Fedora on proot-distro

Quick setup guide for running Fedora inside proot (on Termux) with a regular sudo user.

1. Install proot-distro and Fedora

Run in your host shell (Termux):

apt update -y && apt upgrade -y
apt install proot-distro
proot-distro install fedora

2. Log in as root

proot-distro login fedora

3. Update packages

dnf update -y

4. Create a user

Replace yourusername with your own name:

useradd -m -G wheel yourusername

5. Fix sudo permission

The sudo binary needs the SUID bit set to work under proot:

chmod 4755 /usr/bin/sudo

6. Set a password

passwd yourusername

You will be prompted to enter and confirm the new password.

7. Log in as your user

Exit the root session (exit), then from the host shell:

proot-distro login fedora --user yourusername

Test sudo:

sudo whoami   # should print: root

Notes

• Run sudo dnf update -y occasionally to keep packages up to date.
• Members of the wheel group get sudo access by default on Fedora, so no visudo edit is needed.
• If sudo complains about permissions, double-check that chmod 4755 /usr/bin/sudo was run as root.
• This is the user dir you can access from host shell (Termux): $PREFIX/var/lib/proot-distro/containers/fedora/rootfs/home/yourusername