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Howto : chroot debian with X support instead libertine ubuntu

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    • B Offline
      Bouleetbil
      last edited by Bouleetbil 24 Oct 2023, 09:13

      Hello, howto debian chroot

      • Create chroot
      mkdir -p /home/phablet/Documents/debian
      sudo debootstrap \
      --include=btop,chromium,firefox-esr,maliit-inputcontext-gtk2,maliit-inputcontext-gtk3 \
      --arch arm64 \
      bookworm \
      /home/phablet/Documents/debian \
      http://deb.debian.org/debian
      

      chroot created into /home/phablet/Documents/debian

      • Create user phabet
      sudo chroot /home/phablet/Documents/debian
      useradd -m phablet --uid 32011
      
      • Configure chroot for dbus, wayland, sound ... for user phablet
        Added to /home/phablet/.bashrc into chroot
      export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/32011
      export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
      export DISPLAY=:0
      export XSOCKET=/tmp/.X11-unix/X0
      export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/32011/bus
      export USER=phablet
      #keyboard
      export QT_IM_MODULE=Maliit
      export GTK_IM_MODULE=Maliit
      
      • Start chroot as phablet user
      MCHRDIR=/home/phablet/Documents/debian
      
      cp /etc/hosts ${MCHRDIR}/etc/hosts
      cp /etc/resolv.conf ${MCHRDIR}/etc/resolv.conf
      
      mount -o bind /dev ${MCHRDIR}/dev
      mount --bind /dev/pts ${MCHRDIR}/dev/pts
      mount --bind /proc  ${MCHRDIR}/proc
      mount --bind /tmp  ${MCHRDIR}/tmp
      mount --bind /sys  ${MCHRDIR}/sys
      mount --bind /run  ${MCHRDIR}/run
      
      #dbus
      mount -o bind /var/run/dbus/ ${MCHRDIR}/var/run/dbus
      
      #shm (chromium)
      mount --bind /dev/shm/ ${MCHRDIR}/dev/shm
      
      #wayland
      mkdir -p ${MCHRDIR}/run/user/32011
      mount --bind /run/user/32011 ${MCHRDIR}/run/user/32011
      
      chroot --userspec=phablet:phablet ${MCHRDIR} \
              /usr/bin/env -i \
              HOME=/home/phablet/ \
              TERM="$TERM" \
              PS1='(lfs chroot) \u:\w\$ ' \
              PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin \
              /bin/bash --login
      
      sleep 5
      umount ${MCHRDIR}/dev/shm
      umount ${MCHRDIR}/var/run/dbus/
      umount ${MCHRDIR}/run/user/32011
      
      umount ${MCHRDIR}/run
      umount ${MCHRDIR}/sys
      umount ${MCHRDIR}/proc
      umount ${MCHRDIR}/dev/pts
      umount ${MCHRDIR}/dev
      umount ${MCHRDIR}/tmp
      

      I've tested chromium firefox all seems works here on my pixel3a focal RC

      photo1698138985.jpeg

      TIP

      • You can change PS1 in your chroot ~/.bashrc for identify quickly if you are into the chroot :
      PS1='chroot \u@\h:\w\$ '
      

      After login in your chroot

      chroot phablet@ubuntu-phablet:/home/phablet$
      
      • Change DPI
        cat ~/Documents/debian/home/phablet/.Xdefaults
      xterm*faceName: DejaVu Sans Mono
      xterm*faceSize: 10
      Xft.dpi:200
      

      You can adapt Xft.dpi with your display

      • VNC xfce4 works
        Capture d’écran du 2023-10-24 22-46-10.png

      I can use my pixel3a with lomiri as mobile, And for a little desktop VNC if I don't have my dongle. I love this device 😄

      Pixel 3a ubports focal RC version daily use with pinetime
      PinePhonePro Mobian / ubports Focal
      Redmi 9S focal devel version

      J K 2 Replies Last reply 24 Oct 2023, 13:08 Reply Quote 7
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        jarop @Bouleetbil
        last edited by 24 Oct 2023, 13:08

        @Bouleetbil Hi, do you see it behave better than libertine?

        B 1 Reply Last reply 24 Oct 2023, 13:34 Reply Quote 0
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          Bouleetbil @jarop
          last edited by Bouleetbil 24 Oct 2023, 13:34

          @jarop
          Hi,
          For me yes, but it's not really user friendly

          • I can login as root or regular user.
            libertine can not : https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8797/libertine-focal-don-t-find-group-id?_=1698153549115

          • I can add new repo
            https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/libertine/-/issues/124

          • I can add additional bind-mounts
            https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/libertine/-/issues/120

          • I can choose the GNU/Linux distribution as postmarket

          But you should start the applications in command line, the desktop files are not into the lomiri launcher.

          For chroot should more user friendly :
          Create a systemd service user for mount all necessary on startup
          Create a launcher or adapt lomiri-app-launch for start the application in this chroot
          Added .desktop from chroot to lomiri launcher

          Pixel 3a ubports focal RC version daily use with pinetime
          PinePhonePro Mobian / ubports Focal
          Redmi 9S focal devel version

          C 1 Reply Last reply 29 Dec 2023, 10:01 Reply Quote 1
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            kugiigi @Bouleetbil
            last edited by 25 Oct 2023, 11:28

            @Bouleetbil Nice! 😄 I didn't use chroot but instead installed directly in the root long time ago and I used to use xfce4 via x-forwarding on my work laptop and UT development 😁

            In case you're insterested, I think Junest is a similar solution and some people has made it work on UT.

            B 1 Reply Last reply 28 Oct 2023, 12:54 Reply Quote 0
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              Rinkeby
              last edited by Rinkeby 27 Oct 2023, 09:18

              Hey, this look great for later!

              So if I get this right, you can install .deb as a ordinary system? Blender, whatsapp client, available browsers?

              And is there an app like Alacarte so you can create shortcuts with commands? So instead of using command line, you have an icon for that command? Often use that in normal linux.

              Best regards.

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                Bouleetbil @kugiigi
                last edited by 28 Oct 2023, 12:54

                @kugiigi
                hello I will check that.

                @Rinkeby
                hello, yes I can install .deb.
                I will create a git repo with my ubports scripts when I will have some times. For show the .desktop in lormiri I will probably add a script for scan all .desktop in this chroot and export it into ~/.local/share/applications/

                Pixel 3a ubports focal RC version daily use with pinetime
                PinePhonePro Mobian / ubports Focal
                Redmi 9S focal devel version

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                  moodroid
                  last edited by 29 Oct 2023, 10:25

                  Hi @Bouleetbil - thanks for this. I'm also using a Pixel 3a (Focal) and thought I'd give this a try, but it doesn't seem to be working for me.

                  After entering the first block of code (Create chroot), it was busy doing stuff for about 10 mins, but then eventually failed with:

                  W: Failure while configuring base packages.  This will be re-attempted up to five times.
                  W: See /home/phablet/Documents/debian/debootstrap/debootstrap.log for details (possibly the package dconf-service is at fault)
                  

                  Looking thorugh the log file I just see lots of dependency errors, e.g.

                  dpkg: error processing package firefox-esr (--configure):
                   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
                  Errors were encountered while processing:
                   dconf-service
                   dconf-gsettings-backend:arm64
                   libgtk-3-common
                   libgtk-3-0:arm64
                   chromium
                   maliit-inputcontext-gtk3
                   firefox-esr
                  

                  Any ideas?

                  Thanks,

                  B 1 Reply Last reply 29 Oct 2023, 22:00 Reply Quote 0
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                    Bouleetbil @moodroid
                    last edited by 29 Oct 2023, 22:00

                    @moodroid
                    hello try to create chroot wirhout package and install packages manualy with apt

                    mkdir -p /home/phablet/Documents/debian
                    sudo debootstrap \
                    --arch arm64 \
                    bookworm \
                    /home/phablet/Documents/debian \
                    http://deb.debian.org/debian
                    

                    Pixel 3a ubports focal RC version daily use with pinetime
                    PinePhonePro Mobian / ubports Focal
                    Redmi 9S focal devel version

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                      Rinkeby @Bouleetbil
                      last edited by 2 Nov 2023, 17:49

                      @Bouleetbil

                      Hi,

                      So I tried this, But

                      sleep 5
                      umount ${MCHRDIR}/dev/shm
                      umount ${MCHRDIR}/var/run/dbus/
                      umount ${MCHRDIR}/run/user/32011

                      umount ${MCHRDIR}/run
                      umount ${MCHRDIR}/sys
                      umount ${MCHRDIR}/proc
                      umount ${MCHRDIR}/dev/pts
                      umount ${MCHRDIR}/dev
                      umount ${MCHRDIR}/tmp

                      part seems problematic as I have to be a superuser. And I dont know thte command how to start anything from terminal.

                      Any ideas?

                      B 1 Reply Last reply 5 Nov 2023, 16:37 Reply Quote 0
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                        Bouleetbil @Rinkeby
                        last edited by 5 Nov 2023, 16:37

                        @Rinkeby
                        Hi, I've created a repo gitlab for install chroot debian
                        https://gitlab.com/bouleetbil/ubports-scripts#installation

                        it provided a systemd service for mount debian chroot https://gitlab.com/bouleetbil/ubports-scripts/-/blob/main/.config/systemd/user/debian-mount.service?ref_type=heads

                        After you can create some alias

                        #debian chroot
                        alias debian='/home/phablet/bin/debian-chroot.sh /bin/bash --login'
                        alias firefox='/home/phablet/bin/debian-chroot.sh firefox'
                        
                        

                        Pixel 3a ubports focal RC version daily use with pinetime
                        PinePhonePro Mobian / ubports Focal
                        Redmi 9S focal devel version

                        R 1 Reply Last reply 5 Nov 2023, 17:22 Reply Quote 0
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                          Rinkeby @Bouleetbil
                          last edited by 5 Nov 2023, 17:22

                          @Bouleetbil

                          Thats amazing of you. I hope this get adopted. I will lean in to it a bit later.

                          So, two more happy question, I see wayland in your code, does this make interface smoother? At the moment i run Firefox through libertine, some add-ons and its actually better than click apps, including smoothness. However, it can be a touch better like in waydroid, running wayland.

                          question nr two: Have you tried something more exotic, like Brave or Libre office?

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                            Bouleetbil @Rinkeby
                            last edited by Bouleetbil 11 Jun 2023, 19:06 6 Nov 2023, 19:05

                            @Rinkeby
                            I've tested xfce4, vnc, libreoffice, ssh that works
                            I've some issues with the virtual keyboard and chromium
                            For firefox with firefox-esr-mobile-config it's not bad but the keyboard hide the search bar.

                            I use this chroot with a physical keyboard and a wireless display as a little computer.

                            BTW I've added my script for enable wake up on tap on startup https://gitlab.com/bouleetbil/ubports-scripts#enable-wake-up-on-tap-on-startup

                            Pixel 3a ubports focal RC version daily use with pinetime
                            PinePhonePro Mobian / ubports Focal
                            Redmi 9S focal devel version

                            R 1 Reply Last reply 6 Nov 2023, 23:38 Reply Quote 0
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                              Rinkeby @Bouleetbil
                              last edited by 6 Nov 2023, 23:38

                              @Bouleetbil

                              amazing!

                              But sorry, I have another question (Keeps the thread on top tough) and that is that I see libertine now in your script. will it messup my already existing libertine setup. because I got firefox up and nice with ad ons. and will it be a conflict?

                              best regards.

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                                Bouleetbil @Rinkeby
                                last edited by 7 Nov 2023, 08:02

                                @Rinkeby
                                Hello, no problem, you will have any conflict. It's just the official chroot for ubports.
                                I use it for test libertine.

                                Pixel 3a ubports focal RC version daily use with pinetime
                                PinePhonePro Mobian / ubports Focal
                                Redmi 9S focal devel version

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                                  moodroid
                                  last edited by 7 Nov 2023, 19:02

                                  Thanks @Bouleetbil
                                  I did try the new command to create the chroot, and it worked fine. But I was still struggling with some of the later steps.
                                  Hopefully this will make it simpler - looking forward to trying it out…

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                                    Rinkeby @Bouleetbil
                                    last edited by 8 Nov 2023, 18:10

                                    @Bouleetbil

                                    Hey, I cant get it to work. Only get "can not connect to bus.

                                    here is a dump

                                    ce7f3cdc-d37b-4d75-bb3e-0139e7eecaf5-image.png

                                    B 1 Reply Last reply 9 Nov 2023, 21:42 Reply Quote 0
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                                      Bouleetbil @Rinkeby
                                      last edited by 9 Nov 2023, 21:42

                                      @Rinkeby hello don't lanch install.sh with root. The scripts use sudo

                                      Pixel 3a ubports focal RC version daily use with pinetime
                                      PinePhonePro Mobian / ubports Focal
                                      Redmi 9S focal devel version

                                      R 1 Reply Last reply 9 Nov 2023, 23:21 Reply Quote 0
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                                        Rinkeby @Bouleetbil
                                        last edited by 9 Nov 2023, 23:21

                                        @Bouleetbil

                                        welp. regardless, nothing works. You done great work. But, Im just lost and it doesnt work here and there.

                                        take your time to see and test if you can make a manual or a full install script. It all got a bit fragmented perhaps?

                                        R 1 Reply Last reply 10 Nov 2023, 15:10 Reply Quote 0
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                                          moodroid
                                          last edited by 10 Nov 2023, 11:01

                                          Hi @Bouleetbil - I've just tried, and got this:

                                          phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/ubports-scripts$ ./install.sh
                                          cp: cannot create regular file '/home/phablet/.config/systemd/user/debian-mount.service': No such file or directory
                                          Failed to enable unit: Unit file debian-mount.service does not exist.
                                          

                                          Any ideas?

                                          Thanks

                                          B 1 Reply Last reply 11 Nov 2023, 05:53 Reply Quote 0
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                                            Rinkeby @Rinkeby
                                            last edited by 10 Nov 2023, 15:10

                                            @Rinkeby

                                            Came out harsh for some reason. But what I meant was, that I really hope to see something that works. Because I long for it!

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