Build script for cross compiling most of the binaries present in this repo
Linux - Tested on Arch-based distro. You could try this on other distros but your mileage may vary
sudo pacman -S base-devel git libgit2 python-pip go lzip cmake
pip install abimap
git clone https://github.com/akhilnarang/scripts # Sets up build environment
cd scripts
bash setup/arch-manjaro.sh
cd ..
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env
rustup target add aarch64-linux-android armv7-linux-androideabi i686-linux-android x86_64-linux-android
cargo install cargo-ndk
- Just copy the ca-certificate.crt_gen.sh script to your device and run it in terminal as su
./build.bash --help # For more info on usage
The below table notes if the binary is compatible with android ndk. If static or dynamic is listed, then only that link method is working
| NDK? | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| aria2 | Yes | |
| bash | Static | |
| bc | Yes | Also includes dc |
| bc-gh | Yes | Also includes dc (make symlink to bc) |
| bzip2 | Yes | |
| boringssl | Static | Static libs still work fine with dynamic linked binaries |
| brotli | Yes | |
| c-ares | Yes | |
| coreutils | Yes | Advanced cp/mv (progress bar), Openssl support, Selinux Support |
| cpio | Yes | Newer versions are bugged, stick with 2.12 for now |
| cunit | Yes | |
| curl | Yes | |
| diffutils | Yes | Also includes cmp, diff, diff3, sdiff |
| ed | Yes | |
| exa | Dynamic | |
| findutils | Yes | Also includes find, locate, updatedb, xargs |
| freedup | Yes | |
| gawk | Yes | GNU awk, also includes grcat and pwcat |
| gdbm | Yes | |
| gmp | Yes | |
| grep | Yes | Also includes egrep and fgrep, has full perl regex support |
| gzip | Yes | Also includes gunzip and gzexe |
| htop | Yes | |
| iftop | Dynamic | |
| jq | Yes | |
| libexpat | Yes | |
| libhsts | Yes | |
| libidn2 | Yes | |
| libmagic | Yes | |
| libnl | Yes | |
| libpcap | Yes | |
| libpsl | Yes | |
| libssh2 | Yes | |
| libunistring | Yes | |
| nano | Static | |
| ncurses | Yes | Also includes capconvert, clear, infocmp, tabs, tic, toe, tput, tset |
| ncursesw | Yes | Also includes capconvert, clear, infocmp, tabs, tic, toe, tput, tset |
| nethogs | Yes | |
| nghttp2 | Yes | Lib only |
| nmap | Yes | |
| openssl | Yes | |
| openssh | Yes | |
| patch | Yes | |
| patchelf | Yes | |
| pcre | Yes | |
| pcre2 | Yes | |
| quiche | Yes | |
| readline | Yes | |
| rsync | Yes | |
| sed | Yes | |
| selinux | Yes | |
| sqlite | Dynamic | |
| strace | Yes | |
| tar | Yes | |
| tcpdump | Yes | |
| vim | Yes | |
| wavemon | Yes | |
| wget2 | Dynamic | |
| zlib | Yes | |
| zsh | Yes | |
| zstd | Yes |
- Aria2 and Curl have weird DNS error in Android Q and newer when not run as superuser (static compile only) - see notes on it below
- Wget2 static doesn't resolve dns at all and no flags to change dns servers, likely related to aria2/curl problem
- Sqlite3 static compile still ends up dynamically linked somehow
- Exa always statically compiles, limitation with rust
- Iftop static compile segfaults
- Known Curl bugs
- Nethogs garbage collection is removed due to quad_t not existing in ndk
- Starting with oreo, new restrictions were placed on the net.dns# props.
- So aria2, curl, whatever is unable to get the dns server without root
- C-ares updated for that with an app permission see here but this only works for apps, not binaries and so c-ares will not resolve dns without root
- Using native android threaded resolver will work fine when dynamic link but not static link
- Maybe libc related or something? Not due to outdated libc in NDK based on my testing
- Libc version on test device (OOS A11 - 11.0.2), NDK r21e (9.0.7), NDK r22 (11.0.4) - didn't work for either ndk static compile so probably not due to being out of date
- Maybe libc related or something? Not due to outdated libc in NDK based on my testing
- Best workaround currently:
- Static link all non-android dependencies
- Actual binary is dynamic linked with android binaries (libc, libm, libdl)
- Only limitation is the minimum api of 26 which is fine because api of 26 and newer is where this problem occurs - older roms will be fine with static
- Other workaround for static compiles
- Set alias with dns server arguments set (see the install.sh script in aria2 and curl folders) - need root to get the dns servers
- For Android 12 and newer, static won't resolve dns at all unless manually specifed as above regardless of root status