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=== Lil' Debi ===

[[https://github.com/guardianproject/lildebi/wiki|Lil' Debi]] is a Debian GSoC supported project with a Debian member as a main developer that uses cdebootstrap to run the full install process on the Android device, then manage starting and stopping the chroot. It aims to provide a single Debian install in parallel with Android while touching the Android internals as little as possible. It provides a complete Debian install process and transparent boot integration. The app includes the `debian-keyring.gpg` so cdebootstrap fully verifies the packages it downloads from the beginning. It calls `/etc/init.d/rc 2` on boot and `/etc/init.d 0` on shutdown to provide boot integration.

=== DebianKit ===

[[https://sourceforge.net/projects/debian-kit/|DebianKit]] aims to provide a single Debian install directly in parallel with the existing Android install. This is possible since Android uses almost none of the standard UNIX paths, so Debian can just be copied directly onto the same file system. The one notable exception is that Android has a symlink to `/system/etc` at `/etc`, and there are a few files in `/system/etc`.

=== Other ===

 * [[https://github.com/meefik/linuxdeploy|Linux Deploy]]
 * [[https://github.com/corbinlc/gnuroot|GNURoot]] lets you install a limited Debian environment without root access
 * [[https://github.com/Kry07/debox|debox]]
 * [[http://linuxonandroid.org/complete-linux-installer/|Complete Linux Installer]]
 * [[https://github.com/cybertim/DebKit|DebKit]] (different from [[#DebianKit|DebianKit]])
=== Maintained ===
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 * [[https://github.com/meefik/linuxdeploy|Linux Deploy]]
 * [[https://github.com/EXALAB/AnLinux-App|AnLinux-App]]: downloads pre-built installs, uses proot
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=== Unmaintained ===

 * [[https://github.com/guardianproject/lildebi/wiki|Lil' Debi]]: uses cdebootstrap to run the full install process on the Android device, then manage starting and stopping the chroot. It aims to provide a single Debian install in parallel with Android while touching the Android internals as little as possible. It provides a complete Debian install process and transparent boot integration. The app includes the `debian-keyring.gpg` so cdebootstrap fully verifies the packages it downloads from the beginning. It calls `/etc/init.d/rc 2` on boot and `/etc/init.d 0` on shutdown to provide boot integration.
 * [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/debian-kit/|DebianKit]]: installs Debian in same location as Android. This is possible since Android uses almost none of the standard UNIX paths, so Debian can just be copied directly onto the same file system. The one notable exception is that Android has a symlink to `/system/etc` at `/etc`, and there are a few files in `/system/etc`.
 * [[https://github.com/cybertim/DebKit|DebKit]] (different from [[#DebianKit|DebianKit]]) (unmaintained)
 * [[https://github.com/corbinlc/gnuroot|GNURoot]]: lets you install a limited Debian environment without root access
 * [[https://github.com/Kry07/debox|debox]]
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This is an account of installing vanilla Debian in a chroot on Android.

This was tested on a Vodafone 845 (a re-branded !HuaWei u8120 / Joy / Ascend).

 * First, the phone was rooted by side-loading `z4root`
 * !CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC0 22b was flashed. This might not be necessary though
=== Root your phone ===

 * Side-loading `z4root` might be an option.
 * There maybe [[Exploits|other options]] depending on your phone.

=== Install community Android variant ===

Vendor Android builds often have proprietary drivers/apps, anti-features, spyware or telemetry preinstalled. It is recommended to switch to a community maintained open source [[WikiPedia:List_of_custom_Android_distributions|variant of Android]].

=== Potentially useful tweaks ===
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 * The SD card was formatted with the MBR scheme and a single ext3 partition was created. 15 sectors were left over

Then, on a workstation (any architecture), insert the µSD card, and:

{{{
sudo debootstrap --arch=armhf --variant=minbase --foreign wheezy /media/PHONE\ CARD/debian http://httpredir.debian.org/debian
}}}

For machines without externally mountable/addressable storage, you can use the script detailed here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15278587/pipe-into-adb-shell to transfer the chroot whilst maintaining permissions etc. e.g.:

{{{
cd debian && tar czplf - . | /root/adb_shell.sh /external_sd/unpackdebian
}}}

where /external_sd/unpackdebian contains a simple script such as:

{{{

=== Choose Android devices architecture ===

Almost all Android devices have ARM processors and can use one of the [[ArmPorts|Debian ports to ARM]].

Modern high-end devices have 64-bit ARMv8 processors and can use the Debian [[Arm64Port|arm64]] architecture.

Some lower-end or older devices have 32-bit ARMv7 processors and can use the [[ArmHardFloatPort|armhf]] architecture.

Some very old devices have very old 32-bit ARM processors and can only use the [[ArmHardFloatPort|armel]] architecture.

Some rare devices have 64-bit x86 processors and can use the Debian amd64 architecture.

To find out which Debian architecture to use, look up the device, chip and processor on Wikipedia to see which version of ARM it supports and chose the appropriate port from the list above.

=== Choose install device, tool and location ===

The Debian install can be created directly on the Android device or on a second device running Linux such as a laptop or desktop.

 * To create the installation on the Android device you will have to be using an install tool that supports running under Android. Probably only debootstrap supports this. You will need to copy the script over to the Android device and then run it there, probably via the DebianPackage:adb shell.
 * To create the installation on another device it is recommended that it run Debian, but some other distributions may contain the needed tools.

You can use DebianPkg:debootstrap, DebianPkg:mmdebstrap or other [[SystemBuildTools|system build tools]] to create a minimal Debian installation.

 * Most tools will require root on the device where the install is created.

Most modern Android devices do not have a µSD card slot so the install will probably be placed on the internal storage.

 * When installing to the internal storage of the Android device from a second device, you will need create the install in a directory on your Linux device and then transfer it over to the Android device.
 * When using a µSD card, you will plug the µSD card into the workstation (possibly via an adapter), create the install on the µSD card, unplug the µSD card and plug the µSD card into your Android device.

=== Preparation ===


If creating the install on a second device, install the install creation tool that you chose above, using the Debian packages if the second device is running Debian.

If creating the install from a second device that doesn't use an ARM processor and then transferring it to an Android device that uses an ARM processor, install the DebianPackage:qemu-user-static package to enable emulation of ARM programs. If the device you are running on cannot run binaries for the processor of the Android device natively or emulated, then you will need to use the debootstrap tool, specify the {{{--foreign}}} option when creating the install, transfer the install to the Android device and finalise the install in a second stage on the Android device before using the install.

=== Root ===

Most methods of creating a Debian install require root. Gain root using the right tool for the device where you will be creating the install. On Debian and Linux systems that is probably {{{sudo -i}}}. When using DebianPkg:adb to connect to an Android device, use {{{adb root}}} and then {{{adb shell}}} to get a root shell.

=== Parameters ===

Set the parameters for the install based on the choices made above:

{{{
ARCH=arm64
TOOL=debootstrap
}}}

Set the appropriate Debian mirror. If you have a local mirror, replace the URL below with your local mirror.

{{{
MIRROR=http://deb.debian.org/debian
}}}

Set the appropriate Debian release:

{{{
RELEASE=stable
}}}

Set the appropriate Debian install variant. Use {{{minbase}}} for the most minimal option. For a slightly larger install, omit the variant option when creating the install.

{{{
VARIANT=minbase
}}}

Set the directory that will contain the Debian install and the location of the Debian install itself.

{{{
SDCARD=/mnt/sdcard
ROOT=$SDCARD/debian
}}}

=== Create install ===

The tools to create Debian installs are usually run like this:

{{{
$TOOL --arch=$ARCH --variant=$VARIANT $RELEASE $ROOT $MIRROR
}}}

Read the documentation for the tool you are using to ensure this is correct.

If the device you are running on cannot run binaries for the processor of the Android device natively or emulated, then the {{{--foreign}}} option will be needed here and after the transfer is done, a second-stage step will be needed.

=== Transfer install to internal storage ===

Create an archive of the Debian install:

{{{
tar -C $ROOT -czplf debian.tar.gz
}}}

Transfer the Debian install over to the device:

{{{
adb push debian.tar.gz debian.tar.gz
}}}

Create the directory where the install will be stored:

{{{
DEVSDCARD=/external_sd
DEVROOT=$DEVSDCARD/debian
adb shell mkdir $DEVROOT
}}}

Unpack the Debian install archive:

{{{
adb shell tar -C $DEVROOT debian.tar.gz
}}}

Clean up:

{{{
rm -rf debian.tar.gz $ROOT
}}}

==== Advanced option using less temporary storage ====

If you don't have enough space on either the Android device or the second device to archive, transfer and unpack the Debian archive, you can use this section to transfer without using additional storage.

Set the location for the scripts and Debian install:

{{{
DEVSDCARD=/external_sd
DEVROOT=$DEVSDCARD/debian
}}}

Create a shell script called {{{adb_shell.sh}}} containing this:

{{{
adb forward tcp:12345 tcp:12345
adb shell busybox nc -lp 12345 -e "$@" &
sleep 1s
exec nc -q 1 localhost 12345
}}}

Create a shell script called unpack using this command:

{{{
cat > unpack <<EOF
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mkdir /external_sd/local/debian && \
tar -C /external_sd/local/debian -xzf -
}}}

{{{#!wiki note
You will need to use [[ArmEabiPort|--arch=armel]] if your phone is too old to support ARMv7.
}}}

{{{#!wiki note
If you have a local mirror, replace the URL above with your local mirror.
}}}

Then remove the &micro;SD card and replace it in the phone, start [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroid|SSHDroid]] (which provides chroot command). Then SSH to the phone, then:

{{{
export SDCARD=/sdcard
export ROOT=$SDCARD/debian
export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$PATH
mkdir $DEVROOT &&
tar -C $DEVROOT -xzf -
EOF
}}}

Transfer it to the device:

{{{
adb push unpack $DEVSDCARD/unpack
}}}

Transfer the chroot using tar:

{{{
tar -C $ROOT -czplf - . | ./adb_shell.sh $DEVSDCARD/unpack
}}}

=== Convenience run-debian tool ===

Create a script called run-debian for entering the Debian chroot, running a command and cleaning up afterwards:

{{{
cat > run-debian <<EOF
export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:\$PATH
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mount -o remount,exec,dev,suid $SDCARD
for f in dev dev/pts proc sys ; do mount -o bind /$f $ROOT/$f ; done
chroot $ROOT /bin/bash -l
debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
}}}

Then build up the Debian system as you normally would a minimal installation.

Alternatively, to build the chroot in a single step (without the first stage / second stage split), you can use the qemu-debootstrap or [[vmdebootstrap]] tools.
mount -o remount,exec,dev,suid $DEVSDCARD
for f in dev dev/pts proc sys ; do mount -o bind /\$f $DEVROOT/\$f ; done
test \$# -eq 0 && set -- /bin/bash -l
chroot $DEVROOT "\$@"
for f in sys proc dev/pts dev ; do umount $DEVROOT/\$f ; done
EOF
}}}

Transfer it to the device:

{{{
adb push unpack $DEVSDCARD/run-debian
}}}

=== Finalise install ===

If you used the debootstrap tool and the {{{--foreign}}} option above, you will need to finalise the install with a second stage. Most of the time this isn't needed.

{{{
adb shell $DEVROOT/run-debian debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
}}}

=== Using the installation ===

Use the run-debian tool to get a bash shell:

{{{
adb shell $DEVROOT/run-debian
}}}

Then you can install needed Debian packages as you normally would with a minimal Debian install.

Using [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroid|SSHDroid]] you can get a chroot from the Android user interface rather than via {{{adb shell}}}.

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Debian install apps on Android

There are a number of free and non-free apps and scripts for Android that allow you to run a Debian chroot on an Android device.

Maintained

Unmaintained

  • Lil' Debi: uses cdebootstrap to run the full install process on the Android device, then manage starting and stopping the chroot. It aims to provide a single Debian install in parallel with Android while touching the Android internals as little as possible. It provides a complete Debian install process and transparent boot integration. The app includes the debian-keyring.gpg so cdebootstrap fully verifies the packages it downloads from the beginning. It calls /etc/init.d/rc 2 on boot and /etc/init.d 0 on shutdown to provide boot integration.

  • DebianKit: installs Debian in same location as Android. This is possible since Android uses almost none of the standard UNIX paths, so Debian can just be copied directly onto the same file system. The one notable exception is that Android has a symlink to /system/etc at /etc, and there are a few files in /system/etc.

  • DebKit (different from DebianKit) (unmaintained)

  • GNURoot: lets you install a limited Debian environment without root access

  • debox

Manual installation in a chroot

Root your phone

  • Side-loading z4root might be an option.

  • There maybe other options depending on your phone.

Install community Android variant

Vendor Android builds often have proprietary drivers/apps, anti-features, spyware or telemetry preinstalled. It is recommended to switch to a community maintained open source variant of Android.

Potentially useful tweaks

  • Set CPU to 710 MHz with the interactiveX governor. YMMV

  • Side-loaded SSHDroid

Choose Android devices architecture

Almost all Android devices have ARM processors and can use one of the Debian ports to ARM.

Modern high-end devices have 64-bit ARMv8 processors and can use the Debian arm64 architecture.

Some lower-end or older devices have 32-bit ARMv7 processors and can use the armhf architecture.

Some very old devices have very old 32-bit ARM processors and can only use the armel architecture.

Some rare devices have 64-bit x86 processors and can use the Debian amd64 architecture.

To find out which Debian architecture to use, look up the device, chip and processor on Wikipedia to see which version of ARM it supports and chose the appropriate port from the list above.

Choose install device, tool and location

The Debian install can be created directly on the Android device or on a second device running Linux such as a laptop or desktop.

  • To create the installation on the Android device you will have to be using an install tool that supports running under Android. Probably only debootstrap supports this. You will need to copy the script over to the Android device and then run it there, probably via the adb shell.

  • To create the installation on another device it is recommended that it run Debian, but some other distributions may contain the needed tools.

You can use debootstrap, mmdebstrap or other system build tools to create a minimal Debian installation.

  • Most tools will require root on the device where the install is created.

Most modern Android devices do not have a µSD card slot so the install will probably be placed on the internal storage.

  • When installing to the internal storage of the Android device from a second device, you will need create the install in a directory on your Linux device and then transfer it over to the Android device.
  • When using a µSD card, you will plug the µSD card into the workstation (possibly via an adapter), create the install on the µSD card, unplug the µSD card and plug the µSD card into your Android device.

Preparation

If creating the install on a second device, install the install creation tool that you chose above, using the Debian packages if the second device is running Debian.

If creating the install from a second device that doesn't use an ARM processor and then transferring it to an Android device that uses an ARM processor, install the qemu-user-static package to enable emulation of ARM programs. If the device you are running on cannot run binaries for the processor of the Android device natively or emulated, then you will need to use the debootstrap tool, specify the --foreign option when creating the install, transfer the install to the Android device and finalise the install in a second stage on the Android device before using the install.

Root

Most methods of creating a Debian install require root. Gain root using the right tool for the device where you will be creating the install. On Debian and Linux systems that is probably sudo -i. When using adb to connect to an Android device, use adb root and then adb shell to get a root shell.

Parameters

Set the parameters for the install based on the choices made above:

ARCH=arm64
TOOL=debootstrap

Set the appropriate Debian mirror. If you have a local mirror, replace the URL below with your local mirror.

MIRROR=http://deb.debian.org/debian

Set the appropriate Debian release:

RELEASE=stable

Set the appropriate Debian install variant. Use minbase for the most minimal option. For a slightly larger install, omit the variant option when creating the install.

VARIANT=minbase

Set the directory that will contain the Debian install and the location of the Debian install itself.

SDCARD=/mnt/sdcard
ROOT=$SDCARD/debian

Create install

The tools to create Debian installs are usually run like this:

$TOOL --arch=$ARCH --variant=$VARIANT $RELEASE $ROOT $MIRROR

Read the documentation for the tool you are using to ensure this is correct.

If the device you are running on cannot run binaries for the processor of the Android device natively or emulated, then the --foreign option will be needed here and after the transfer is done, a second-stage step will be needed.

Transfer install to internal storage

Create an archive of the Debian install:

tar -C $ROOT -czplf debian.tar.gz

Transfer the Debian install over to the device:

adb push debian.tar.gz debian.tar.gz

Create the directory where the install will be stored:

DEVSDCARD=/external_sd
DEVROOT=$DEVSDCARD/debian
adb shell mkdir $DEVROOT 

Unpack the Debian install archive:

adb shell tar -C $DEVROOT debian.tar.gz

Clean up:

rm -rf debian.tar.gz $ROOT

Advanced option using less temporary storage

If you don't have enough space on either the Android device or the second device to archive, transfer and unpack the Debian archive, you can use this section to transfer without using additional storage.

Set the location for the scripts and Debian install:

DEVSDCARD=/external_sd
DEVROOT=$DEVSDCARD/debian

Create a shell script called adb_shell.sh containing this:

adb forward tcp:12345 tcp:12345
adb shell busybox nc -lp 12345 -e "$@" &
sleep 1s
exec nc -q 1 localhost 12345

Create a shell script called unpack using this command:

cat > unpack <<EOF
#!/sbin/sh
mkdir $DEVROOT &&
tar -C $DEVROOT -xzf -
EOF

Transfer it to the device:

adb push unpack $DEVSDCARD/unpack

Transfer the chroot using tar:

tar -C $ROOT -czplf - . | ./adb_shell.sh $DEVSDCARD/unpack

Convenience run-debian tool

Create a script called run-debian for entering the Debian chroot, running a command and cleaning up afterwards:

cat > run-debian <<EOF
export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:\$PATH
export HOME=/root
mount -o remount,exec,dev,suid $DEVSDCARD
for f in dev dev/pts proc sys ; do mount -o bind /\$f $DEVROOT/\$f ; done
test \$# -eq 0 && set -- /bin/bash -l
chroot $DEVROOT "\$@"
for f in sys proc dev/pts dev ; do umount $DEVROOT/\$f ; done
EOF

Transfer it to the device:

adb push unpack $DEVSDCARD/run-debian

Finalise install

If you used the debootstrap tool and the --foreign option above, you will need to finalise the install with a second stage. Most of the time this isn't needed.

adb shell $DEVROOT/run-debian debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage

Using the installation

Use the run-debian tool to get a bash shell:

adb shell $DEVROOT/run-debian

Then you can install needed Debian packages as you normally would with a minimal Debian install.

Using SSHDroid you can get a chroot from the Android user interface rather than via adb shell.

Tips

Running Debian binaries outside the chroot

If you need to run binaries from inside the chroot outside the chroot, you can use ld.so:

export SDCARD=/mnt/sdcard
export ROOT=$SDCARD/debian
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROOT/lib:$ROOT/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi:$ROOT/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf:$ROOT/usr/lib:$ROOT/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi:$ROOT/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf
cd $ROOT
./lib/ld-linux-*.so* bin/ls

Available memory

Android pre-loads applications (in some case that the user has never started) when there is free memory. This reduces the memory available to applications in a chroot.

It looks like the *_MEM properties in /init.rc along with the /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree could help.

Zygote starts SystemServer and SystemServer restarts zygote, so simply killing one of them won't work. The Android-native way of getting rid of zygote and all that descends from it is to just use the 'stop' command (in a script or through a remote (root) shell), to restart the whole Android environment you'd use the 'start' command:

stop # to stop zygote
# now do whatever you want without Android getting in the way. Once you're ready just use:
start # to start zygote

The display is now blank and ready for SDL. The input devices only partly work with SDL on the 8120 (write your own code to read /dev/input/event*) but graphics work well.

Group privileges on Android

Android uses predefined groups to control permissions. You will likely have to add these groups within your virtualized Linux environment to grant permission for your user to do useful things. For example, if you want to access the /sdcard storage area on your device, you will need to add yourself to group 1015 aid_sdcard_rw.

Refer to the official AOSP source for the complete list of users and groups. Here is the list for Marshmallow. The package android-permissions automatically sets up all groups used in an Android system (although you still have to manually add users to groups).

AF_INET privileges

On Android, you will need to add at least one group 3003 aid_inet for those processes which require access to creating sockets (other security guarded systems particular to Android may need addressing for other applications, search for 3003 aid_inet on the web for more detail).

APT privilege dropping on Android

The program apt-get (and all the other APT programs) drops privileges when doing network requests, thus fails because it does not have the inet group. One workaround is to add the user _apt to the group inet (3003) and also set it as the primary group for user _apt (because APT deliberately relinquish all groups except the primary one).

exim4 and mailman chroot on Android

As well as altering inet access, the Debian-exim user will have to be added to group 3003. Further, if you experience trouble in the exim mainlog for creating sockets during DNS, try dropping privileges by adding "deliver_drop_privilege=true" to the exim4.conf.template file. For mailman, the standard setup is required, as per the README.Debian file in /usr/share/doc. However the user list must also be added to the group 3003 to allow it to send mail.

Running GUI along side Android

You can also try running GUI apps and desktop environments along side Android. There are a number of X11 Server apps on the Google Play store that do a great job. One such X11 app is "XServer XSDL" which is free in the Google Play store.

An example of how to get this working. Start the chroot, start the X11 Server app, add "export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0" to your running chroot, then start your app or desktop environment, at this point you should see it open in the X11 Server app. YMMV though, not all Android devices have the ram or cpu to run this.

Integrate the Debian boot process

Debian gives you a huge array of server software to install and run on your Android device in a chroot. It is possible to start and stop everything using the rc scripts that all daemons in Debian install. If you don't want the shutdown procedure to halt/power-off your phone, you need to remove some rc init scripts. This doesn't always work, so when you run stop in Debian, it might poweroff your phone. We got it working on Blandroid by running these commands in the debian shell (via ssh is probably the easiest):

 update-rc.d -f halt remove
 update-rc.d -f reboot remove

On ?CyanogenMod, we had to remove a lot more scripts to prevent it from shutting down, like sendsigs. But then /etc/init.d/rc 0 no longer shutdown all of the Debian services.

 update-rc.d -f halt remove
 update-rc.d -f reboot remove
 update-rc.d -f sendsigs remove
 update-rc.d -f umountfs remove
 update-rc.d -f umountroot remove

You probably want to remove all of the networking stuff from your Debian chroot and let Android handle it, otherwise you might have Debian and Android fighting over the network config. Also, you need to replace the Debian call to kill all processes, because it will also kill all Android processes. Instead projects like Lil' Debi and Crouton (Debian chroot for ChromeOS) have a custom script to kill all processes running in the chroot.

The scripts to call to start and stop everything automatically:

  • start: /etc/init.d/rc 2

  • stop: /etc/init.d/rc 0

handling /dev

As of version Lil' Debi v0.4.4, Android /dev/ is not bind-mounted in chroot. This means no /dev/block/, /dev/log/, /dev/graphics/ and such. Bind-mounting it there results in conflict between Android logger and syslog, so syslog users should not do that, unless they have workaround. Additionally, if /dev/ isn't bind-mounted some Android executables, such as *am*, *dalvikvm*, *logcat* and many others won't run from inside chroot.

Important Android Environment Variables

Android is a very limited environment, so there are some odd hacks in it. For example, Android does not support rpath for finding shared libraries. Android will only look in the hard-coded system path, i.e. /system/lib and /data/app-lib/com.myapp.packagename. You can make Android look for shared libraries in other paths using the env var LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and some Android apps with native executables rely on that hack.

Using **su -l** to login into the chroot may result in unsetting of some important Android variables, such as BOOTCLASSPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Booting into Debian instead of Android

Download the zImage for your version of the Linux kernel that runs on your Android device to your laptop and run fastboot something like this:

fastboot -c "root=/dev/mmcblk0p3 rootwait" boot ./zImage