Xwayland XFCE Android Termux-X11, no VNCserver

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Xwayland XFCE Android Termux-X11, no VNCserver

Instructions from Technical Bot Xwayland on Android without Root | Termux-X11

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, wget and xfce

pkg install x11-repo wget
pkg install xfce4 xfce4-goodies xorg-xrandr xorg-xhost

6. Edit termux.properties, uncomment allow-external-apps

nano .termux/termux.properties

allow-external-apps = true

7. Download Termux-X11

• https://github.com/termux/termux-x11
• Go to Actions, then Build, then select the latest run, then scrolldown to the Artifacts, and download the zip file.
• Inside it will contain the .apk and .deb files.

mv storage/downloads/termux-x11.zip $HOME
unzip termux-x11.zip
apt install xwayland
apt --fix-broken install
dpkg --install termux-x11.deb
cp app-debug.apk storage/downloads

8. Go back to Downloads folder and install app-debug.apk

• Run the app Termux-X11 and allow permissions.
• Pull the top bar to show Termux-X11 notifications. Unfold the notification to show more options, select Preferences.
• In the preferences you may want to check Show additional keyboard, in Touchscreen input mode I prefer Emulate touchpad
• Force close the app.

9. This command below will open Termux-X11 but with black screen.

export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=${TMPDIR}
termux-x11 :1 &

10. Run this to start XFCE session

env DISPLAY=:1 xfce4-session

11. Go back to Termux-X11 to see the environment.
12. While in Termux-X11, click with two fingers to perform a right-click. Select your phone's back button to open virtual keyboard.