Tutorial to Run Trilium Server in Termux on Android

[Nriver]

Tutorial to Run Trilium Server in Termux on Android

1. Install Termux on your Android device.

2. Open Termux and install PRoot Distro. PRoot is not a virtual machine; you can find more about PRoot Distro here.

   pkg install proot-distro

3. Install a base system; here, I use Manjaro. You can find all distros by running proot-distro list. I also renamed it for easy typing.

   proot-distro install manjaro-aarch64
   proot-distro rename manjaro-aarch64 manjaro

4. Log in to Manjaro

   proot-distro login manjaro

5. Install Node.js. You can only get the latest version of Node.js by default. So, we need nvm to install the specific version of Node.js that can run Trilium; here, I use 18.18.2. (Note: n does not work; only nvm works.)

   pacman -S nodejs npm base-devel xz
   npm install -g npm node-gyp 
   curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.4/install.sh | bash
   nvm install v18.18.2
   nvm alias default v18.18.2
   node -v

6. Get trilium-server from the release page

   wget https://github.com/zadam/trilium/releases/download/v0.62.4/trilium-linux-x64-server-0.62.4.tar.xz
   tar -xf trilium-linux-x64-server-0.62.4.tar.xz
   mv trilium-linux-x64-server trilium
   cd trilium

7. Remove the old dependency folder. As the executables are for x86, we do not need them.

   rm -rf node_modules

8. This is the tricky part; take your time. Reinstall the dependency for arm. You may get an error here; you may need to retry the command several times or use a proxy.

   npm install
   npm run switch-server

9. Start Trilium server

   node src/www

10. You can access it on your phone's browser with http://127.0.0.1:8080.
    Or, you can access it on your computer with http://your_phone_ip:8080.

11. For a quick startup of the service, create a .sh file in Manjaro

    proot-distro login manjaro
    echo 'cd /root/trilium && node src/www' > /root/run-trilium.sh
    chmod +x /root/run-trilium.sh
    exit

    Then you can quickly start Trilium in Termux with this single command

    proot-distro login manjaro -- /bin/sh /root/run-trilium.sh

Notes

How to use a proxy

If you fail to execute wget, npm install, or git clone due to an internet issue, you can use a proxy with proxychains. For example:

pacman -S proxychains

# Change the proxy settings in the last line
# For example: http 127.0.0.1 1080
vim /etc/proxychains.conf

# Execute commands with proxychains
proxychains npm install
proxychains npm run switch-server

How to clear the cache

If npm install keeps failing, you can remove the cache and reinstall it.
bash rm -rf node_modules rm -rf ~/.npm/_cacache

Why is it slow?

If you find Trilium is slow, please try to disable power-saving mode on your phone. And give Termux privileges to run in the background or something like that.

[Nriver]

Start the server in termux

Access the server in your browser

[Naeem836]

pleas hellp me how can i downlode termux

[DTHriven6]

I have a problem!

Listening on port 8080
Sending message to all clients: {"type":"reload-frontend","reason":"source code change"}
Error: Router not found for request GET /assets/v0.62.4/app/setup.js
at /root/trilium/src/routes/error_handlers.js:18:21
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/root/trilium/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
at trim_prefix (/root/trilium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:328:13)
at /root/trilium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:286:9
at Function.process_params (/root/trilium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:346:12)
at next (/root/trilium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:280:10)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/root/trilium/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:91:12)
at trim_prefix (/root/trilium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:328:13)
at /root/trilium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:286:9
at Function.process_params (/root/trilium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:346:12) {
status: 404
}

[Nriver]

It's my mistake. Please use node src/www to start the service instead of npm run start-server. I have already updated the tutorial.

[Joackk]

大佬，执行proot被提示了Error: proot-distro should not be executed under PRoot. 我是已经root的手机，这是不能root的用吗？

[Nriver]

这个问题已通过重装termux解决。 This is solvded by reinstall existing termux.