Install Ubuntu20 on Termux Android

This installs Ubuntu 20 with xfce4 desktop on Termux. All scripts are from Andronix, I just compose and edit them to make the installer easier and smoother. It includes:

• Ubuntu 20
• XFCE4 Desktop
• TigerVNC Server
• Non-root Account Creation
• Audio Support
• Chromium Browser

Installation

Copy and paste this command to Termux:

pkg update -y && pkg install wget curl proot tar -y && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tuanpham-dev/termux-ubuntu/master/ubuntu.sh && chmod +x ubuntu.sh && bash ubuntu.sh

Run

Start Ubuntu

After installation, on Termux, you can execute this command to run ubuntu:

./start-ubuntu20.sh

Exit Ubuntu

To exit ubuntu you can simply run exit command. This will stop vncserver and some services.

exit

Start VNC Server

On Ubuntu, run this command to start VNC Server:

vncserver-start

Then you can use VNC Client to connect to 127.0.0.1:1 or 127.0.0.1:5901

Stop VNC Server

On Ubuntu, run this command to stop VNC Server:

vncserver-stop

Other

Install VS Code

VSCode ARM is now officially supported by Microsoft. You can install it with following commands:

wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
sudo apt update
sudo apt install code # or code-insiders

Theme

• Prof-XFCE-theme is the best for me. You can download it here:

https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1334420/

• Vimix icon is nice. You can download it here:

https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1334420/

• After download *.tar.xz file you can extract it and copy to theme/icons folder:

tar -xf "Prof--XFCE- 2.1.tar.gz"
cp -rp "Prof--XFCE- 2.1" ~/.local/share/icons
tar -xf Vimix.tar.xz
cp -rp Vimix ~/.local/share/icons/