Wiki Improvement for termux. Explained with step to move from Bitwarden to KeePass

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Updated Import and Export via Termux with clear step

TERMUX NATIVE (NO PROOT OR CHROOT)

• First steps
• How to Launch Termux-X11
• How to install apps inside Termux native desktop
• Import and export step
• Troubleshooting and fixes

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First steps

Install latest F Droid build of termux

Warning

(NEVER USE THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE VERSION OF TERMUX AS IT IS OUTDATED)

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/

First you need to install the following packages in Termux:

pkg update
pkg install x11-repo
pkg install termux-x11-nightly
pkg install keepassxc

Install the latest Termux:X11 nightly(this app is needed for displaying GUI)

https://github.com/termux/termux-x11/releases

Then you have to install the desktop you prefer, right now I have only tested XFCE4 so here are the steps:

Note

xfce4 is really small and efficient which makes it take the least amount of resources compared to other desktop environments.

pkg install xfce4

The full list of termux packages could be found here.

Tip

The packages are organized in subdirectories. The packages inside the "packages" directory are only terminal based, "x11-packages" have GUIs, root-packages require root and so on

https://github.com/termux/termux-packages

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Command to start desktop environment:

You can start your desired graphical application by doing:

termux-x11 :1 -xstartup "dbus-launch --exit-with-session xfce4-session"

or

termux-x11 :1 &
env DISPLAY=:1 dbus-launch --exit-with-session xfce4-session

If the command above didn't worked

dbus-launch does not work for some users so you can start session with

termux-x11 :1 -xstartup "xfce4-session"

Also you can do

export TERMUX_X11_XSTARTUP="xfce4-session"
termux-x11 :1

And for those with older devices

For some reason some devices output only black screen with cursor instead of normal output so you should pass -legacy-drawing option.

termux-x11 :1 -legacy-drawing -xstartup "xfce4-session"

For some reason some devices show screen with swapped colours, in this case you should pass -force-bgra option.

termux-x11 :1 -force-bgra -xstartup "xfce4-session"

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How to "install" apps inside Termux native desktop

Note

If input box didn't recognize keyboard input or anything you type won't recognized.
Go to preference on Termux-X11 app and go to keyboard tab. On the bottom part turn on enfore char based input.

• Once you're inside the launcher, tap your finger on screen then tap again with another finger to simulate right click then click create launcher.
• Type on the input bar with keepassxc and it should automatically show up.
• Once you're done, click Close and you got the shortcut of keepass on your GUI.

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How to Import Bitwarden export to KeePassXC

• Double click the Launcher you just create in the above step.
• Create a export from Bitwarden app on your phone, and pick format JSON.
• Export/Put it on Download folder on your internal.
• Then from KeePassXC click import and find the exported database with built-in KeePass file manager.
• If you still confused the PATH is /storage/shared/Download.
• Double click on .json files and it should be directed by KeePass for the Import step.

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Troubleshooting and fixes

If you're done using Termux:X11 just simply exit it through it's notification drawer by expanding the Termux:X11 notification then "Exit" But you should pay attention that termux-x11 command is still running and can not be killed this way.

Termux X11 randomly getting killed/shutdown

You need to disable Phantom Processes using this guide

If Termux X11 STILL abruptly gets killed even after disabling Phantom Processes then apply this to both the Termux app and Termux X11
https://dontkillmyapp.com/

WARNING: Doing the above(Disabling Phantom Process killer, following dontkillmyapp) would mean that the Termux X11 session WILL NEVER shutdown unless YOU manually
shut it down. You can do so by running the following command (If you FORGET to shutdown Termux X11 then it might result in battery drain)

kill -9 $(pgrep -f "termux.x11") 2>/dev/null

Termux:X11's resolution is too big/too small. Cursor issues and cursor's speed is too fast/slow

• To fix the resolution: Pressing the android back key or going home then back to Termux:X11 usually fixes the resolution

• To change the screen scaling: On the other hand, if you find the icons/UI to be too small then you could close the termux:x11 session, go to "Preferences"(ONLY APPEARS IF THE TERMUX X11 SESSION IS NOT RUNNING) and change display resolution mode to scaled then drag the Display Scale % to something that you're satisfied with.

• To change cursor settings: Get into termux:X11's preferences, then enable "Capture external pointer devices when possible" and drag the "Captured pointer speed factor, %" to something you feel comfortable with.