How to Install Linux On Android Phone Without Rooting
Installing some distribution of Linux on Android phone generally needs an ARM-supported distro and root permissions. As rooting a phone voids the warranty and opens backdoors for potential attacks, here’s a simple way to install a Linux distro on Android without rooting. So, let’s get started.
Installing Linux On Android Without Rooting:
Step 1. First of all, you need to download and install a cool Android app in your Android that is GNURoot this is the only app that will let you install Linux files on your Android and that too without rooting as it will be creating a fake Linux running platform on your Android.
Step 2. In this app you will find lots of distro Linux roots that are Wheezy, Fedora, Aboriginal, and Gentoo, these are the platforms that will allow other Linux application to run on them choose any of then simply tap on “Create New Rootfs” and wait for the process to get complete.
Step 3. Now after the download is complete, simply select the distro in the second drop down list and then simply tick on the option “Launch as Fake Root” and then tap on Launch Rootfs that will launch all Roots file on a fake platform and you will be able to do so using this cool app.
Step 4: It’s ready to use
Afte the installation, you are ready to use Linux on Android phone. Now you should be able to install any package from your distro’s repo using the relevant package manager by apt-get for Wheezy or yum for Fedora.
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