For maintainers

Utilities

• ./build-all.sh: Build all packages in the correct order (using ./scripts/buildorder.py).

• ./clean.sh: Cleaning build environment.

• ./scripts/check-built-packages.py: Compare local (git) and remote (apt) package versions.

• ./scripts/check-pie.sh: Verify that all binaries are using PIE, which is required for Android 5+.

• ./scripts/check-versions.sh: Check for package updates.

• ./scripts/ldd: Print list of required shared libraries for given binary.

• ./scripts/lint-packages.sh: Do basic checks for problems in build.sh scripts.

• ./scripts/list-packages.sh: List all packages with a one-line summary.

• ./scripts/package_uploader.sh: Upload packages to Bintray.

• ./scripts/generate-bootstraps.sh: Generate bootstrap archive for Termux app.

Uploading packages (Bintray)

Upload is done by executing script ./scripts/package_uploader.sh with package name as argument. Note that *.deb files must have name in format {name}_{full-version}_{arch}.deb. It is expected that *.deb files are located in ./debs, but can be changed by passing argument -p /path/to/deb_dir.

Example:

./scripts/package_uploader.sh -p ./my_built_packages bash

Authentication credentials are supplied through environment variables:

BINTRAY_USERNAME - User name on Bintray.

BINTRAY_API_KEY - Personal API key on Bintray.

BINTRAY_GPG_PASSPHRASE - A passphrase for your GPG key stored on Bintray.

Any operations (except download) on APT repository can be done only by maintainers who have write access.

Deleting packages

To delete package from APT repository, use pass argument -d with list of package names to package_uploader.sh:

./scripts/package_uploader.sh -d {package names}

Deleting old versions

We keep old versions only for technical reasons - to prevent 404 errors when users download packages.

Pass argument -c with list of packages which should be cleaned. Example:

./scripts/package_uploader.sh -c bash busybox coreutils libllvm

Warning: never clean versions when *.deb files for specific architectures were not updated. This will made package unavailable for some devices.

Regenerating metadata

In certain cases you may need to force-regenerate metadata. This can be done in following way:

./scripts/package_uploader.sh -r

Avoid parallel uploads and simultaneous package_uploader.sh sessions generally.

Never run multiple instances of package_uploader.sh. This may lead to corruption of metadata or whole APT repository.

If you have package_uploader.sh running and you want to perform another action, wait until job finish or stop already running instance with Ctrl-C.It also better to wait 1-5 minutes after package_uploader.sh termination as Bintray doesn't generate metadata immediately.

Generating bootstrap archives

Bootstrap archives is a zip archives of $TERMUX_PREFIX with basic packages preinstalled and used to create a minimal working environment on first start of Termux application.

Normally, bootstrap zip archives are being generated by executing this script:

./scripts/generate-bootstraps.sh

Built archives will be available in the current working directory.

Please note that you must have an apt repository deployed on the web server in order to be able to generate bootstrap archives.

Default script configuration is

Architectures: aarch64 arm i686 x86_64
Repository URL: https://dl.bintray.com/termux/termux-packages-24

so if you want to generate bootstraps for custom repository, consider using following command line options:

• --architectures - Comma separated list of architectures for which bootstraps should be generated.

• --repository - URL of your APT repository. Offline bootstrap generation is not supported.