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crouton is a set of scripts that bundle up into an easy-to-use, Chromium OS-centric chroot generator.

crouton is a set of scripts that bundle up into an easy-to-use, Chromium OS-centric chroot generator. Currently Ubuntu and Debian are supported (using debootstrap behind the scenes), but "Chromium OS Debian, Ubuntu, and Probably Other Distros Eventually Chroot Environment" doesn't acronymize as well (crodupodece is admittedly pretty fun to say, though).

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MongoDB - Xubuntu crouton - can't start service

I've tried following the installation instructions laid out here: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/ But I run into a problem with, I'm guessing, Upstart/initctl and I can't get the mongod service to start other than…
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smlnj interactive system: fatal error

Getting a strange error on my Crouton chroot on my Chromebook after apt-get install smlnj and attempting to call sml from the terminal, an error that I haven't been able to find anywhere else: $ sml /usr/lib/smlnj/bin/sml: Error -- unable to map…
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Unable to Run mksdcard sdk tool on ARMv7 Processor Ubuntu 14.04

When trying to install Android Studio on my Linux Laptop, I get "Unable to Run mksdcard tool" From what I can tell from searching, this is usually caused by lacking the 32 bit compatibility libraries on 64 bit Linux, however I am running it on an…
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Compile for Chromebook using Crouton

I currently have an Asus c300 chromebook. Since it doesn't have legacy boot, I'm using crouton to get a more standard command line environment. I was able to install gcc very easily in the chroot environment. It works very well under chroot. Since…
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gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-Wundef-prefix=HAVE_,CRAS_' Error

I have a chromebook for simple coding projects but am trying to open a linux desktop environment. After running the command sudo cp ~/Downloads/crouton /usr/local/ then after sudo sh ~/usr/local/crouton -t unity (Usually id do a different…
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Run script on crouton start up

I have a chromebook, running crouton. I have a particular script I want to run when crouton starts (i.e., when I enter the chroot with enter-chroot). Is there a way to do this? Searching google for this is giving me pages about starting crouton…
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Run a shell command through a Chrome App

I have Crouton on my Chromebook with Spotify inside an Ubuntu chroot. I can execute Spotify inside an Ubuntu chroot as a single app window via a Crouton command. I want to create a Chrome OS application that acts as a launcher for Spotify, Skype,…
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ULX libraries for NI LabVIEW in Linux

I have a Chromebook, and at my college we're doing some programming in LabVIEW. I have Crouton installed and know that I can install LabVIEW in Linux. However, we also need the ULX libraries for our project. It seems that these are only available…
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Install ruby 1.9.2-head via RVM fails during compilation ('__rvm_make -j2')

Background: Running ubuntu 14.04 (xfce) via crouton on a Hp Chromebook 14. Overview: I'm attempting to install ruby 1.9.2 via rvm. RVM says 1.9.2 requires 2.x and installs without problem. Upon following thru with 1.9.2 it fails during compilation…
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C code compiles on Virtual Machine with Ubuntu 18.04, not on Crouton: Struct redef error

I have a SDK for a camera that works without issue on Ubuntu 18.04 that I run through a virtual machine. I'm trying to get the camera to work on my chromebook, so I installed crouton. When I attempt to replicate the process on crouton, however, I…
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Unable to run executable built using gcc

I have setup a new environment - it's a chroot containing Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) in a Chromebook (Asus flip C100P - ARM based). I've got gcc and g++ installed. I created a simple "hello, world" program (test.c) and compiled it via: gcc -o t.exe…
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Install/import sklearn module on Spyder 2.1? (Ubuntu)

I am trying to import the sklearn module into Spyder 2.1 (for Python 2.7). I have installed it on Anaconda through the terminal, but when I try to import it from the console in Spyder I get this error: ImportError: No module named…
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Black / transparent screen with kivy on chromebook

When trying to run a simple hello world program, kivy will show either a black or a transparent (a visual copy of everything underneath) screen. Using Ubuntu 14.04 on Acer Chromebook C740. Similar to this Running Kivy on Linux xfce (chromebook)…
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wi-fi disconnected during crouton installation

I purchased an Asus c300m with the soul aim of developing my linux skills I followed the instruction to boot in developer mode and execute the following command to start downloading downloading crouton/ubuntu on it sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -t…
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Running Eclipse on HP 14 Chromebook with crouton and xfce. When ever I enter in Eclipse screen turns black

Ok, so I am a standing at the beginning on my relationship to linux and spend the last couple of days to get Eclipse running on my Chromebook using crouton. Now I ran into this really weird problem: When ever I start Eclipse everything works fine. I…
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