Sunday, November 08, 2026

Linux CLI ~ packages running under termux on Android

 Prior posts have been seriously confusing.  So, to clean up my mess...

Android Imagemagick Install and Use -

To run the Imagemagick CLI on Android requires a Linux terminal emulation -

  • PlayStore search "termux"
  • Install "termux"
  • Open "termux" app 

To add directory access to "termux" for certain directories, open "termux" and run (where $ is simply the prompt) -

  • $ termux-setup-storage 

To find, install, configure Imagemagick, run -

  • $ pkg update 
  • $ pkg upgrade
  • $ pkg search imagemagick
  • $ pkg install imagemagick

To confirm image magic is installed and contains the support desired, run -

  • $ which magick
  • $ magick -help
  • $ magick -version

Using the above example of searching, installing, verifying and running in termux on Android devices -

imagemagick - a general image processing tool CLI

gmic - a heavy duty image processing pipelined CLI

ffmpeg - a video to frame extractor tool

exiftool - an exif info display tool 

Therefore: Commands executed on Linux execute on Android using "termux" as the Linux terminal emulation app. 

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