Issue with proot-distro: Utility 'file' is not installed error (Solved)
Hello everyone,
I've been using proot-distro successfully up until this morning (September 30th, 2024). However, when I tried to run proot-distro, I received the following error:
Utility 'file' is not installed. Cannot continue.
I initially searched through the Discord server, Google, and used Perplexity to find a solution. Luckily, Perplexity provided the correct fix, and the issue is now resolved.
Solution:
To fix this error, you need to install the missing file utility. Simply run the following command in Termux:
pkg install file
After installing file, the problem was resolved. No further help is needed, but I wanted to share the solution in case anyone else runs into the same issue.
Thank you!
6 Replies
it was fixed in latest revision version, use
pkg upgradeI always do apt update, full-upgrade. Wasn't fixed this way, but thank you anyway.
The issue was fixed in this commit https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/commit/77294329ef86845d4a4bc52661f182628034cd9b
It may take some time to update packages in mirrors.
That's why i use official Termux dev's main repo
Tell me more đ
termux-change-repo