Welcome To my Blog, in today's Article I'm gonna write on how to install Termux With A macOs Lookalike Desktop On Your Android phone.
NOTE: it is important to watch the video at the bottom of this article to see a practical procedure of how to set this up.
Prerequisites:
Procedures:
Step A - Download And Installation Of Termux
- To install Termux, you have to download the F-droid Application, then Install Termux From F-droid. Click this link to download F-droid
- After installing F-droid Launch The application and Search for "Termux" Terminal Emulator With Packages, install Termux through F-droid and once the installation is complete Launch Termux.
Step B - Termux Setup and XFCE GUI Installation
Now that termux is installed, update the repository with the short command;
apt update && apt upgrade -y
After the update is complete, install x11-repo with the command,
pkg install x11-repo
After installing x11, you can now install the XFCE desktop, using the command;
pkg install xfce4 xfce4-goodies xfce4-terminal xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin tigervnc -y
Once this is completed we'd create a shortcut command to access our desktop, do that with the command
echo "vncserver -geometry 1600x700 ; env DISPLAY=:1 xfce4-session" >> ../usr/bin/startserver ; chmod +x ../usr/bin/startserver
Now create a vnc local connection with the command,
startserver
Note: the command "startserver" above should be use everytime you want create a local connection For the vnc
Step C - Downloading MacOs Theme Dependencies
Now that you have created a local connection, launch your vnc viewer Application and connect to localhost:1 And You should be logged in to your XFCE Desktop Interface. The image below displays what the XFCE Desktop should look like the very first time you login.
Lanuch Your Terminal and enter the commands below to install the depencies needed for the macOs theme setup.
pkg install rofi git wget netsurf leafpad neofetch -y
After installing the packages above we're going to clone in the packages needed for the macOs Theme Setup, do that with the command below;
git clone https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme ; git clone https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-cursors; git clone https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-icon-theme ; wget https://www.opencode.net/lsteam/xfce-big-sur-setup-file/-/raw/master/update-xfce-bigsur.zip
After cloning in all of this packages, download the xpple-menu.zip from here
After downloading the xpple-menu.zip file, move it to your home directory.
Step D - practical setup video tutorial
Now that You're done with All of the procedures above, you can now watch the video below and use the practical procedure, below to setup the macOs theme.