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Add debootstrap and debian-chroot packages #799

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@Eeems Eeems commented Dec 23, 2023

This adds the following new packages:

  1. debootstrap - This will let you create a debian install in a subdirectory
  2. debian-chroot - This will install a minimal debian install to /opt/lib/debian-chroot and then chroot into it, or run commands in it's chroot

debian-chroot example usage:

$ debian-chroot # Will enter an interactive bash session in the chroot for you
$ debian-chroot apt-install nano # Will install nano in the chroot for you
$ debian-chroot bash -x <<'EOT'
 set -e
 apt install -y \
   python3-dev \
   libffi-dev \
   python3-pip \
   python3-venv \
   patchelf \
   ccache \
   upx
 python3 -m venv /opt/lib/nuitka
 source /opt/lib/nuitka/bin/activate
 pip install \
   --extra-index-url https://wheels.eeems.codes/ \
   nuitka
EOT # Will install nuitka in the chroot for you in a python venv

@Eeems Eeems added the packages Add or improve packages of the repository label Dec 23, 2023
@Eeems Eeems added this to the 2023-W52 Merge Window milestone Dec 23, 2023
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Eeems commented Dec 23, 2023

The primary use-case for this would be to run things that can't be run with entware. The full install size is around 600MB, which is much larger than the package, due to using debootstrap to handle the actual install. I don't really recommend using this on a real device, but it's quite useful for helping automate builds using qemu.

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Etn40ff commented Mar 2, 2024

Installation fails on rm2:

reMarkable: /tmp/ opkg install rmall/debian-chroot_0.0.0-1_rmall.ipk rmall/debootstrap_1.0.133-1_rmall.ipk
Package debian-chroot (0.0.0-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package debootstrap (1.0.133-1) installed in root is up to date.
Configuring debian-chroot.
/opt/bin/debian-chroot: line 3: /home/root/.config/debian-chroot.conf: No such file or directory
Collected errors:
 * pkg_run_script: package "debian-chroot" postinst script returned status 1.
 * opkg_configure: debian-chroot.postinst returned 1.

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Etn40ff commented Mar 2, 2024

Also, /opt/usr/sbin is not in $PATH

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Eeems commented Mar 2, 2024

Also, /opt/usr/sbin is not in $PATH

https://github.com/toltec-dev/toltec/blob/stable/package%2Ftoltec-bootstrap%2Ftoltecctl#L189

It should be, if it's not on your path, something has removed it.

I'll have to look at this, as it was on my path.

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Etn40ff commented Mar 2, 2024

here is some more:

reMarkable: /tmp/ opkg install rmall/debian-chroot_0.0.0-1_rmall.ipk
Installing debian-chroot (0.0.0-1) to root...
Configuring debian-chroot.
/opt/usr/sbin/debootstrap: line 21: /usr/share/debootstrap/functions: No such file or directory
cat: can't open '/opt/lib/debian-chroot/debootstrap/debootstrap.log': No such file or directory
Collected errors:
 * pkg_run_script: package "debian-chroot" postinst script returned status 1.
 * opkg_configure: debian-chroot.postinst returned 1.

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Eeems commented Mar 2, 2024

Okay, that should fix it.

Uninstall is broken at the moment, as umount doesn't have the -q flag

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Eeems commented Mar 2, 2024

Uninstall currently requires being run twice, as it fails the first time. I assume something with umount is the issue, but I don't really have time to test a fix for it at the moment.

@Eeems Eeems modified the milestones: 2024-W22 Merge Window, 2024-W23 May 30, 2024
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