termux¶

Core package management (pkg / apt wrapper)¶

Update repository¶

pkg update

Upgrade repository packages¶

pkg upgrade

Install package¶

pkg install <package>

Remove package¶

pkg remove <package>

Reinstall package¶

pkg reinstall <package>

Search package¶

pkg search <keyword>

Show package information¶

pkg show <package>

List installed packages¶

pkg list-installed

List available packages¶

pkg list-all

Clean package cache¶

pkg clean

Repository & configuration tools¶

Change repository sources¶

termux-change-repo

Reload Termux settings¶

termux-reload-settings

Reset Termux environment¶

termux-reset

Restore Termux backup¶

termux-restore

Print Termux system information¶

termux-info

Storage & filesystem¶

Setup shared storage access¶

termux-setup-storage

Creates access to: - ~/storage/shared - ~/storage/downloads - ~/storage/dcim - ~/storage/music - ~/storage/movies - ~/storage/pictures

Termux API commands¶

(Available after installing termux-api package)

Install Termux API¶

pkg install termux-api

Clipboard¶

termux-clipboard-get
termux-clipboard-set

Battery status¶

termux-battery-status

Camera¶

termux-camera-info
termux-camera-photo

Contacts¶

termux-contact-list

Dialogs (GUI prompts)¶

termux-dialog

Download files¶

termux-download

Fingerprint authentication¶

termux-fingerprint

Location (GPS)¶

termux-location

Media player¶

termux-media-player
termux-media-player info
termux-media-player play
termux-media-player pause
termux-media-player stop

Microphone recording¶

termux-microphone-record

Notifications¶

termux-notification

Sensors¶

termux-sensor

termux-share

SMS (requires permissions)¶

termux-sms-list
termux-sms-send

Telephony¶

termux-telephony-call
termux-telephony-cellinfo
termux-telephony-deviceinfo

Text-to-speech¶

termux-tts-engines
termux-tts-speak

USB¶

termux-usb

Vibration¶

termux-vibrate

Wi-Fi¶

termux-wifi-connectioninfo
termux-wifi-enable
termux-wifi-scaninfo

Environment & shell utilities¶

Change default shell¶

chsh

List available shells¶

cat /etc/shells

Edit Termux properties¶

nano ~/.termux/termux.properties

Apply changes:

termux-reload-settings

Backup & migration¶

Create backup¶

tar -czf termux-backup.tar.gz $HOME

Restore backup¶

tar -xzf termux-backup.tar.gz -C /

Notes (important)¶

Termux provides thousands of commands via packages (coreutils, busybox, clang, python, git, etc.).
Only commands starting with termux- and pkg are Termux-specific.
Everything else follows standard Linux/Unix behavior.