Remco <m...@rwv.io> writes: > 2021/12/08 20:10, André A. Gomes: > >> From a freedom perspective, what are my options? Running a virtual >> machine with ubuntu/fedora for this sole purpose? > > I've had some success running debian packages from a chroot environment > on my guix installation. There's a debootstrap package which allows you > to create a chroot environment. > > Something like: > > guix shell debootstrap -- debootstrap --arch=amd64 bullseye > my-bullseye-install > > and then: > > mount -t proc proc my-bullseye-install/proc > mount -t devpts devpts my-bullseye-install/dev/pts > chroot my-bullseye-install /bin/bash --login > > You'll probably need to run all these as root.
Thank you for this valuable tip, Remco. -- André A. Gomes "Free Thought, Free World"
