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      Complete Linux Installer

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      Complete Linux Installer is an all in one solution to installing Linux distros on your Android device. Brought to you by the LinuxonAndroid project the app is designed to allow you to install a full Linux distro without touching your Android install.
      Current distros include Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, ArchLinux, Kali Linux, openSUSE and more coming soon!

      --------------------REQUIREMENTS--------------------
      * ROOTED
      * Kernel that supports loop devices (see http://linuxonandroid.org/working-devices/ for known working kernels and ROMs)
      * Armv7 processor (Debian does work on Armv6 but other distros do not)
      * As much free RAM as possible (you are after all installing a desktop OS)


      --------------------Included in the app--------------------
      * Installer for Ubuntu 13.04, 13.10, Debian 5 and 8, Kali Linux, Fedora 19, Arch Linux
      * All future Linux distros I support
      * Boot widget
      * Linux Launcher
      * Both Torrent and Normal download options

      --------------------Need Help or more Info? --------------------
      We offer a range of support channels to make sure all users get the help they need, please do not rate the app low if you have not tried to get support, what makes us different to other projects is we try VERY hard to give support to all users. The following methods are avaible:
      *Wiki with FAQ and other useful pages https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxonandroid/wiki/Home/
      *Live Chat via IRC http://linuxonandroid.org/irc/ (or #linuxonandroid-help on freenode)
      *Forum support via http://forum.linuxonandroid.org/
      *And Email support via support@linuxonandroid.org

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      3.8
      7,781 total
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      Pradip Dharam
      Not working..not able to launch It gives an error, connection refused when tried from vnc. And "not able to launch" when tried from this application. Please suggest.
      sai charan
      But I face When I open Ubuntu I face Error Could Not Start D-Bus Can You Call Qdbus How to Fix that error
      Jacob Walters
      Could be really cool I have a problem when booting into Arch Linux. Whenever I press 'Start Linux' a window appears that displays: Complete Action Using: ' and in the middle of the screen, 'No applications can perform this action'. I am running an Xperia Z2 on 5.1.1, with full kernel support of this app. If it makes any difference, I do not have the paid key.
      Derpy Derp
      Crashes on launch Doesn't matter if I use the widget or the app menu, it just crashes.
      StarCraftedGaming Yt
      Reply Asap! Hi I'm An Experienced IT. When I Try To Start Kali It Just Crashes. Reply Asap!
      Evan Freitas
      This app is awesome. After I got it to work correctly it is awesome what you can do with it. Now I just have to learn how to use Linux.

      User reviews

      Pradip Dharam June 14, 2016
      Not working..not able to launch It gives an error, connection refused when tried from vnc. And "not able to launch" when tried from this application. Please suggest.
      Full Review
      sai charan January 13, 2016
      But I face When I open Ubuntu I face Error Could Not Start D-Bus Can You Call Qdbus How to Fix that error
      Full Review
      Jacob Walters December 5, 2015
      Could be really cool I have a problem when booting into Arch Linux. Whenever I press 'Start Linux' a window appears that displays: Complete Action Using: ' and in the middle of the screen, 'No applications can perform this action'. I am running an Xperia Z2 on 5.1.1, with full kernel support of this app. If it makes any difference, I do not have the paid key.
      Full Review
      Derpy Derp January 13, 2016
      Crashes on launch Doesn't matter if I use the widget or the app menu, it just crashes.
      Full Review
      StarCraftedGaming Yt December 28, 2015
      Reply Asap! Hi I'm An Experienced IT. When I Try To Start Kali It Just Crashes. Reply Asap!
      Full Review
      Evan Freitas March 7, 2015
      This app is awesome. After I got it to work correctly it is awesome what you can do with it. Now I just have to learn how to use Linux.
      Full Review
      ZPwebsites March 7, 2015
      You need to adjust your VNC resolution settings to match your tablets screen
      aurey Col-Hos August 17, 2015
      What happened to it? Really tried to get this working for a different phone simply because I didn't wanna have to compile Ubuntu myself, but it doesn't work on my lg, but it worked just fine on my Alcatel which is way cheaper, I am running cm12.1, maybe that could b the problem but that kinda sucks. Wasn't trying to use a different Linux app
      Full Review
      John Flood August 26, 2015
      My experience with linux only dates from the month before last (June, 2015). I have a Lenovo IdeaTab S2109A with Android 4.0.4 which I purchased mainly for the screen size. So, it's not "top of the line". I tried the Ubuntu 13.04 both large and small and the Debian large. The small Ubuntu image worked perfectly the others were erratic and would either load incompletely or freeze up. The small Ubuntu 13.04 works perfectly! Some tips: 1. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "old-releases" as Ubuntu 13.04 is no longer supported. This is necessary for installing programs. 2. Use the terminal emulator to do the installs as it already has root privileges and perhaps there is less trouble than when using the vnc. 3. It is easy to back up your image in case things "break" during installations as happened many times for me. You can then just delete the broken image and start over with a fresh copy of the backup. 4. Given the limitations of the small image, in my case I found it useful to install TexStudio on one image and then install LibreOffice on a second image. Both work perfectly so far.
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      Optik Nurv November 8, 2015
      What's up with the penguins nipples? Besides that, app is what its supposed to be, which is rare anymore, 4/5 stars for creating a solid app that delivers what is promised.
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      Jean Du Plessis March 12, 2015
      Crash As soon as I launch, it crashes. Looks like great app, but its useless
      Full Review
      Joaquin Dayrit February 2, 2016
      Followed everything. Followed everything even checking if device supports loop devices and yet it crashes everytime i try to start
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      Danyl Fernandes March 3, 2015
      Very very bad!! As soon as I click start Linux it shows"unfortunately complete Linux installer has stopped ". Pls pls somebody help !!!
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      Cris Smith March 10, 2015
      Fixed Problem - Works Fine Considering the amount of tinkering i had to do with my own device, i was happy about the distro working on a rooted Kindle Fire (1'st gen) with CM11 installed. But for some reason on Linux 13.10 the internet program will not start up for me? Known problem? Or is it just me? Either way 4/5 Stars!
      Full Review
      ZPwebsites March 1, 2015
      Please uninstall the Complete Linux Installer and make sure the terminal app is at the newest version, then reinstall Complete Linux Installer. If you still get teh force close please email: support@linuxonandroid.org
      Johhny tst July 18, 2015
      WORKS Needed to adjust things a bit but hey, it works after all. Just wish developer would actually support us a bit more. No reply to my mail. Just to mention, when I tap launch I get no application for such action. Anyway, I ran your scripts and it is working 100% :)
      Full Review
      Aslam Patel May 14, 2015
      Worked in ssung s5 Hey its work on my Samsung s5 smg900h in xtrestolite rom installed after Kali Linux working smoothly
      Full Review
      Ravi Sandhu March 7, 2015
      Does not work! When i click Launch button, it prints Su in terminal but does nothing! It won't boot linux! Update: i'm rooted and have latest SUPERSU 2.46. All other rooted apps like greenify, xposed , Stweaks work fine on my Galaxy S2. I've tried two custom 4.4.4 roms, it won't work on them either! What is wrong with it? I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 small image BTW
      Full Review
      ZPwebsites March 7, 2015
      You need to be rooted for this to work, and have a super user permissions app installed (superSU for example)
      Ganesh Nair June 11, 2016
      Vnc viewer problem Hey help me connect vnc dude!! I did everything as per your tutorial... But finding ip and port details?!
      Full Review
      freead space March 1, 2016
      Perseverance Took me 6 hours to get working..... I downloaded Kali Linux... complete linux installer keeps crashing so can't launch ....after searching I came across how to start it from terminal. sh /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh and then path to iso Still no joy because vnc password was wrong,,,, tutorial says password is Debian but it was actually kalilinux... i now have it working :)
      Full Review
      Irfan R September 6, 2015
      Was Great app... Once worked perfectly on 1ghz 512mb ram. Now trying on Lenevo A7000 with 5.0 .. got error msg: " image file not found (storage/sdcard0/ubuntu/ubuntu.img) " in terminal.. Everything configured perfectly...Using External sdcard as default write disk. Give a solution for me.. otherwise I had given a 5 stars rating. Any how I appreciate ur work...
      Full Review
      herp derp October 26, 2015
      Good app, it simply works One more thing... I love the icon
      Full Review
      Aman Chhabra August 1, 2015
      Problem Always showing unfortunately stopped when I click on the start Linux button plz give a solution..
      Full Review
      Alperen kitapçı April 21, 2015
      Good but Maybe no support for Note 3? (I wasnt able to open the supported devices page). It fails at chroot : Permission denied. Please help!
      Full Review
      Talal M February 28, 2015
      Terminal Emulator hotfix The only improvement is that now it can print su in the terminal emulator and do nothing. Please fix, need raring , which Linux deploy doesn't support. Raring has more armhf binary packages than any distro.
      Full Review
      dao xuat May 2, 2015
      Prolem I install Arch Linux on my phone, when I connect using vnc app say authentication failure. I type backtrac in password, what wrong?
      Full Review
      deva kumar October 27, 2015
      Not working I downloaded the image fine of 683mb zip file but could not extract if anywhere in SD or phone memory after downloaded thsmuch mb it doesn't work mean completely irritating
      Full Review
      A Google User June 21, 2015
      Needs updating The images need updating, they are 2013 old, apt-get upgrade does not upgrade the image, the password system is a bit broken, something's I don't know the password to, there's also no update app, so we are stuck in the year 2013, I'd like to see it work in different terminals
      Full Review
      Nathy Martins December 4, 2015
      Force closes It force closes whenever I start the linux installer on Tecno Camon C8. Please provide solution to this and I will give you all 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
      Full Review
      Harsh Khatri February 10, 2016
      Did everything I followed evey step I have root...Vnc can't find anything...Terminal emulator shows everything good but Vnc??
      Full Review
      Nasri Zuhair April 30, 2015
      Buggy bootscript Only reason I give 2 stars is it works. Don't get carried away by the fancy video in this. I tried ubuntu. Not the same as the one shown in the video. Needed butchering the bootsceipt a lot to just get it booting. Also, the checksum is wrong. Always exist after checking. Comment out the lines for checksum for this to work
      Full Review
      Bhavya Arora September 27, 2015
      Apt-get install not working Hi I want to install something but it says apt-get install not present. I tried aptitude with the same result
      Full Review
      muhd luqman June 10, 2015
      Problem This app on my device can't recognize my terminal emulator during launch of .img although I already installed the app. Please help me fix this
      Full Review
      Kanishk Singh February 17, 2016
      After setting up my Kali Linux, I VNC into it but all I see is a blank grey screen. What does this mean?
      Full Review
      Michel Knol August 29, 2015
      Link to working devices is broken Please amend, i have an ASUS Memopad 7 ME572C but can't check if it's a supported device. Would like to have linux I this......
      Full Review
      George T. March 29, 2015
      Complete joke... The app just fails miserably. Unable to mount loop device, Unable to mount image to loop device and crap like that... Even modified bootscript.sh, but just no,no, no... -.-
      Full Review
      FiveTen Finn June 16, 2015
      Not working with Asus ZenFone 2 4GB Rooted and installed the latest version. Attempted to deploy small Debian, but upon trying to Launch, keeps reporting it has stopped.
      Full Review
      Hydraxan14 April 11, 2015
      Requires "dirname" utility. This app does not run on my Samsung SM-T320, because Samsung neglected to include a 27KB core Unix utility in their ROM (dirname). Time to install CyanogenMod on this thing...
      Full Review
      Billy Kewl March 16, 2015
      Doesn't launch I have followed all the steps I have a rooted device running 5.0.2 on my moto g2 and I have all the apps specified in the setup (all latest version including superSU) I have granted access and checked in superSU
      Full Review
      Bilal Mahmood April 19, 2015
      Won't run -opo cm12s Ak kernel Ubuntu nor debian will allow vnc to connect have used this before flawlessly on sgs2
      Full Review
      Eslam Mohmed February 28, 2015
      Doesn't even work Tried it on 3 devices LG samsung and a nexus none of them worked downloaded 3 images for each everytime I lauch it the app forces close.
      Full Review
      ZPwebsites March 1, 2015
      Please uninstall the Complete Linux Installer and make sure the terminal app is at the newest version, then reinstall Complete Linux Installer. If you still get teh force close please email: support@linuxonandroid.org
      Owen Hornbrook December 26, 2015
      Its alright but... Every time I try to run Ubuntu it says image not found but its exactly where I put the path too. Any ideas how to fix this?
      Full Review
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      What's New

      v2.8.1
      Hotfix for changes in terminal app stopping LoA running commands
      v2.8
      Final update to V2 before v3 release
      *No more ads! All ads have been removed
      *All features for free! Donation keys are no longer needed to access all the extra features, all features are free to use. Donation keys can still be bought to help support the project and its developers!
      *100% Open source - all source can now be viewed at: https://bitbucket.org/linuxonandroid/complete-linux-installer

      Additional information

      Updated
      February 26, 2015
      Size
      2.4M
      Installs
      1,000,000 - 5,000,000
      Current Version
      2.8.1
      Requires Android
      2.2 and up
      Content Rating
      PEGI 3
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