[maemo-developers] Differenced from fakeroot apt-get install and normal apt-get install?

[From: Nicolas]

Sorry to raise an old thread, but I asked myself exactly the same question
this afternoon. And I guess everyone new to scratchbox will ask the same
question. Shouldn't that be added to the documentation on maemo.org? Btw
what is the process to contribute to the documentation?

Nicolas.

On Nov 11, 2007 10:04 PM, Ryan Pavlik <abiryan at ryand.net> wrote:

> Andrea Grandi wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > using Scratchbox, with Maemo SDK, somewhere I read this, for example:
> >
> > fakeroot apt-get install maemo-explicit
> >
> This is correct for in Scratchbox (SDK)
> > to install the package "maemo-explicit", while, for example, in
> > another site I read this:
> >
> > apt-get install python2.5-runtime
> >
> > to install the Python environment. What are the differences between
> > using fakeroot or not?
> >
> That will work if you are root on the device.  Apt-get install requires
> root priveleges, and since Scratchbox is kind of its own system, you use
> fakeroot to simulate those priveleges.  On the device, using sudo
> gainroot or the ssh method, you already have root privs so no need to do
> sudo in front of the command.  (fakeroot is somewhat like a "fake" sudo)
> > Another question: when I install an application into a target, using
> > apt-get, do I have to install it in both target?
> >
> >
> Yep!  They're two separate systems.
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
>
> Hope this helps!
>
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