[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > Phil Warrick wrote: >> I'm going with the chroot approach then. >> >> Following the AMD64 HOWTO in section "Running applications inside the >> chroot", I followed the instructions and then I wanted to try to run a >> 32-bit program. >> >> First I wanted to try to run some X-based program so I tried openoffice, >> which was not yet installed. When I tried to install it in the chroot, >> I got the following errors below. >> [...] >> Can someone indicate what might be wrong? I'm using kernel >> 2.6.8-9-amd-k8-smp on a dual Opteron system. > > Check your /etc/apt/sources.list file *in the chroot* and make sure it > can get to the 32-bit archive. Make sure that 'apt-get update' works > in the chroot. It looks to me like apt has no package lists at all. > > If you have 'dchroot' configured you can run the commands like this: > > dchroot editor /etc/apt/sources.list > > dchroot apt-get update > dchroot apt-get install openoffice.org > > Bob
Don't forget /etc/hosts, /etc/passwd, /etc/groups, /etc/shadow, /etc/mtab, /proc in the chroot. MfG Goswin