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Is it possible to install a GUI in TermuxAlpine? #12

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MrJinx123 opened this issue Feb 14, 2019 · 2 comments
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Is it possible to install a GUI in TermuxAlpine? #12

MrJinx123 opened this issue Feb 14, 2019 · 2 comments

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@MrJinx123
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I have been trying the instructions on Alpine's WIKI trying to get a working GUI but can't seem to find the magic. Xorg, X11VNC and my preferred.. xRDP are not able to be started correctly. The simplest X11 export DISPLAY=0 or any variation commands fail. xRDP launches and logs in but can't reach a desktop (MATE) or gui app directly.
It seems since rc-service is not started due to proot config some functions just won't start or nest correctly.
There are 2 other details I ran into with the package.

  1. I had to change TMPDIR to use the rootfs/tmp directory.. Openjdk8 was having heartburn with the termux env path. <-under the current proot config, I don't think it can reach it..
  2. To use xRDP you have to add a user. That process works fine but login fails after being successful due to bash config from termux env. responds with bad shell and kicks you back to root account bash config..
    I would love to use this for the few linux apps there are not android ports for. I don't really care about a full linux desktop on Android x86_64. (Running PrimeOS)For now , I have Android Studio, Serviio Media Server running fine on Proot Ubuntu.. AQEMU qemu front end running well on termux directly..VirtualBox is the only other target left I don't have a good android port for already..
    i really like the footprint (size) of Alpine if the x11 support was just a little more do-able..
    Thanks!!
@iL3D
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iL3D commented Mar 21, 2019

Yes it is very possible. The script setup-termux-alpine-gui.sh demonstrates one way to run X apps and Java 8 apps under TermuxAlpine. Hope that helps.

@archisman-panigrahi
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archisman-panigrahi commented Mar 10, 2021

An alternative would be to use the xfce setup file by Andronix.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndronixApp/AndronixOrigin/master/Installer/Alpine/alpine-xfce.sh

This repo hosts a more recent version of Alpine compared to Andronix, and it is easier to uninstall/reconfigure Alpine with this repo.

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