How to install Ubuntu Gnome Desktop in Termux (not flashback) | No Root

 

Ubuntu uses Gnome Desktop environment as their default desktop, But installing it in Termux can be tricky.

So In this article we will install Gnome Desktop Environment (not flashback) in Termux and the best part is that it doesn't require root access.

For Installing Gnome Desktop we will be using Ubuntu 18.04 as in Termux Gnome works fine with it.

Prerequisite

Termux
VNC viewer
4GB of storage

Installing Ubuntu 18.04

So first thing you should always do is to update your repositories, so execute following

pkg update

Then install dependencies

pkg install proot wget -y

Next execute following to get the installation script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MFDGaming/ubuntu-in-termux/master/ubuntu.sh

Now open the script with a text editor

nano ubuntu.sh

Here you need to change ubuntu version to bionic

Then just save the file with CTRL X Y and ENTER

Then just execute the script

bash ubuntu.sh

Now before starting ubuntu, open startubuntu.sh file

nano startubuntu.sh

and paste following in it after /dev

command+=" -b /dev/null:/proc/sys/kernel/cap_last_cap"

Then just save the file,

And  now start ubuntu

./startubuntu.sh

Installing Gnome Desktop

Now first thing we have to do is to update repositories

apt update

Then execute following to install Gnome Desktop

apt install gnome-shell gnome-terminal gnome-tweaks gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock nautilus nano gedit dbus-x11 tigervnc-standalone-server -y

Next we have to configure xstartup for Gnome, so first create VNC directory

mkdir ~/.vnc

and open xstartup file

nano ~/.vnc/xstartup

and paste following in it

#!/bin/bash

export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="GNOME"
service dbus start
gnome-shell --x11

then save the file and give it executable permission to it

chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup

Now just start vncserver

vncserver

at first start you have to create a password for it which will be used while connecting to it

Then go to VNC viewer app and create a connect with localhost:1 and connect to it with your VNC password.

And few things you have to keep in mind that we have installed minimal gnome version, so by default you will see just a solid color wallpaper in it, You can change  that and also you need to enable ubuntu dock. I would recommend you to watch above video for that.

So That's we can install Ubuntu Gnome Desktop and it works fine with Ubuntu 18.04, So go and give it a try.