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How to use `termux-docker` in GitHub Actions?

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
docker, github-actions, shell
Domain
ci-cd, devops

Research direction

Start with .github/workflows/ronin-install.yml, the referenced termux-docker image behavior, and /entrypoint.sh. Reproduce the GitHub Actions run, including actions/checkout, root execution, repeated entrypoint calls, and networking. Done means establishing whether the image is compatible and documenting the required configuration or its limitations.

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Description

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Hello, I want to test a bash installer script within the termux-docker image using GitHub Actions. While GitHub Actions does support running commands within a custom docker image/container, it does not honor the ENTRYPOINT of the image and insists on running everything as root. Even running the commands explicitly under /entrypoint.sh ... to drop privileges does not seem to work properly, due to permission issues. It also seems that the GitHub Actions actions/checkout module expects node to be installed at /__e/node20/bin/node. I also encountered strange networking issues when executing /entrypoint.sh ... multiple times. Is termux-docker even compatible with GitHub Actions? Maybe this is something that could be documented better?

Dominant language
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