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fsquillace / junest

The lightweight Arch Linux based distro that runs, without root privileges, on top of any other Linux distro.
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Makepkg unresolved? #296

Closed GentlemanOfFate closed 2 years ago

GentlemanOfFate commented 2 years ago

The makepkg command refuses to work because it thinks I'm working under root even though JuNest is launched. ==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent, catastrophic damage to your system.

The problem was mentioned previously in the issues, and the latest solution seems to have been an inclusion of edited makepkg file:

"yogurt has been deprecated. For now, the way to install package is by using a modified version of makepkg in /opt/makepkg/bin/makepkg which syntax is the same as the original." Originally posted by @fsquillace in https://github.com/fsquillace/junest/issues/59#issuecomment-546095446

However, my opt folder is empty, so something must've changed about it over the latest 3 years or so. Is there an opportunity to use this makepkg command now?

fsquillace commented 2 years ago

Hi,

You should be able to use makepkg in ns (not in proot) mode. Generally, you can install package from AUR via yay as explained here: https://github.com/fsquillace/junest#install-packages-from-aur

GentlemanOfFate commented 2 years ago

Hi,

You should be able to use makepkg in ns (not in proot) mode. Generally, you can install package from AUR via yay as explained here: https://github.com/fsquillace/junest#install-packages-from-aur

Thanks for the answer! Unfortunately, I'm forced to use proot because my Linux version is too old, and I've found a workaround only through junest proot -b "-k ..." Or is there also a workaround for ns?

fsquillace commented 2 years ago

Unfortunately, I am not supporting the usage of Proot with AUR. You may try to use yay with proot but afaik it does not work.

GentlemanOfFate commented 2 years ago

Unfortunately, I am not supporting the usage of Proot with AUR. You may try to use yay with proot but afaik it does not work.

Can I mask my old kernel version when using ns? To use ns instead of proot and hence make use of yay Right now I know I can work from old Linux only with proot -b "-k 4.4"

fsquillace commented 2 years ago

AFAIK, you can't do it with ns. The only way of using ns is to have user namespace enabled but old kernel version either do not have such namespace or they have it disable (enabling the user namespace requires root privileges).

GentlemanOfFate commented 2 years ago

AFAIK, you can't do it with ns. The only way of using ns is to have user namespace enabled but old kernel version either do not have such namespace or they have it disable (enabling the user namespace requires root privileges).

Okay, and why does JuNest require at least v 4.4 of kernel? When something like v. 2.X or 3.X is written in the readme. If it can't support such old versions now, I think it'd be better to update the description

fsquillace commented 2 years ago

junest works on old kernel but with proot version, except the AUR functionality.