PROOT or CHROOT as guest OS (Android/Termux)

[tsu2]

How if my phone is arm7

I don't know what your question is supposed to mean,
But if you're asking whether your phone or system being ARM is a problem, openSUSE regularly maintains images for various ARM, but you need to be more precise what your ARM hardware is.

TSU

[radumamy]

How if my phone is arm7

Hi. You can try the following commands in Termux, unfortunately I cannot validate them because my phone is aarch64.

Please let me know if they work.

1. Download Termux components and openSUSE Tumbleweed image.

pkg install wget openssl-tool proot tar -y && hash -r && wget https://download.opensuse.org/ports/aarch64/tumbleweed/appliances/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-ARM-XFCE.armv7-rootfs.armv7l.tar.xz -O opensuse-tumbleweed-rootfs.tar.xz

2. Execute installation script.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radumamy/Termux-openSUSE/master/Scripts/Installer/openSUSE/Tumbleweed/opensuse-tumbleweed.sh && bash opensuse-tumbleweed.sh

3. Log into openSUSE and install VNC server.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radumamy/Termux-openSUSE/master/Scripts/Installer/openSUSE/vnc-server-armv7.sh && bash vnc-server-armv7.sh

Thanks.

[tsu2]

FYI -
Sometime after my last post (June 2020?)
I was able to get Termux to install openSUSE on my phone, but all it did was boot up.
Was pretty much broken.

Bottom line is I didn't immediately identify an installation problem but the image I installed (I've forgotten which but was likely the one identified earlier in this Forum thread) wasn't functional and I didn't try to look further if the problem is the image itself or how the image is supposed to run.

Sorry that I had to remove the experiment immediately, it uses up an enormous amount of space on a phone... And if something that big isn't working, it affects what's available for everything else that's installed and running.

TSU

[radumamy]

FYI -
Sometime after my last post (June 2020?)
I was able to get Termux to install openSUSE on my phone, but all it did was boot up.
Was pretty much broken.

Bottom line is I didn't immediately identify an installation problem but the image I installed (I've forgotten which but was likely the one identified earlier in this Forum thread) wasn't functional and I didn't try to look further if the problem is the image itself or how the image is supposed to run.

Sorry that I had to remove the experiment immediately, it uses up an enormous amount of space on a phone... And if something that big isn't working, it affects what's available for everything else that's installed and running.

TSU

Hi @TSU,

I have created scripts for aarch64 that allow you to install and run Leap 15.2 and Tumbleweed. Patches for Yast2 and Zypper are included. I don't think you can use systemd commands due to limitations of Android/proot.

Leap 15.2

pkg install wget openssl-tool proot tar -y && hash -r && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radumamy/Termux-openSUSE/master/Scripts/Installer/openSUSE/Leap/opensuse-leap.sh && bash opensuse-leap.sh

Tumbleweed

pkg install wget openssl-tool proot tar -y && hash -r && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radumamy/Termux-openSUSE/master/Scripts/Installer/openSUSE/Tumbleweed/opensuse-tumbleweed.sh && bash opensuse-tumbleweed.sh

Once installed you can login and install VNC server to use XFCE4 Desktop Environment.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radumamy/Termux-openSUSE/master/Scripts/Installer/openSUSE/vnc-server.sh && bash vnc-server.sh

I'll do my best to sort out most things.

Thank you.