Enable binder for Linux

Most Linux distributions do not have Binder IPC enabled by default, so additional steps are required to use it.

If you are able to build the Linux kernel yourself, you can enable Binder IPC by adding the following kernel configuration options:

CONFIG_ASHMEM=y
CONFIG_ANDROID=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDERFS=y

Other documents related to Binder IPC

• Linux kernel's Binder Document
• Anbox Docuemt

Let's examine methods to activate Binder IPC in some representative Linux distributions.