# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Termux/Android install and update compatibility issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #40328: fix(update): support Termux/PRoot environments (hardlink cross-device + build isolation)
- PR #40377: fix(update): support Termux/PRoot environments (UV_LINK_MODE=copy)

These issues and PRs address multiple problems running the project on Termux and PRoot Android environments, including uv installation hangs, wrong extras groups being used during updates, hardlink/cross-device errors, and 32-bit ARM compatibility. The members share a common theme of making installation and update paths work correctly on Android/Termux.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #40328: fix(update): support Termux/PRoot environments (hardlink cross-device + build isolation)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40335: fix(update): detect PRoot environments and set UV_LINK_MODE=copy**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#40377`, `#40328`
- **#40377: fix(update): support Termux/PRoot environments (UV_LINK_MODE=copy)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `nix/python.nix`, `pyproject.toml`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`