# https://www.reddit.com/r/nodered/comments/bw6o84/gnuroot\_debian/

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/https-www-reddit-com-r-nodered-comments-bw6o84-gnuroot-debian/11785>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [3 June 2019 05:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/https-www-reddit-com-r-nodered-comments-bw6o84-gnuroot-debian/11785 "2019-06-03T05:29:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![SoumyadeepChatterjee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/soumyadeepchatterjee/32/8973_2.png) [@SoumyadeepChatterjee](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/SoumyadeepChatterjee)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2019 05:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/https-www-reddit-com-r-nodered-comments-bw6o84-gnuroot-debian/11785/1 "2019-06-03T05:29:28Z")

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I have got a android device running 4.1.2 and I wanted to use it as a Node-Red server and for that i rooted it and installed GNURoot Debian and now that I ran the commands the nodejs version is not updated enough for the installation and apt update says its all done. I don't know where to report the issue and ask for help so I am posting it here. Please help.

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2019 05:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/https-www-reddit-com-r-nodered-comments-bw6o84-gnuroot-debian/11785/2 "2019-06-03T05:34:09Z")

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Hi, I've never heard of that, but seeing as its Debian based did you try our Pi install script from our docs ? That is also Debian based so may work.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2019 06:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/https-www-reddit-com-r-nodered-comments-bw6o84-gnuroot-debian/11785/3 "2019-06-03T06:49:20Z")

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You don't need to root an android device to run node-red. You can install termux to get a terminal and apt install node and npm install node-red. I'm sure there are other ways too.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2019 07:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/https-www-reddit-com-r-nodered-comments-bw6o84-gnuroot-debian/11785/4 "2019-06-03T07:49:58Z")

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According to this you don't need to root it for GNUroot Debian either

> **[Use GNURoot to install a GNU/Linux distribution on your Android device](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/use-gnuroot-to-install-a-gnulinux-distribution-on-your-android-device/)**
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> If you have a need to run a GNU/Linux distribution on your Android device, but you don't want to harm Android, Jack Wallen has the tool for you.

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**Author:** ![msillano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/msillano/32/17424_2.png) [@msillano](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/msillano)\
**Post date:** [7 April 2023 11:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/https-www-reddit-com-r-nodered-comments-bw6o84-gnuroot-debian/11785/5 "2023-04-07T11:54:42Z")

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See here how to install in not-rooted Android (Top box):  
[https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/comments/12edrt1/android\_11\_iot\_server\_termux\_lamp\_nodered\_with/](https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/comments/12edrt1/android_11_iot_server_termux_lamp_nodered_with/)

At end you will get on your top box:

```auto
 - FTP <top-box-IP>:8021
 - Apache v. 8.1 <top-box-IP>:8080          
 - MariaDB v. 2:10.9 <top-box-IP>:3306          
 - PHP v. 8.1          
 - PHPMyAdmin v. 5.1.3 <top-box-IP>:8080\phpmyadmin
 - node-red v. 3.0.2 <top-box-IP>:2022       

```

with node-red autostart for unattended 24/7 server.

I hope that this information can be helpful to someone.