On 29/10/2015 3:15 pm, Wookey wrote: > +++ Brendan Simon (eTRIX) [2015-10-29 14:29 +1100]: >> What is the recommended way to use Multistrap? I'm using Jessie (Debian 8). >> >> multistrap is not in my user path, but it is in the path of root. I suppose >> I >> could run multistrap as root but I presume that is not how it is intended to >> be >> run (potentially dangerous). >> >> How should I run it as a user? > multiastrap expects you to use sudo to run it. > >> I also found polystrap. That seems like it will do everything. Is polystrap >> recommended as a good way to use multistrap? Is it maintained? It's not a >> Debian package. > Polystrap is indeed a way to use multistrap without root, and as you > say it was never packaged. It has probably not been maintained for > several years so may or may not actually work. butmultistrap hasn;t > changed much for the last couple of years either, so you have a > fighting chance. > > If you want to avoid using root then try polystrap. It is true that > you _shouldn't_ need root to generate an install image, so polystrap > is a good idea.
According to a post I saw from the original author (I think) of polystrap, he eventually gave up on it and recommends using proot. I notice there is github fork of polystrap which has proot support, and also brickstrap (another fork of polyroot with proot). Brickstrap is used for Lego Mindstorms EV3 and is quite active apparently, and it is suggested that Brickstrap would also be quite active. I'm trying Brickstrap now, and will try Polystrap also. Cheers, Brendan.
