Re: Trouble with running on non-debian systems.

[Alex King <alex@king.net.nz>]

Further to this, after commenting out the package check in 
/usr/lib/live/build/bootstrap_debootstrap, I got a further error about 
/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg not being available.

So I copied /usr/share/keyrings/ from the debian-archive-keyring deb, 
it's now getting a lot further.  I'm guessing it will now get to completion.

Seems like some fairly simple fixes to keep it working on non-deb 
systems, e.g. checking for the binary instead of the package, and 
working around not having the gpg files available.

Thanks,
Alex

On 27/11/20 4:30 pm, Alex King wrote:

> Reading 
> https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/html/live-manual/installation.en.html#110: 
>
>
> "Note that using Debian or a Debian-derived distribution is not required"
>
> I am trying to run it on a centos6 system.  I have all the stated 
> requirements.  Live build is installed via git clone and make 
> install.  running lb build I get:
>
> ...
>
> [2020-11-27 03:15:22] lb bootstrap_debootstrap
> P: Begin bootstrapping system...
> E: You need to install debootstrap on your host system.
> E: An unexpected failure occurred, exiting...
>
> I had debootstrap 1.0.100 or so rpm installed (from epel?)  I thought 
> that may be too old, so I removed that and installed debootstrap 
> 1.0.123 by extracting the deb straight to the filesystem.  Now I have:
>
> [root@el6 ~]# debootstrap --version
> debootstrap 1.0.123
> [root@el6 ~]# which debootstrap
> /usr/sbin/debootstrap
>
> Exact same result, "You need to install debootstrap...."
>
> Reading through /usr/lib/live/build/bootstrap_debootstrap, it's 
> running "Check_package host bin/debootstrap debootstrap"
>
> Reading through /usr/share/live/build/functions/packages.sh, it's 
> running dpkg-query to find if the package is installed.
>
> It looks like this is never going to work other than on deb based 
> systems, and the manual on the above URL is simply inconsistent with 
> reality....
>
> Any hints? Web page need updating?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex