Video Tutorial on How to Install Ubuntu on Galaxy Tab 10.1

Step 1 – How to Install Ubuntu on Galaxy Tab 10.1!

Anyways, here’s how to install Ubuntu on your Galaxy Tab 10.1 or any other rooted Android tablet device.

First, you will need your Galaxy Tab 10.1 rooted, you can follow our step-by-step instructions on how to root your Galaxy Tab 10.1 before we begin.

Step 2 – Download Files you will need

Download ubuntu.zip below and unzip it, you should get a folder called “ubuntu”.

Download ubuntu.zip

If you don’t have Android SDK, just download this adb.zip, unzip it, and put it in the root folder of your computer. E.g. Windows, put it in c:\ so you will have c:\adb directory. For other operating systems, you can get ADB by downloading the Android SDK for your appropriate operating system.

And you need to download busybox files:
Download busybox file

Step 3 – How to Install Busybox on Galaxy Tab 10.1!

If you’ve already installed Busybox, you can skip this step.

Otherwise, you need to install Busybox on your Galaxy Tab 10.1. Copy over the su-busybox-misc-sam-tab-10.1-061611.zip to the root folder of your Tab 10.1, run Clockwork Recovery, then flash the zip file.

Here’s a video tutorial you can follow on how to install Busybox on your Galaxy Tab 10.1:

Step 4 – Copy Ubuntu folder into Tab 10.1!

You need to copy over the ubuntu folder you unzipped earlier over to root folder of your Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Step 5 – ADB shell and Run some scripts!

Open up a command prompt/shell by typing “cmd” under Start->Search for Windows. For Linux/Mac, open a shell.

Go into the adb directory (or your SDK directory) by typing:

cd \adb

Then type:

adb shell

You should be now in shell of your Tab 10.1, if you don’t, you didn’t install the Tab 10.1 drivers correctly. (You can download Tab 10.1 drivers and install them.)

Next type:

cd /sdcard/ubuntu

Then type:

sh ubuntu.sh

Don’t worry if you get errors and type:

bootubuntu

If you get a Ubuntu linux shell at this point, congratulations, your Ubuntu is now running in the background of your Android!

Step 6 – Install some Ubuntu packages and VNC Server for GUI!

Type:

apt-get update

to update all the packages.

*Optional – You can also install SSH access by typing:

apt-get install openssh-server

Next, let’s setup a VNC server so we can visually access our Ubuntu Gnome desktop.

Type:

apt-get install tightvncserver

to Install tightvncserver

Then type:

export USER=root

and:

vncserver -geometry 1280×800

You can set your VNC server password here.

This starts our VNC server and we can log into it using any VNC program from a computer or from our own Tab 10.1

Step 7 – Login to your Ubuntu on your Galaxy Tab 10.1!

To login from your own Tab 10.1, download the free app “Android VNC Viewer” off market.

Set the IP address to “127.0.0.1″, enter the password you set earlier, then set port to 5901.

You should be now seeing the Ubuntu desktop. If so, congratulations!

Now, you can hook up bluetooth mouse and keyboard to make it a fully-functional Ubuntu desktop.

How to Fix the Keyboard Mapping!

When you connect a bluetooth mouse, it might be a bit off, here’s how to fix it.

Type this:

cat > $HOME/.vnc/xstartup

Then copy and paste the below:

#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
#x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80×24+10+10 -ls -title “$VNCDESKTOP Desktop” &
#x-window-manager &
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
/etc/X11/Xsession

Then hit Ctrl+D twice and hit Enter.

Basically I added the line “export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1″ before “/etc/X11/Xsession” to fix the keyboard mapping.

You can also just edit the file $HOME/.vnc/xstartup with your favorite text editor too.

*Note – You might have to reboot your device and start Ubuntu again.