🐧 Linux

Chroot setup for termux

This repo contains automated chroot setup scripts for installing distros on Android devices. These will work with Termux or any root-supported terminal.
Easily manage, and interact with a full linux distro environment on your Android phone. Also It uses nsenter and unshare to avoid issues with mouting and unmounting android directories.

---

🧰 Requirements

• Magisk or KernelSU (KSU)
• Termux or any su-supported terminal
• Internet connection (for fetching Debian rootfs and installing latest update)

---

🗂️ Overview

• It is compatible with Magisk and KSU
• Mounts Android’s key directories inside debian:
  • /data → /mnt/android-data
  • /system → /mnt/android-system
  • Internal Storage → /mnt/internal
  • External SD Card → /mnt/ext_sdcard
• Interactive setup with user prompts for:
  • Installation location
  • Script directory
  • External SD card path (if any)
  • Optional Fish shell installation
• Provides management scripts in specified script directory:
  • start-[DISTRO_NAME].sh → Starts chroot
  • stop-[DISTRO_NAME].sh → Stops the environment and unmounts binds
  • remove-[DISTRO_NAME].sh → Cleanly removes everything
  • backup-[DISTRO_NAME].sh → Creates a tarball backup
  • snapshot-[DISTRO_NAME].sh → Creates filesystem snapshots

Note: If container is moved to a different directory then it's path variable needs to be changed in all the scripts.

---

🚀 Installation

Just run this in ur rooted terminal if you are in magisk

/data/adb/magisk/busybox wget --no-check-certificate -q "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tstmax67/chroot-termux/refs/heads/main/setup.sh"; sh setup.sh

Or if using KSU run this

/data/adb/ksu/bin/busybox wget --no-check-certificate -q "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tstmax67/chroot-termux/refs/heads/main/setup.sh"; sh setup.sh