Debian noroot is a productivity app developed by pelya.
Download Statistics
Debian noroot has been downloaded 690 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 140 times.
User Ratings
Debian noroot is rated 3.87 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 6.5 thousand ratings.
App Information
Debian noroot is FREE to download. The APK download size is 176.61 MB. The latest version available is 20.07.22. The last update was on July 29, 2020.
Technical Requirements
Debian noroot requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play May 2012.
Description
This app will install Debian Buster with Xfce desktop environment. You do not need to root your device. You will need 1.2 Gb free on internal storage. A mouse or stylus is highly recommended.
This app is NOT full Debian OS - it is a compatibility layer, based on PRoot, which allows you to run user-land Debian applications. Your phone is not rooted during installation. Running Wireshark or Aircrack-ng will fail, because they require root. This is not an official Debian.org release.
To install packages (web browser for example), open Terminal and run commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium
You can check full list of packages in Synaptic package manager.
In VLC and Audacity, select PulseAudio as audio output.
To run Chromium, use command:
chromium --disable-dev-shm-usage --no-sandbox
Packages that fail to run: firefox-esr libreoffice konqueror kodi kdenlive blender, and anything that uses OpenGL.
Sources are here: https://github.com/pelya/commandergenius/tree/sdl_android/project/jni/application/xserver-debian Previous versions are here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/libsdl-android/files/ubuntu/
Recent changes: Fixed mouse input lag Fixed dark mode on Android 10
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This app is just the perfect debian experience for those that don't have a computer capable of running it! Although i don't like how the mouse pointer glides way too much when using the touchscreen. Hooking up a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse is better, but you need an otg adapter if you don't want any latency
★★★★☆AW Gamer· Mar 22, 2023
Good app but can you tell how to install virtual box in it
★★★★★IAN FLEX· Nov 20, 2022
Oh God pls thanks for developing debian a linux I have always wanted to install one especially kali on my android but I have face hell thanks to you, I have a linux distro on my phone oh pls thanks alot😍😍😍😍
★★☆☆☆Pierre Erard· Oct 16, 2022
The app works as expected, but can crash when too much RAM is used, no matter what I do. I have at least 4-6 GB of RAM free on my S21 Ultra, and this app somehow crashes while only using 1 GB. I think the virtual OS is limited to 1 GB and crashes when it goes above that amount. Changing the display resolution has little to no impact on this. Also, I can't run some programs in terminal because they don't work. The app only allows to prompt for media permission, not program files.
★☆☆☆☆Mohammad Sahidul Islam· Oct 22, 2025
Updates via sudo return fake host ID 44233, fake host command not supported. Unfortunately this does not work on Harmony OS 4.0.0, will improve once patched-perhaps synaptic can come in pre-installed and not liable for superuser permissions
★☆☆☆☆Ankit Kumar· Nov 25, 2025
Not working, crashes when installing chromium
★☆☆☆☆Ankit Kumar· Sep 4, 2025
Please fix the error, terminal crashes may be during installing chrome or synaptic etc
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