root-free

Execute operations without root privilege in linux.

apt install without root

• Download the shell apt-no-root.sh

• Prepare
  cp /etc/apt/sources.list path_of_apt-no-root.sh
  cd path_of_apt-no-root.sh ; chmod +x apt-no-root.sh

• Usage:
  ./apt-no-root.sh package-list

• Example:
  ./apt-no-root.sh httping dstat
  ./apt-no-root.sh glances

• After install, update envs to effective:
  source ~/.profile

• The install log in file install.log.

• How to modify the default installed values?
  search comments "modify according to" in the shell and do your modify.
  e.g. package install base dir is hold by the var BUILD_DIR (default is $HOME/root-free)

• How to add source repositories without root privilege?
  add your soruce repositories to local sources.list in dir of the shell

• How to add gpg key without root privilege?
  gpg --keyserver key_server --recv-keys keyid
  gpg --export keyid > trusted.gpg (place it to dir same as the shell in)
  or download key file (e.g. wget https://mariadb.org/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc)
  gpg --import mariadb_release_signing_key.asc
  example (add mariadb source repository gpg key):
  gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8
  gpg --export 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8 > ./trusted.gpg

• Install success but unable to run or output error?
  check if source ~/.profile executed
  check PATH (can add more path modify the shell)
  check LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  check PYTHONPATH
  check need to set more env about paths

yum install without root

• Download the shell yum-no-root.sh

• Usage:
  ./yum-no-root.sh package

• Example:
  ./yum-no-root.sh httping
  ./yum-no-root.sh glances

• After install, update envs to effective:
  source ~/.bash_profile

• The install log in file install.log.

• How to modify the default installed values?
  search comments "modify according to" in the shell and do your modify.
  e.g. package install base dir is hold by the var BUILD_DIR (default is $HOME/root-free)

• How to add source repositories without root privilege?
  add your soruce repositories to yum.conf in dir of the shell

• Install success but unable to run or output error?
  check if source ~/.bash_profile executed
  check PATH (can add more path modify the shell)
  check LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  check PYTHONPATH
  check need to set more env about paths