chroot issues

devadittya · 2010-10-28 22:48:37

So, I am trying to get chroot (32 bit environment) to work within my x64 installation. So far I have been following this wiki guide : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … _in_Arch64

I am running into an issue with installing firefox. This is what the output says:

[root@arch_devb /]# pacman -S firefox
warning: firefox-3.6.12-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): firefox-3.6.12-1

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   3.55 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
checking package integrity...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                               [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading firefox                                                                         [########################################################] 100%
/tmp/alpm_bWsroe/.INSTALL: line 2: /usr/bin/update-desktop-database: No such file or directory
error: command failed to execute correctly

Allan · 2010-10-28 23:08:29

It looks like firefox does not have a dependency for the update-desktop-database command. It does not matter as you are in a chroot...

wonder · 2010-10-28 23:09:54

Allan wrote:

It looks like firefox does not have a dependency for the update-desktop-database command. It does not matter as you are in a chroot...

 pacman -Qo update-desktop-database 
/usr/bin/update-desktop-database is owned by desktop-file-utils 0.16-1


Repository     : extra
Name           : firefox
Version        : 3.6.12-1
Depends On     : xulrunner=1.9.2.12  desktop-file-utils

somebody didn't installed firefox in the right way

devadittya · 2010-10-29 09:05:14

Installed xulrunner, then ran into other errors. I am now thinking of completely getting rid of arch64, and installing the i686 version.
Thanks a lot guys.

GSF1200S · 2010-11-04 03:30:04

devadittya wrote:

Installed xulrunner, then ran into other errors. I am now thinking of completely getting rid of arch64, and installing the i686 version.
Thanks a lot guys.

What errors? You have to tell us for us to help (and to help others with the same problem). Encountering a few issues is the best way to learn. I just installed firefox 15 minutes ago on Arch via chroot in Gentoo (not exactly the same, but still). Give us the exact error when you try to install it (copy the terminal output here).

Last edited by GSF1200S (2010-11-04 03:31:23)

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#1 2010-10-28 22:48:37

chroot issues

#2 2010-10-28 23:08:29

Re: chroot issues

#3 2010-10-28 23:09:54

Re: chroot issues

#4 2010-10-29 09:05:14

Re: chroot issues

#5 2010-11-04 03:30:04

Re: chroot issues

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