Re: chroot: java fails

["Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 01:38:54PM -0600, Karl Schmidt wrote:
> I'm hoping to get Flash and Java working with iceweasel on AMD64. The bits 
> and notes I see are not all the same and confusing.
> 
> I've set up a wiki page http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/Iceweasel to put 
> step by step information and I'm hoping someone here can fill out a full 
> procedure so there is a place to point others as well as myself.

I don't know about Java.  If you mean for Etch, then for Flash you'll
need to set up an i386 chroot.

For a basic guide, there's the amd64 howto on debian's website.

Basically, you need some free space.  If you like, it can be a separate
partition that you mount somewhere, if not just some space.  Personally,
looking at the fhs, the most appropriate place to put it was under /srv,
so I have /srv/chroot/etch-ia32

Install debootstrap on the amd64 etch system, then use it to install a
base i386 system under the chroot directory.

Install schroot on the amd64 etch system.  I posted to a debian list
today my schroot.conf file.

Then you run commands from the amd64 with e.g.

# schroot -pc etch-ia32 /usr/bin/aptitude

Then install whatever apps you need.  Note that you will not need a
kernel installed in the chroot.

Doug.