androot

Chroot and systemd-nspawn rootfs installer

Experimental

androot is experimental software and can lead to breakage!
Only run these scripts with extensive knowledge of Linux (and Android if using Termux)!

How to use

Termux

WARNING

If you want to use androot under Android you need a working Magisk or KernelSU installation.
If you wish to install a (more limited) Linux distribution without root access use Andronix instead.

Dependencies

• Magisk/KernelSU
• curl
• bash
• chroot
• bsdtar
• tsu

Use

curl -sSL "https://git.staropensource.de/StarOpenSource/androot/raw/branch/master/androot.sh"|sudo bash - --download

Linux

Dependencies

• curl
• bash
• chroot/systemd-nspawn
• bsdtar

Use

curl -sSL "https://git.staropensource.de/StarOpenSource/androot/raw/branch/master/androot.sh"|sudo bash - --download

Architectures

Supported (target architectures)

• x86_64 (amd64)
• arm64 (aarch64)

Supported (execution architectures)

• x86_64 (amd64)
• arm64 (aarch64)
• powerpc64 (ppc64,ppc64le)
• mips64

Unsupported

• x86 (i386,i686)
• arm
• powerpc (ppc,ppcle)
• mips

Distributions

• Arch Linux

How does this work?

tldr

We download & decompress a rootfs, apply some magic and make it useable with the help of chroot or systemd-nspawn.

The short answer

1. check architecture
2. ask for target architecture, execution architecture(s) and distribution
3. download rootfs
4. decompress rootfs
5. mount rootfs
6. install updates and bootscript dependencies
7. apply patches (if using chroot)
8. download bootscripts
9. unmount rootfs
10. finish and print information about how to "boot" the rootfs

The long answer

Just read the source code.

How to test

if shellcheck *.sh; then sudo env DIAG=true ./androot.sh --local; else echo ":: shellcheck failed, please resolve these errors"; fi

Annotations

### TOBECHANGED     -  this should be changed in the future
### UNIMPLEMENTED   -  not yet finished
### EXPERIMENTAL    -  experimental code, probably not safe yet
### MISIMPLEMENTED  -  implemented, but wrong