<s>
Termux	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open-source	I-Application
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
which	O
allows	O
for	O
running	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
environment	O
on	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
various	O
software	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
through	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
installs	O
a	O
minimal	O
base	O
system	O
automatically	O
;	O
additional	O
packages	O
are	O
available	O
using	O
its	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
commands	O
available	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
are	O
accessible	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
built-in	O
Bash	B-Operating_System
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
several	O
other	O
shells	O
available	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Zsh	B-Application
and	O
tcsh	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packages	O
are	O
cross-compiled	B-Application
with	O
Android	B-Application
NDK	I-Application
and	O
have	O
compatibility	O
patches	O
to	O
get	O
them	O
working	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
all	O
files	O
are	O
installed	O
in	O
the	O
application	O
directory	O
,	O
rooting	B-Application
is	O
not	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
packages	O
can	O
be	O
compiled	O
from	O
source	O
as	O
Termux	B-Application
supports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
build	O
tools	O
including	O
CMake	B-Language
,	O
Meson	B-Application
,	O
GNU	B-Application
Autotools	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
compilers	O
for	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Rust	B-Application
,	O
Go	B-Application
,	O
Swift	B-Application
,	O
and	O
several	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
can	O
also	O
install	O
interpreters	O
for	O
languages	O
like	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminal-based	O
text	O
editors	O
such	O
as	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
Vim	B-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
execute	O
GUI	B-Application
applications	O
in	O
Termux	B-Application
by	O
using	O
a	O
VNC	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
and	O
installing	O
a	O
desktop	O
environment	O
(	O
Xfce	B-Language
,	O
LXQt	B-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
)	O
or	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
's	O
user	O
interface	O
is	O
fairly	O
simple	O
,	O
only	O
displaying	O
the	O
extra	O
keys	O
row	O
and	O
the	O
terminal	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Color	O
scheme	O
and	O
font	O
can	O
be	O
changed	O
through	O
Termux	B-Application
:	O
Styling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
add	O
more	O
function	O
keys	O
and	O
controls	O
by	O
editing	O
~	O
/.termux/termux.properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
has	O
mouse/touch	O
support	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
htop	B-Device
and	O
other	O
ncurses-based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
configure	O
Termux	B-Application
by	O
editing	O
~	O
/.termux/termux.properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
7	O
add-ons	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Add-ons	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
source	O
as	O
the	O
application	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
same	O
User	B-Application
ID	I-Application
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
requesting	O
packages	O
and	O
features	O
was	O
added	O
through	O
GitHub	B-Application
issues	O
in	O
the	O
app	O
's	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Termux	B-Application
development	O
team	O
ended	O
support	O
for	O
devices	O
running	O
Android	O
5-6	O
,	O
making	O
Android	B-Application
version	I-Application
7	I-Application
the	O
minimum	O
OS	O
requirement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
Termux	B-Application
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
volunteer	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Packages	O
in	O
Termux	B-Application
are	O
installed	O
through	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
(	O
pkg	O
)	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
.deb	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
normal	O
Debian	O
packages	O
cannot	O
be	O
installed	O
as	O
Termux	B-Application
is	O
not	O
FHS	B-Application
compliant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
has	O
more	O
than	O
1000	O
packages	O
available	O
as	O
of	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
has	O
3	O
repositories	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Repositories	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
default	O
Termux	B-Application
bootstrap	O
installation	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
main	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
repository	O
containing	O
all	O
CLI	O
utilities	O
and	O
other	O
popular	O
Linux	B-Application
tools	O
and	O
language	O
compilers/interpreters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
x11-repo	O
contains	O
X11-based	O
packages	O
and	O
graphical	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
root-repo	O
contains	O
packages	O
useful	O
for	O
rooted	B-Application
devices	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
v0.101	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
be	O
updated	O
in	O
the	O
Google	O
Play	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google:Untrusted	O
apps	O
that	O
target	O
Android	B-Application
10	O
cannot	O
invoke	O
exec( )	O
on	O
files	O
within	O
the	O
app	O
's	O
home	O
directory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
execution	O
of	O
files	O
from	O
the	O
writable	O
app	O
home	O
directory	O
is	O
a	O
W^X	O
violation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Termux	B-Application
development	O
team	O
suggests	O
moving	O
to	O
F-Droid	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
continue	O
getting	O
updates	O
,	O
as	O
F-Droid	B-Application
does	O
not	O
impose	O
such	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Bintray	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
the	O
primary	O
host	O
for	O
the	O
Termux	B-Application
packages	O
,	O
shut	O
down	O
its	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Termux	B-Application
migrated	O
to	O
another	O
hosting	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
