Local Apps

Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) jonathan at ubuntu.com
Fri Sep 10 17:27:11 BST 2010


Hi Kees

On 10/09/2010 12:11, Kees wrote:
> I am trying to install firefox as a local app (following this guide:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSPKarmicLocalAppsFirefox)
> However I get stuck at the first hurdle. When I am trying to update apt
> in the chroot environment it seems like it has no internet access in
> there. Probably something I have done wrong in my network setup (one
> nic). When I do 'sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 route' or 'sudo chroot
> /opt/ltsp/i386 ifconfig' both commands complain about lack of network
> support.
> 
> I can log in on via ltsp and run firefox there without any problems. But
> I don't seem to be able to install it as a local app.
> 
> I am not even sure where I should look for this one. If anyone can help
> me that would be much appreciated.

The nameservers are probably not set in the chroot, try this before you
do the 'sudo chroot...' step:

sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/

-Jonathan



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