Hi Jim, On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 05:39 PM, Jim Newsome wrote:
> 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. Thanks again for this! I slightly modified it for the blog post, which you can see in draft form at <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/60112>. I used 'gcc:lib' instead of 'libgccjit' as it is smaller, and changed the needed display options to be like the previous ones I had. Yours didn't work for me since it looks like it relies on sharing something from GDM, which I don't use. But do let me know if my version doesn't work for you. Also gave you credit for this example; if you prefer not to be mentioned by name/link to the mailing list for any reason, just let me know. Oh, and we do have some (older) patches for building the Tor Browser from source, but I don't know if they currently work: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/42380> Your example was great though, something very useful! John
