Ubuntu on proot-distro

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

1. Install proot-distro and Ubuntu

Run in your host shell (Termux):

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

2. Log in as root

proot-distro login ubuntu

3. Install sudo and adduser

apt update && apt install sudo adduser -y

4. Create a user

Replace yourusername with your own name:

adduser yourusername

You will be prompted to set and confirm a password, followed by some optional fields (full name, room number, etc.). Press Enter to skip those.

5. Give the user sudo access

usermod -aG sudo yourusername

6. Log in as your user

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

proot-distro login ubuntu --user yourusername

Test sudo:

sudo whoami   # should print: root

Notes

• Run sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y occasionally to keep packages up to date.
• This is the user dir you can access from host shell (Termux): $PREFIX/var/lib/proot-distro/containers/ubuntu/rootfs/home/yourusername