termux-package-builder

A Docker image to replace the official "ghcr.io/termux/package-builder" image for unsupported devices, based on termux/termux-docker

About

Currently just the termux/termux-docker image with all development packages installed, the official mirror (non-CF) set as the only mirror to always have the latest packages, and a custom MOTD.

Usage

Requirements:

• Docker

Pull the image:

docker pull ghcr.io/nonamewasdefined/termux-package-builder

Run a container with a mounted volume to termux/termux-packages and build something inside it:

docker run -it --rm -v ~/termux-packages:/data/data/com.termux/files/home/termux-packages -w /data/data/com.termux/files/home/termux-packages ghcr.io/nonamewasdefined/termux-package-builder ./build-package.sh -I mesa

Push the built package to your device:

adb push ~/termux-packages/output/mesa_*_*.deb /storage/emulated/0/Download

Install your package on your device:

pkg install /storage/emulated/0/Download/mesa_*_*.deb

An helper script will be available soon to simplify the process by:

• automating package updates and container cleanup
• managing a global cache to avoid redundant steps during builds, like package downloads or building

It will also allow cleaner builds by not keeping files installed in the environment

Building

The Docker BuildKit plugin is needed, search how to install it on your distro

You can build the image using the Dockerfile, Podman is not tested yet.

docker buildx build --tag ghcr.io/nonamewasdefined/termux-package-builder --build-arg IMAGE_BUILD_DATE="$(date --utc)" src

• To change the architecture you can use Docker's --platform flag to specify another target
• Always specify $IMAGE_BUILD_DATE with the current UTC date
• To build against another image than "termux/termux-docker", specify the argument ORIGIN_IMAGE_NAME with the image tag
• If you change the tag name you will have to specify the argument TARGET_IMAGE_NAME with the tag name else it will use "ghcr.io/NoNameWasDefined/termux-package-builder"
• APT cache is cached by BuildKit, using the flags --cache-from and --cache-to you can mount the cache in a locam directory to reuse the packages in a container