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chromebrew

Package manager for Chrome OS

Supported Systems

Architecture Supported?
x86_64 Yes
i686 Yes
armv7l Yes
aarch64 Yes

Here, I'm releasing personally modified chromebrew. Modifications are listed at below. If you are looking for the original chromebrew, please refer the original site.

Basically, I want to merge all modifications here to the original one. So, this chromebrew often rebase to the original one to make merging easier.

Overview

Chromebooks with Chrome OS run a Linux kernel. The only missing pieces to use them as full-featured Linux distro were gcc and make with their dependencies. Well, these pieces aren't missing anymore. Say hello to chromebrew!

Prerequisites

You will need a Chromebook with developer mode enabled.

On the ChromiumOS Wiki select your device and follow the instructions listed there.

Please be aware of the fact that developer mode is insecure if not properly configured.

Installation

Open the terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T and type shell.

If this command returns ERROR: unknown command: shell please have a second look at the prerequisites and make sure your Chromebook is in developer mode.

Then download and run the installation script below:

wget -q https://raw.github.com/skycocker/chromebrew/master/install.sh && yes | bash install.sh

-- or --

curl -Ls git.io/vddgY -o install.sh && yes | bash install.sh

On a rooted Google OnHub, the command needs to be run with the "chronos" user. In order to make su work, a password is needed for the chronos user.

# passwd chronos
Changing password for chronos.
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
# su - chronos
Password:
$ curl -Ls git.io/vddgY -o install.sh && yes | bash install.sh

Usage

crew <command> [-k|--keep] <package1> [<package2> ...]

Where available commands are:

  • build [build package(s) from source and store the archive and checksum in the current working directory]
  • download [download package(s) to CREW_BREW_DIR (/usr/local/tmp/crew by default), but don't install]
  • files [display installed files of package(s).]
  • help [get information about command usage]
  • install [install package(s) along with dependencies after prompting for confirmation]
  • remove [remove package(s)]
  • search [look for a package]
  • update [update crew itself]
  • upgrade [update all or specific package(s)]
  • whatprovides [regex search for package(s) that contains file(s)]

Available packages are listed in the packages directory.

Chromebrew will wipe its BREW_DIR (/usr/local/tmp/crew by default) after installation unless you pass -k or --keep when running crew install.

crew install --keep <package1> [<package2> ...]

Modifications

Chromebrew at this repository is modified from its original, https://github.com/skycocker/chromebrew. I'll merge these modifications to the original, but it's time consuming.

What modifications are:

  • Refactoring crew
    • Add binstall (build and install)
    • Clean working directory before source extraction

License

Copyright 2013-2017 Michal Siwek and all the awesome contributors. Copyright 2016-2017 Kazushi (Jam) Marukawa, ARM related stuff and local modifications.

This project including all of its source files is released under the terms of GNU General Public License (version 3 or later).

Thanks Davy for putting pre-compiled gcc for ARM. It was the beginning of chromebrew for ARM.