There are located packages which were requested, but not added to the main Termux repository due to various reasons. Packages available here may have lower quality, be unstable or not work at all. Report issues to https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues.
Repository is not enabled in Termux by default. Enable it with this command to be able to install its packages:
pkg install unstable-repo
You can build all packages manually by using provided docker image. The only requirements are Linux-based host with Docker installed.
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Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/termux/unstable-packages -
Enter build environment (will download docker image if necessary):
cd ./unstable-packages ./start-builder.sh -
Choose package you want to build and run:
./build-package.sh -a ${arch} ${package name}Replace
${arch}with target CPU architecture and${package name}with package name you want to build.
Here is a list of available packages with some information about their usability.
| Package | Is stable ? | Need root ? | Notes |
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| atomvm | As its readme states: AtomVM is still in its early stages. | ||
| bftpd | Needs patches in order to be usable on rootless Termux. | ||
| biber | Sideloaded. | ||
| ccls | Not tested. | ||
| cppcheck | Not tested. | ||
| cups | When trying to add a printer, it hangs and CPU usage goes to 100%. | ||
| distcc | Not tested. | ||
| electrum | Uses external python modules. | ||
| enscript | |||
| fdroidcl | Some functionality relies on ADB. | ||
| fetchmail | fetchmailconf requires tkinter in python2. | ||
| gitflow-avh | Requires dependency list fix. | ||
| guile18 | Is termux/termux-packages#3360 still applicable ? | ||
| guile | Is termux/termux-packages#3360 still applicable ? | ||
| haproxy | Not tested. | ||
| intltool | Not tested. Sideloaded Perl module. | ||
| jigdo | Not tested. | ||
| libburn | |||
| libisoburn | Reports sizeof(off_t) is too small for 32bit installations. Same goes for libburn and libisofs. | ||
| libisofs | |||
| libopenfec | Not tested. | ||
| libsixel | Not tested. | ||
| libtd | |||
| nmh | Not tested. | ||
| openldap | Not tested. | ||
| pandoc | Third-party precompiled binaries. | ||
| racket | |||
| rapidjson | Not tested. | ||
| restic-server | Not tested. | ||
| samba | preferable | smbd CPU usage may go to 100%. Hardcoded root account. | |
| shtool | Not tested. | ||
| smalltalk | |||
| srelay | |||
| surfraw | Needs fix for hardcoded paths. | ||
| tcc | No support for generation of PIE executables. | ||
| telegram-cli | May crash under certain conditions. | ||
| texlive-installer | Updates of infra packages changes settings, breaking texlive | ||
| vlang | Not tested. | ||
| yara | Always exits with error: 31. |
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| zeronet | Uses external python modules. Installation failure. |
These packages are excluded from main source tree. Some of them may be available for installation, others are not.
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a2ps - segmentation fault on AArch64 for unknown reason.
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geckodriver - requires Firefox package which is not available for Termux.
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ghc - can't be compiled with latest NDK as supports only LLVM 9.
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micropython - requires update & build fix.
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roc - doesn't support CI autobuilds as requires Pulseaudio build directory.
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rustc-nightly - needs update & fix for build.sh.