https://github.com/gsf/archrome

Arch Linux chroot for Chrome OS
https://github.com/gsf/archrome

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Arch Linux chroot for Chrome OS

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gsf/archrome
• Owner: gsf
• Created: 2013-06-10T15:47:52.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-04-18T22:41:23.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-20T02:53:17.584Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 191 KB
• Stars: 9
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# archrome

Arch Linux chroot for Chrome OS

## Install

Switch your device to developer mode and run the following:

```

curl https://raw.github.com/gsf/archrome/master/install.sh | sudo sh

```

You should feel free to inspect [install.sh](/install.sh) before you run it

locally, of course. Note that some defaults can be overridden by environment

variables.

When the script finishes, you will have a chroot with a minimal base for

building a system.

## Usage

Enter the chroot with the newly-installed `archrome` script, which wraps the

`chroot` command to handle the mounting of various directories.  If a command

is passed to `archrome`, it will be executed in the chroot instead of the

usual `/bin/bash`. For example:

```

sudo archrome date

```

Archrome aims to be the minimal environment necessary for further building of

the system. Some base packages (shadow, tzdata, etc.) and basic necessities

(git, less, vim) will need to be installed once one is in the chroot to do

much of anything. Also, users may need to be created, locales and timezones

set, etc.

### SSH

To set up an SSH server, run the following in the chroot:

```

# pacman -S openssh shadow

# ssh-keygen -A

```

Start it up with `/bin/sshd` or from outside the chroot with `sudo archrome /bin/sshd`.

### Package signing

Arch package signing has been disabled because the generating of the master key takes

a significant amount of time during installation. Also, that level of security seems

unwarranted for a chroot on a chromebook.

To enable package signing, complete the following steps:

1. Install `archlinux-keyring`

1. Run `pacman-key --init`

1. Run `pacman-key --populate archlinux`

1. Delete or comment out the `SigLevel = Never` line in /etc/pacman.conf

## Cleanup

Remember to unmount things before running `rm -rf` on a chroot! A

`grep chroot /etc/mtab` or two will help, as will this:

```

sudo umount /usr/local/chroots/arch/{proc,sys,dev/pts,dev,var/host/media,var/host/shill,var/host/Downloads}

```