How to Install Ubuntu Hippo on Android Without ROOTING !!!

How to Install Ubuntu Hippo on Android Without ROOTING !!!

Sunday, August 15, 2021

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Well Ubuntu 21.04 or Ubuntu Hirsute Hippo is the currently latest version available for android and it works well too even without root. Why not try it!

Before installation make sure your device is aarch64 (64bit) in order it install and it should have some 4-5gb free space.

GitHub Repository:-

https://github.com/Swapnil4Github/ubuntu-on-android

Pro tip: ⭐ the repository.

Lets start!

Required applications:-

1. Termux

2. VNC Viewer 

3. Xserver XSDL (optional)

Installation:-

After installing those above applications, at first use the blow command to install some required dependencies:-

apt update; apt upgrade -y
apt install proot-distro pulseaudio
apt install curl wget proot-distro -y

  

After that you have to install rootfs, they were almost of 1.7gb so make sure you have good internet. And don't forget to enable wake lock in termux which might help a lot.

curl -L -o install.sh https://git.io/hippo-installer
bash install.sh

hippo --install

 

Setting up sound:-

In termux just use this and done

pulseaudio --start --load="module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1 auth-anonymous=1" --exit-idle-time=-1

 

Starting and shutting down:-

For starting you can use hippo only or 

proot-distro login hippo --shared-tmp --bind /dev/null:/proc/sys/kernel/cap_last_cap
neofetch

 

For closing, just logout or force stop Termux.

Cmds for first time:-

apt update;
apt upgrade -y;
echo "vncserver -kill :* && rm -rf /tmp && mkdir /tmp && tigervncserver -geometry 1280x720 -xstartup /usr/bin/startxfce4 -listen tcp :1" > /usr/bin/vncserver-start;
chmod 777 /usr/bin/vncserver-start
vncpasswd
vncserver
Connect to 127.0.0.1:5901 using VNCServer app

 

Starting GUI:-

All packages are pre-installed, just execute vncserver-start and connect to port localhost:1. And VNC Server password is secret.

Setting up Audio in Firefox:-

type in address bar 'about:config'
search 'sandbox'
turn 'media.cubeb.sandbox' to false
change 'security.sandbox.content.level' to '1'
refresh the webpage and accept the changes
restart the firefox
play any Youtube video. Audio will start working !!! 😇

 

After that you'll see this:-