Recipe 13.10. Installing Software from Knoppix
13.10.1 Problem
You need to run apt-get,
apt-rpm, up2date, or some
other updater utility that needs to be run from inside its own root
filesystem.
13.10.2 Solution
In Knoppix, you can chroot to the root
filesystem on the hard drive. Open a Knoppix root shell, then do:
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# mount -o rw /mnt/hda6
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# chroot /mnt/hda6
root@Knoppix:/
This gives you a root shell in the filesystem on the hard drive, as
though you were booted directly into it. You are no longer in the
/mnt directory in Knoppix. Now you can run any
command, as though the system had booted normally. That includes
commands for updating software like apt-get.
13.10.3 Discussion
From an ordinary Knoppix session it's easy to keep
track of your whereabouts, as all the filesystems on the hard drive
are mounted under /mnt. But in
chroot, you won't see Knoppix
files. If you get confused, try poking around and reading
filenames—you should recognize files that belong on the hard
drive, and not to Knoppix.
13.10.4 See Also
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