XFCE on Android Termux

README.md

Install XFCE on Android Termux

Instructions from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJP3FRTxbnw

1. Install F-Droid

• https://f-droid.org/

2. Install Termux from F-Droid

• https://github.com/termux/termux-app

3. Update Termux

• apt update && apt upgrade -y

4. Set up Termux storage

• termux-setup-storage

5. Install X11-repo

• pkg install x11-repo

6. Install XFCE and VNC server

• pkg install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tigervnc xorg-xhost

7. Start VNC to setup password

• vncserver -geometry 1280x720 -listen tcp :1
• set a password
• allow control DISPLAY=:1 xhost +

8. Close VNC server for now

• vncserver -kill :1

9. Configure VNC startup

• nano ~/.vnc/xstartup
• comment #aterm ....
• comment #twm &
• add startxfce4 &
• nano ../usr/bin/vncstart

vncserver -geometry 1280x720 -listen tcp :1

• chmod +x ../usr/bin/vncstart

10. Start VNC

• vncstart

11. Install a VNC client on phone

• VNC Viewer
  • https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/
  • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realvnc.viewer.android&pli=1
• Connect
  • localhost:1

Add Firefox

Need to install another distro inside Termux using proot-distro, and start Firefox in Termux XFCE from that distro.
I noticed that Swap memory on Termux is almost full and I get some crashes... Still don't know how to fix it...

1. Install proot-distro

• pkg install proot-distro

2. Install Debian (Debian has firefox-esr in their repository) and login as root

• proot-distro install debian
• proot-distro login debian

3. Install firefox

• apt update && apt upgrade
• apt install firefox-esr

3. Add firefox user

• adduser firefox

4. Login as firefox user

• su - firefox

5. Config bashrc to autostart firefox at display :1

• echo "DISPLAY=:1 firefox" >> .bashrc

6. Go back to Termux
7. Install xorg-xhost

• pkg install xorg-xhost

8. Add a desktop entry calling firefox from inside Debian

• nano ../usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox-esr
Icon=firefox
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
Exec=proot-distro login --user firefox debian %u
Terminal=true
StartupNotify=false

9. Allow display firefox

• DISPLAY=:1 xhost +

10. Just run Firefox from XFCE menu

11. Stop VNC server on Termux

• vncserver -kill :1