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Package: schroot (1.3.1-1)

Experimental package

Warning: This package is from the experimental distribution. That means it is likely unstable or buggy, and it may even cause data loss. Please be sure to consult the changelog and other possible documentation before using it.

Execute commands in a chroot environment

schroot allows users to execute commands or interactive shells in different chroots. Any number of named chroots may be created, and access permissions given to each, including root access for normal users, on a per-user or per-group basis. Additionally, schroot can switch to a different user in the chroot, using PAM for authentication and authorisation. All operations are logged for security.

Several different types of chroot are supported, including normal directories in the filesystem, and also block devices. Sessions, persistent chroots created on the fly from files (tar with optional compression and zip) and LVM snapshots are also supported.

schroot supports kernel personalities, allowing the programs run inside the chroot to have a different personality. For example, running 32-bit chroots on 64-bit systems, or even running binaries from alternative operating systems such as SVR4 or Xenix.

schroot also integrates with sbuild, to allow building packages with all supported chroot types, including session-managed chroot types such as LVM snapshots.

schroot shares most of its options with dchroot, but offers vastly more functionality.

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  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: libboost-filesystem1.40.0 (>= 1.40.0-1)
    filesystem operations (portable paths, iteration over directories, etc) in C++
  • dep: libboost-program-options1.40.0 (>= 1.40.0-1)
    program options library for C++
  • dep: libboost-regex1.40.0 (>= 1.40.0-1)
    regular expression library for C++
  • dep: libboost-system1.40.0 (>= 1.40.0-1)
    Operating system (e.g. diagnostics support) library
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.10) [hppa]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3) [amd64]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~) [i386]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
    dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.4) [alpha]
  • dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) [not hppa]
    GCC support library
  • dep: libgcc4 (>= 4.1.1) [hppa]
    GCC support library
  • dep: liblockdev1
    Run-time shared library for locking devices
  • dep: libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
    Pluggable Authentication Modules library
  • dep: libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1)
    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
  • dep: libunwind7 [ia64]
    A library to determine the call-chain of a program - runtime
  • dep: libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
    Universally Unique ID library
  • dep: schroot-common (= 1.3.1-1)
    common files for schroot
  • sug: aufs-modules
    Package not available
    or unionfs-modules
    Package not available
  • sug: debootstrap
    Bootstrap a basic Debian system
  • sug: lvm2
    The Linux Logical Volume Manager
  • sug: unzip
    De-archiver for .zip files

Download schroot

Download for all available architectures
Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 833.7 kB2756 kB [list of files]
amd64 757.5 kB2252 kB [list of files]
hppa 880.5 kB2680 kB [list of files]
i386 727.5 kB2156 kB [list of files]
ia64 1,000.7 kB3708 kB [list of files]
s390 743.9 kB2232 kB [list of files]
sparc 1,524.3 kB4320 kB [list of files]