Information about the package, schroot, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The schroot package is designed for, Execute commands in a chroot environment.
Package Name:
schroot
Summary:
Execute commands in a chroot environment
Description:
schroot allows users to execute commands or interactive shells in different chroots. Any number of named chroots may be created, and access permissions given to each, including root access for normal users, on a per-user or per-group basis. Additionally, schroot can switch to a different user in the chroot, using PAM for authentication and authorisation. All operations are logged for security. Several different types of chroot are supported, including normal directories in the filesystem, and also block devices. Sessions, persistent chroots created on the fly from files (tar with optional compression and zip) and LVM snapshots are also supported. schroot supports kernel personalities, allowing the programs run inside the chroot to have a different personality. For example, running 32-bit chroots on 64-bit systems, or even running binaries from alternative operating systems such as SVR4 or Xenix. schroot also integrates with sbuild, to allow building packages with all supported chroot types, including session-managed chroot types such as LVM snapshots. schroot shares most of its options with dchroot, but offers vastly more functionality.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.21
Release:
1.el6
Size:
715 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the schroot package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install schroot
This command will install schroot on the server.
yum remove schroot
This command will un-install schroot on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove schroot, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove schroot
This command will un-install schroot on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove schroot when using the -y flag.
yum update schroot
This command will update schroot to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove schroot, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update schroot
This command will update schroot to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove schroot when using the -y flag.
yum info schroot
This command will show you core information about the schroot package.
yum deplist schroot
This command will show you the dependencies for schroot. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update schroot
This command will check if there is an update waiting on schroot. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.