Install package without root privileges and compiling to specific directory
Solution 1
dpkg -i gedit_3.10.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb --force-not-root --root=~/test
You have not provided the filename where it expects the filename, so it throws the error "no such file or directory".
Solution 2
I actually made a tool for this purpose https://github.com/z3r0n3t/pkget I really hope it helps someone just see the readme
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scs over 1 year
I would like to automatically install the required software in a shell script if it is not already present. I would like to use apt-get to install software (my example is gedit) to a specific directory without using root privileges and without running additional program specific scripts for compiling the software.
I tried the approach from https://askubuntu.com/questions/193695/installing-packages-into-local-directory (last post from user172681) with the example of gedit, but it results in an error.
Example:
cd test apt-get download gedit
Get:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main gedit amd64 3.10.4-0ubuntu4 [478 kB] Fetched 478 kB in 0s (3.356 kB/s)
ls
gedit_3.10.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
dpkg -i --force-not-root --root=~/test gedit_3.10.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: unable to access dpkg status area: No such file or directory
Any ideas ?
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jehad almost 8 yearsDuplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/18858412/…
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