Jim Newsome <j...@sporksmith.net> writes:
> Sorry for (presumably) breaking threading; I came across this online > and don't see a way to set my in-reply-to-email header properly. > > Anyways just thought I'd mention that I recently learned about this > feature, and was able to use it to get a downloaded [Tor Browser > Bundle] running with: > > > ``` > guix shell \ > --container \ > --network \ > --emulate-fhs \ > --preserve='^DISPLAY$' > --share=/run/user/$(id -u)/gdm \ > openssl@1 \ > libevent \ > pciutils \ > dbus-glib \ > bash \ > libgccjit \ > libcxx \ > gtk+ \ > coreutils \ > grep \ > sed \ > file \ > alsa-lib \ > -- \ > ./start-tor-browser.desktop -v > ``` > > `--preserve='^DISPLAY$'` and `--share=/run/user/$(id -u)/gdm` are to > get access to the display. I'm not sure the second parameter is > universally correct; I reverse-engineered it via roughly `ps aux | > grep -- -auth`. > > The `-v` parameter to the browser script keeps it from trying to > background itself, which otherwise causes the container and browser to > terminate. > > It'd ultimately be nice to package the Tor Browser Bundle properly for > guix, but it's nice to be able to use it this way in the meantime. > > -Jim > > [Tor Browser Bundle]: https://www.torproject.org/download/ Any idea how to use this for running appimages? Or anything that requires FUSE in general?
