Install Apps

Install browsers, IDEs like VS Code and IntelliJ IDEA, LibreOffice and GIMP inside your Andronix Linux distro, with the commands for each distro.

Your distro can install thousands of Linux apps with its own package manager. This page covers the ones people ask about most: browsers, IDEs, LibreOffice and GIMP.

Run these commands inside the distro (not in the Termux shell). Andronix 2.0 logs you in as your own user, so the commands use sudo. On Manjaro, where sudo doesn't work yet, open a root shell from Termux with andronix start manjaro --root and leave out sudo.

To open graphical apps, start the desktop first. See Start the desktop.

Browsers

Firefox comes preinstalled on every desktop install from Andronix 2.0, unless you installed with --no-browser. On Ubuntu, it comes from Mozilla's own repository, because Ubuntu's Firefox is a Snap and Snaps don't work in Andronix.

Firefox

If you skipped it, or you're on an install from before Andronix 2.0:

Distro	Command
Debian, Kali Linux	`sudo apt install firefox-esr`
Ubuntu	Reinstall with the browser: `andronix install ubuntu --reinstall` (Ubuntu's own package is a Snap)
Fedora	`sudo dnf install firefox`
Arch, Manjaro	`sudo pacman -S firefox`
Alpine	`sudo apk add firefox`
Void Linux	`sudo xbps-install -S firefox`

--reinstall deletes the distro first. Copy anything you want to keep to /sdcard, or back it up.

Chromium

Distro	Command
Debian, Kali Linux	`sudo apt install chromium`
Fedora	`sudo dnf install chromium`
Arch, Manjaro	`sudo pacman -S chromium`
Alpine	`sudo apk add chromium`
Void Linux	Not packaged for Void.

Chromium can't use its sandbox in Andronix. If it doesn't open from the app menu, start it from a terminal with:

chromium --no-sandbox

On 32-bit (armv7) phones, browsers may fail to start.

IDEs

VS Code

VS Code comes preinstalled with Modded OS. On a free distro based on Debian (Debian, Ubuntu, Kali Linux), run:

sudo apt install wget -y && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndronixApp/AndronixOrigin/master/Uninstall/vscode_patch.sh && chmod +x vscode_patch.sh && sudo ./vscode_patch.sh

IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA needs a Java JDK. Add one with the Java dev pack:

sudo andronix pack add java

Then:

Download the latest Linux .tar.gz from the JetBrains download page into your Downloads folder.
Extract it, replacing the xs with the version in the file name:
```
tar -xzf ~/Downloads/ideaIU-2xxx.x.x.tar.gz -C ~/
```
Start it:
```
~/ideaIU-2xxx.x.x/bin/idea.sh
```

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LibreOffice

LibreOffice is a free, full office suite.

Distro	Command
Debian, Ubuntu, Kali Linux	`sudo apt install wget -y && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndronixApp/AndronixOrigin/master/Uninstall/librepatch.sh && sudo bash librepatch.sh`
Arch, Manjaro	`wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndronixApp/AndronixOrigin/master/Uninstall/librepatch_arch.sh && sudo bash librepatch_arch.sh`

The scripts install LibreOffice and patch it so it starts in Andronix.

GIMP

GIMP is a free image editor.

Distro	Command
Debian, Ubuntu, Kali Linux	`sudo apt update && sudo apt install gimp`
Fedora	`sudo dnf install gimp`
Arch, Manjaro	`sudo pacman -Syu gimp`

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