Now it’s possible to open your Linux command prompt on your Android phone to get some things done. Usually installing Linux on Android pho...
Now it’s possible to open your Linux command prompt on your Android phone to get some things done. Usually installing Linux on Android phones needs rooting your device. However, with GNURoot, you don’t need to do those tricks and skip the root permissions. Let’s get started with installing Linux on Android phone.
This process may take a while, so wait for few minutes.
You can create extra terminal windows by tapping on the ‘+’ button at the top and switch using the top-left drop-down menu.
To access the menu options for various settings, you can tap on the top-right icon and other options
1. Install GNURoot in Your Android
The first step is to install the free Android app GNURoot on your Android app. This application installs a fake Linux root file system. Just open the Play Store, search for GNURoot and install the main GNURoot app on your Android device.
2. Select The Helper App.
By default, GNURoot offers different ARM-based Linux distros: (Debian) Wheezy, Fedora, Aboriginal (a lightweight BusyBox variant) and Gentoo. Select any one of these and tap “Create New Rootfs” to download the needed files.This process may take a while, so wait for few minutes.
3. Select The Linux Distro & Launch
After the download is finished, select that distro from the second drop down option. After ticking the “Launch as Fake Root” box to get the apt-get and other root commands, tap “Launch Rootfs” to install and use Linux on Android phone4. Done!
After the installation, you are ready to use Linux on Android phone. Now you should be able to install any package from your distro’s repo using the relevant package manager by apt-get for Wheezy or yum for Fedora.You can create extra terminal windows by tapping on the ‘+’ button at the top and switch using the top-left drop-down menu.
To access the menu options for various settings, you can tap on the top-right icon and other options