04-instalation.sh && bash ubuntu-24_04-instalation.sh

How to use?

After running the script, you can start your ubuntu by opening your Termux and running dash ubuntu.sh Then, type vncserver and it will start a vnc session. Use your VNC Viewer of choice and connect either to

• If you want to see your screen on the device you are using 127.0.0.1:1 or localhost:1
• If you want to use it on another device your device's IP on your local network, followed by :1 Example: 192.168.0.15:1

The default password is linux