[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] becoming root in scratchbox

[From: Toni Willberg]

Chris Bare wrote:
> I'm trying to install libexpat1_1.95.8-3_i386.deb and
> libexpat1-dev_1.95.8-3_i386.deb inside scratchbox. (I downloaded these files
> from http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo1.1rc5/free/e/expat/)
> 
> I tried dpkg -i libexpat1_1.95.8-3_i386.deb
> 
> but it says:
> dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
> 
> when I try to su within scratchbox, my normal root password does not work. I
> tried "rootme" and got:
> 
> su: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted
> 
> what am I doing wrong here?

You mailed to maemo-developers list. Using Maemo SDK (and 770) should go 
to -users...

Other than that, try "fakeroot dpkg ..." :)