[Bug]: codex miserably fails

[tomiia]

Problem description

when trying to run codex, it gives use a warning
proceeding, even though we could not update PATH: try_lock() not supported

and then fail with
Error: thread/start failed during TUI bootstrap

apparently someone is working on it
wallentx/codex-termux#5

someone shared that related to cpal patch too, no idea if it's relevant but who knows
https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/blob/a52e7a540a38c6817a2e58808374e10deec677fd/x11-packages/rnote/build.sh#L31

What steps will reproduce the bug?

install codex-cli from tur repo with pkg command

pkg install tur-repo
pkg install codex
codex

then login with your preferred method
(it is not reproducible without login in first)

What is the expected behavior?

codex should launch after login but does not

System information

termux-info:

Termux Variables:
TERMUX_API_VERSION=0.53.0
TERMUX_APK_RELEASE=F_DROID
TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_MANAGER=apt
TERMUX_APP_PID=1722
TERMUX_APP__DATA_DIR=/data/user/0/com.termux
TERMUX_APP__LEGACY_DATA_DIR=/data/data/com.termux
TERMUX_APP__SE_FILE_CONTEXT=u:object_r:app_data_file:s0:c220,c257,c512,c768
TERMUX_APP__SE_INFO=default:targetSdkVersion=28:complete
TERMUX_IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD=0
TERMUX_MAIN_PACKAGE_FORMAT=debian
TERMUX_VERSION=0.118.3
TERMUX__HOME=/data/data/com.termux/files/home
TERMUX__PREFIX=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr
TERMUX__ROOTFS_DIR=/data/data/com.termux/files
TERMUX__SE_PROCESS_CONTEXT=u:r:untrusted_app_27:s0:c220,c257,c512,c768
TERMUX__USER_ID=0
Packages CPU architecture:
aarch64
Subscribed repositories:
\# sources.list
deb https://packages.termux.dev/apt/termux-main stable main
\# tur-repo (sources.list.d/tur.list)
deb https://tur.kcubeterm.com tur-packages tur tur-on-device tur-continuous
Updatable packages:
golang/stable 3:1.26.2 aarch64 [upgradable from: 3:1.26.1]
mesa-vulkan-icd-swrast/stable 26.0.5 aarch64 [upgradable from: 26.0.4]
openssl/stable 1:3.6.2 aarch64 [upgradable from: 1:3.6.1]
surge-cli/tur-packages 0.8.1 aarch64 [upgradable from: 0.8.0-1]
termux-tools version:
1.45.0
Android version:
15
Kernel build information:
Linux localhost 6.1.118-android14-11-ga3b9c44908dd-ab13320413 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr  7 08:09:31 UTC 2025 aarch64 Android
Device manufacturer:
Xiaomi
Device model:
24115RA8EG
Supported ABIs:
SUPPORTED_ABIS: arm64-v8a
SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS:
SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS: arm64-v8a
LD Variables:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
LD_PRELOAD=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/libtermux-exec-ld-preload.so
Installed termux plugins:
com.termux.widget versionCode:1001
com.termux.api versionCode:1002
com.termux.tasker versionCode:1002

[robertkirkman]

pkg install codex-cli doesn't work. Are you sure that is the right reproduction command?

[tomiia]

thx you @robertkirkman i fixed it
I confused the npm command to install it, which has the name codex-cli

I also fixed the reproduction step and included images

[wallentx]

https://github.com/wallentx/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.122.0-alpha.10-termux

[robertkirkman]

Awesome! Thank you for all the work you did on this!

so, it may be possible to apply this PR as a patch to the TUR package also,

wallentx/codex-termux#18

and maybe it can solve this issue.

i am working on some other things currently but I will try that when I can if someone else does not first. there is a possibility that licy183 might try. i don't really use LLM tools personally so i would not be the best at testing it.

[robertkirkman]

licy183, in case you do not know the context, the reason why wallentx's PR can't be a PR to the upstream codex and has to be a PR into his own repo is because upstream codex does not allow PRs from unprivileged contributors.

[wallentx]

Yep, this, and the current dependency code has on rusty_v8, which does not provide an android compatible crate. I forked denoland/rusty_v8 and built an android compatible crate, which my codex fork is using.

[tomiia]

so what does it means

[tomiia]

do I need to manually install it?