How to install raylib in termux?

[captain0xff]

Hello! How can I install raylib in termux? Raylib supports android platform so there is no reason why it shouldn't work in termux and so I tried to build it in termux but it failed. Yes I made sure to set the graphics to opengles but I am not sure what platform to set, as neither android nor raspberry pi work. Thank you.

[raysan5]

@CAPTAIN1947 Personally, I have no idea, I never heard about termux before. I'm afraid it would require some investigation on the field...

[captain0xff]

Oh. Anyways here's the error if you want to look cannot locate symbol "_glfwDetectJoystickConnectionLi 8 nux"
The build completes if I build without the examples but then if I try to use raylib the same error comes for obvious reasons.

[chriscamacho]

@raysan5 think WSL but for android not linux

Linking to GL is likely to be even more problematical, besides GLFW doesn't support Android alas...

[captain0xff]

@raysan5 think WSL but for android not linux

Linking to GL is likely to be even more problematical, besides GLFW doesn't support Android alas...

How does raylib work with native android apks if GLFW isn't supported? And if it works then why it wouldn't work in termux? And a last question how much dependent is raylib on GLFW?

[raysan5]

GLFW is only used for desktop platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS). Android and RPI-native have custom implementations. You can check rcore module, all the platform code is there.

[captain0xff]

GLFW is only used for desktop platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS). Android and RPI-native have custom implementations. You can check rcore module, all the platform code is there.

This at least makes clear why setting the PLATFORM to "desktop" raised those errors in android as GLFW was missing. Hmmm... But setting PLATFORM to android makes it to search for the google tools, that makes no sense in termux as it won't be cross compiling. I think the closest platform to termux is raspberry pi.

[RechieKho]

For me, after some tweaks, it works. It cannot compile because raylib expect the system library at /usr/lib (or /usr/local/lib), but unfortunately termux's library is at $(PREFIX)/lib where PREFIX variable is an environment variable special for termux. So you just need to tell raylib's build tool to include that library path AND header path as well then you are good to go.

Note that you need xorgproto package if you can't find X11/X.h header.

I have include raylib into my mini side project (https://github.com/RechieKho/surf), it clones raylib so you don't need to install manually. It currently using raylib example to test whether the build script works. Note that it is under heavy (?) development and by the time you try it out it might have changed.

By the way, this is not compile to android platform but more like compile to linux. For compiling to android platform, it is much much harder as there is no official support for it (damn you google).

[MatejMagat305]

I am only try right now, but in proot-distros it is working (chroot normal linux in termux), and I was already create some script to other project https://github.com/MatejMagat305/vab-termux, it install ndk and sdk in termux and it would be possible to make apk from termux right now without change src, only makefile...