Thanks, I’ll look into Termux!

> No need for random forums. You should have been able to download an official LineageOS build from https://download.lineageos.org

But even if this worked (from what I have read, others had problems), there still would be nothing to make me trust "LineageOS", as I said in the reply to your sibling - there is no real name associated to the project, no GPG key embedded in the web of trust anywhere that I can find and not even on the download page are actually signed binaries I can verify myself to be trustworthy. Not even the Wikipedia page of the project lists a single individual involved!

Surprisingly, the .zip files themselves contain an embedded TLS signature. There's a link in the footer of the download page which explains it.

But you're right, it's not GPG, and hence no web of trust behind LineageOS.