✎ Running Shell on Other OSs [GTALUG Wiki]

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There are times when you need to run Unix shell, usually for one-off script or quick test.  Here are ways I found to run shell on Chromebook, Android phone, and Windows.

* **Chromebook**
    - **Bash** -- Type <Ctrl-Alt-T> from Chrome browser or desktop to get "crosh>" command prompt, and then type ''shell'' to get a full Bash shell.  You have to enable Developer Mode to get access to the shell command.  Chromebook can be switched into Developer Mode by pressing <Esc-Refresh-Power> and then follow instructions.
    - **Ubuntu/Debian** -- Install "crouton" in developer mode.  This installs Ubuntu/Debian in chroot environment, where you can switch between Chrome OS and Ubuntu/Debian.  You can install full desktop or just command-line packages.
      * [[https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/install-ubuntu-on-chromebook|Install Ubuntu on a Chromebook]]
      * [[https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton|Chromium OS Universal Chroot Environment]]

* **Android**
    - **Termux** -- This is "Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app" for Android.  It emulates Ubuntu-like command-line distro.

* **Windows**
    - **BusyBox** -- This is single binary compiled for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
      * [[https://frippery.org/busybox/|BusyBox for Windows]]
    - **Cygwin** -- This is like command-line distro that you install to a directory.
      * [[https://www.cygwin.com/|Cygwin]]
    - **Windows Subsystem for Linux** (used to be called **Bash on Ubuntu on Windows**) -- Go to //Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows features on or off//, and enable the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" option.
    - **VirtualBox** (or **VMware** or **Hyper-V**) -- This is full VM, where you can install any Linux distro.
      * [[https://www.virtualbox.org/|Oracle VM VirtualBox]]
      * [[https://www.vmware.com/|VMware]]

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