Termux on Onyx Boox Max 2 (and Note?)

[_justin_kelly]

Hi All,

Is anyone able to post a video of using termux on an onyx book ?
using termux is my only planned use of an onyx book and would be great to see how usable (typing delay,etc ) it is in action

Cheers

Justin

[mdp]

Originally Posted by _justin_kelly

Is anyone able to post a video of using termux on an onyx book ?
using termux is my only planned use of an onyx book and would be great to see how usable (typing delay,etc ) it is in action

I would love to try Termux, and then in case provide some public proof of concept - but is it usable without any Internet connection on the Max2?
The package manager of Termux seems to be `pkg`: can it be used offline?
(Same way as you could do a `dpkg -i myinstaller.deb`)

[everalm]

Just installed Termux from the Play Store without an issue, ran "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade" without issue on my Max2.


Turned off WiFi, starts up OK without network connectivity

Termux functionality seems a bit screwed up. Once you terminate the session the icon stays on the top row of the screen and can't seemingly be closed and if you reopen the app the session is still running until you type "exit"


If you start the session and type "pwd" you get the path of "data/data/com.termux/files/home" if you type "ls -al" no sub directories.

Run "mkdir test" runs OK but running "ls -al" again doesn't show the directory you created....BUT.... you can "cd" to it... Same strange result if you, from the "…/home" directory do a "cd .." then "pwd". You have changed directory but "ls -al" doesn't show the home directory....

[_justin_kelly]

@mdp termux works fine offline - but just like debian/ubuntu - you can't install new apts from the main repo offline
- but it works perfect (apart from that offline)
- i use it on my chromebook for all dev work

@everalm if you open vi (or similar) in termux on onyx whats the typing response like
- any screenshots or video would be greatly appreciated - my main concern is coding in vim in termux and the repsoniveness

[mdp]

Originally Posted by _justin_kelly

@mdp termux works fine offline - but just like debian/ubuntu - you can't install new apts from the main repo offline

Bot if termux is debian based, you should get not only 'dpkg', but also 'apt-offline'
A walkthrough is here:
https://blog.sleeplessbeastie.eu/201...debian-system/

Surely worth trying