Install without the App

You don't need the Andronix app to install a free distro. One line in Termux sets up the andronix command and runs the install.

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Paste this into Termux, replacing debian and xfce with the distro and desktop you want:

(curl -fsSL --retry 4 --retry-delay 3 https://dl.andronix.app/get.sh -o $PREFIX/tmp/get.sh || curl -4 -fsSL --retry 2 --retry-delay 3 https://dl.andronix.app/get.sh -o $PREFIX/tmp/get.sh) && sh $PREFIX/tmp/get.sh install debian --de xfce

It downloads andronix (retrying if the connection drops, and trying again over IPv4 if IPv6 is broken on your network), checks it against its published checksum, installs it in Termux, and starts the install. It downloads the script first and then runs it, so the installer can still ask you questions.

If Termux doesn't have proot yet, the installer installs it first.

DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confdef -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold full-upgrade && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confdef -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold install curl

• Distros: debian, ubuntu (26.04 LTS), ubuntu24 (24.04 LTS), kali, fedora, arch, manjaro, alpine, void. See Supported distros.
• Desktops: xfce, lxqt, mate, kde (Debian, Ubuntu 26.04 and Kali only), or none for the command line only. Not sure? See Choose a distro and desktop.

What you'll seeCopy Anchor Link

The installer lists its steps and ticks each one off as it finishes:

✓ Checking your phone
✓ Finding the best download
✓ Downloading Debian 13
✓ Unpacking files
✓ Setting up Debian 13
✓ Refreshing package lists
✓ Updating Debian 13
✓ Installing XFCE desktop · 250 packages
✓ Installing Firefox
✓ Setting up the desktop
✓ Writing start-debian.sh

Then it asks you to create your user (a username, a password, and a desktop password), and takes you into the distro. From then on, start it with ./start-debian.sh (or the start script for your distro).

Install more distrosCopy Anchor Link

Once andronix is installed, you don't need the long command anymore:

andronix install kali --de lxqt

See the andronix command for every option.