Questions tagged [fakeroot]
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How to know if user is root or fakeroot?
I would like to know if user is root, without minding if that user is using a fakeroot-like tool or not.
I tried the functions getuid(), geteuid() and getlogin(), but when I launch fakeroot command each of these sends my own account information…

Julien Fouilhé
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fakeroot/proot hangs during rootfs generation
I am trying to build a Debian Stretch-based armhf filesystem using multistrap, fakeroot and proot. I can create the rootfs using multistrap:
fakeroot /usr/sbin/multistrap -f multistrap.conf
Then I copy the fakeroot libraries into the rootfs…

Borkhuis
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deb/rules: No such file or directory
I was trying to build vmlinux image for my 2.6.32 kernel in ubuntu-10.04 referencing this tutorial. These are the steps I followed.
1. Installed build tools with
sudo apt-get build-dep linux-image-$(uname -r)
2. Downloaded the source using
apt-get…

newbie
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fakeroot alternative for RPM
I studying dpkg and rpm package systems. I found in dpkg manuals recommendation to use fakeroot for correct build package as non-root user. But for RPM package i don't found alternative utility. I read several manuals for build rpm packages and they…

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Building Mendel Linux error for Coral Dev Board
I'm trying to build Mendel Linux for Google Coral Dev Board on Ubuntu 20.04.
I followed the instructions step by step described in the https://coral.googlesource.com/docs/+/refs/heads/master/GettingStarted.md.
Аfter building the tree by the running…

August Rush
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Problems packaging on buster
I'm trying to build some packages from source, and I'm facing trouble that I don't understand despite lots of googling. This happens with some packages, while others compile and get packed normally. One of the softwares that fail to package is…

Deyaa
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after git pull: error: RPC failed; curl 56 GnuTLS recv error (-110)
I use Ubuntu 18.04 on WSL on my laptop and it works well with git. pushing and pulling has not been a problem. no i pushed from a different repository to my remote repository a huge directory. and as i wanted to pull it into my laptop, the mentioned…

zuiop
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Chroot/Jail ? Problem after update to Debian 12 Bookworm
After Upgrade of Bullseye to Bookworm, i cannot use chroot/jail in three cases.
I cannot build debian packages using fakeroot tool. The build ends with: "fakeroot debian/rules clean subprocess returned exit status 139" and dmesg: [83596.375961]…

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Why can't I build the deb package of my electron app? (fakeroot: nested operation not yet supported)
I am trying to build a .deb package of my electron app as described on the electron homepage and on the electron-forge homepage.
Unfortunately, I am getting the error
fakeroot: nested operation not yet supported
It seems that
attempt is made to…

Zuabi
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Yocto: Manipulating users/groups in helper class with fakeroot/pseudo
Introduction
I wrote a class, call it persist-conf-files, whose purpose is to migrate certain files installed by standard recipes into a different directory and create symbolic links to those files for persistence.
The reason for this is to have a…

sean007
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bitbake recipe error setfattr: Operation not permitted
Here is a minimal excerpt from my recipe.
fakeroot label_sign_verity() {
...
SETFATTR=${TMPDIR}/sysroots-components/$(uname -m)/attr-native/usr/bin/setfattr
echo $(whoami) #prints root because fakeroot
echo ${USER} #prints my username
…

user3513402
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creating symlinks inside a fakeroot, sometimes fail
Had the weirdest issue at work. Cannot reproduce it now. Looking for anyone with similar experiences.
We have a python script, which creates some install-packages for our embedded platform. The python script invokes a subshell with fakeroot. Inside…

Daniel
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How do I install applications inside a Singularity sandbox container?
I am trying to install Miniconda (but could be any application that requires to for example /usr/local) in a Singularity sandbox container.
I try the following:
singularity build --fakeroot --sandbox sandboxes/ubuntu:20.04…

Thomas Arildsen
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How to find fakeroot package to lauch jpackage
I've created a .jar with eclipse on ubuntu, java14 and javafx.
I wanted to create an application with jpackage.
So, I typed in a terminal jpackage --name Test --input . --main-jar Test.jar.
I have had the response :
Bundler DEB Bundle skipped…

pouce
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Cannot use sudo in jenkins' `execute shell` build step
I'm trying to use electron-installer-debian in Jenkins (version 2.346.2) dashboard. But it has a fakeroot dependency. Trying to install fakeroot using apt-get install fakeroot and error says 'permission denied'. If I use sudo apt-get install…

mui mui
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