In Termux login_tty() is implemented in the libutil package to support android-21. diff -u -r /home/fornwall/lib/android-ndk/sysroot/usr/include/utmp.h ./usr/include/utmp.h --- /home/fornwall/lib/android-ndk/sysroot/usr/include/utmp.h 2017-06-20 17:41:56.000000000 +0200 +++ ./usr/include/utmp.h 2017-07-02 11:42:29.724986159 +0200 @@ -102,11 +102,6 @@ void endutent(void); -#if __ANDROID_API__ >= 23 -int login_tty(int) __INTRODUCED_IN(23); -#endif /* __ANDROID_API__ >= 23 */ - - -__END_DECLS +int login_tty(int); #endif /* _UTMP_H_ */