How to install packages in termux

by Edito Tech on October 10, 2017 in Android, How to, termux

If you are here for knowing what termux is and how it works.You are at right place.
Termux is a powerful terminal emulation with an extensive Linux package collection. It is
powerful as well as small in size and run smoothly. Some features of Termux are :

• We can edit files with nano and vim.
• We can access servers over ssh.
• It is develop in C with clang, make and gdb.
• It use the python console as a pocket calculator.
• It check out projects with git and subversion.
• It can run text-based games with frotz.

You can download Termux from play store . It's size is just about 1mb . After downloading
the first thing you wanna do is install some packages to start testing.so,

How to install packages in termux

Installing packages in Termux is same as in Kali Linux. So follow the step bellow to install package in termux :

Step 1: Open Termux and type apt-get install update.

Step 2: Again type apt-get install upgrade.

Step 3: After update and upgrade is done type apt-get install package name.
Package name can be anything that is available in kali Linux. Most of the package works in T
Termux too. Below are some examples of installing packages.

$ apt-get install nmap
$ apt-get install python

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