Root Less ArchLinux

Try to use Archlinux official package repository to make a root less linux distribution.

For now, it is just a test, nothing else, don't expect too much.

Development

As you can see, there is only one file. Why, for now it's really simple, I just want that someone just get this file and execute it. Maybe in a future we may create a "real" python module/program and deploy using pip. However, in each case we need to have a solution to pack everything and give only one file to deploy a Root Less ArchLinux in hostile environnement.

Usage

Hum hum, very limited features and not fully implemented ! ;)

To bootstrap the environment you could define the RLARCH_PREFIX

$ export RLARCH_PREFIX=<your path to install the RLAL>

Once this variable is defined you have to create the env:

$ rlarch --create-env

Then you could install load the ArchLinux referential using:

$ rlarch -Sy

Finally, you could install package:

$ rlarch -S gcc

Note

• You have to be sure to have xz tools available on your PATH
• You have to be sure to have patchelf available on your PATH

Next Step

• write the installed package into the db/local directory.
  we do not keep what packages are installed :(
• change the workflow, we should prefer: download all packages, verify checksums then install packages.

Requirements:

• xz utils
• patchelf from NixOs project (http://nixos.org/patchelf.html)
• Python version 2.7 (do not work for now wyth Python 3.3)

Packages

• valgrind: you have to export VALGRIND_LIB=$RLARCH_PREFIX/usr/lib/valgrind