This is a guide on how to backup and restore any Termux distro without losing folders and files permissions

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Youtube Tutorial

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Backup

• Make sure your distro root folders (es. /dev, /proc) can be read by the owner
• If not, change the permissions of the folders to (400)
• Use the following command to backup your Termux "home" and "usr" folder

(you can change your preferred destination for the backup instead of the sdcard root)

cd /data/data/com.termux/files
tar --format=gnu -pzcf /sdcard/termux-backup.tar.gz home usr

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Restore

• Make sure to have storage permissions and the latest version of your Termux packages (supposing you have just installed Termux)

termux-setup-storage
pkg update && pkg upgrade

• Restore the "home" folder with the following commands:

cd /data/data/com.termux/files
rm -rf home
tar --same-owner -pzxf /sdcard/termux-backup.tar.gz home

• Then restore the "usr" folder as well

cd /data/data/com.termux/files
cp ./usr/bin/busybox ./tar
rm -rf usr
unset LD_PRELOAD
./tar -zxf /sdcard/termux-backup.tar.gz usr
exit

• You did it! You successfully restored your Termux distro!

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• Termux official backup instructions (this guide doesn't mantain permissions): https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Backing_up_Termux