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AnLinux allow you to run Linux on Android without root access. The bash script downloads the image over the internet, then decompresses the image, and then mounts it using PRoot.

...Also, developers can use PRoot as a generic Linux process instrumentation engine thanks to its extension mechanism, see CARE for an example. Technically PRoot relies on ptrace, an unprivileged system-call available in every Linux kernel. The new root file-system, a.k.a guest rootfs, typically contains a Linux distribution. By default PRoot confines the execution of programs to the guest rootfs only, however, users can use the built-in mount/bind mechanism to access files and directories from the actual root file-system, a.k.a host rootfs, just as if they were part of the guest rootfs.

Andronix is simple inside the hood (well not really, but most of it is simple to understand). Andronix uses PRoot to run your favorite Linux distribution on your Android devices. PRoot is a user-space implementation of chroot, mount --bind, and binfmt_misc. This means that users don't need any privileges or setup to do things like using an arbitrary directory as the new root file system, making files accessible somewhere else in the file system hierarchy, or executing programs built for another CPU architecture transparently through QEMU user-mode. ...

...This Termux bash setup shell script will attempt to set Arch Linux up in your Termux environment. Please see install for options on how to run setupTermuxArch on the device. You can use bash setupTermuxArch to install Arch Linux in a Termux PRoot container on your Android smartphone and tablet, and Chromebook too. When successfully completed, you will be experiencing the pleasure of the Linux command prompt in Arch Linux in Termux PRoot on Android, Chromebook, and Fire OS on smartphones, tablets, and wearables.