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minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoCan you just use a random Distrobox as a chroot? And what about Flatpaks?
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoYeah, Flatpaks work as well. But not everything is in Flatpaks.
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThey use glibc as part of the runtime, dont they?
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYeah. The flatpak installer is usually tweaked on these distros to also include glibc libraries… because I think Flatpak presumes you’re running a glibc distro.
Can you just use a random Distrobox as a chroot?
And what about Flatpaks?
Yeah, Flatpaks work as well. But not everything is in Flatpaks.
They use glibc as part of the runtime, dont they?
Yeah. The flatpak installer is usually tweaked on these distros to also include glibc libraries… because I think Flatpak presumes you’re running a glibc distro.