Source: fakechroot Maintainer: Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues Section: utils Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.14), gnu-which, libjemalloc-dev (>= 5.2.1-4) , Standards-Version: 4.6.0.1 Homepage: https://github.com/dex4er/fakechroot Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/fakechroot.git Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/fakechroot Rules-Requires-Root: no Package: fakechroot Architecture: all Depends: binutils, libfakechroot (<< ${source:Version}.1~), libfakechroot (>= ${source:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Description: gives a fake chroot environment - utilities The fakechroot preloads a library which overrides libc functions, so it is possible to use root-specific tools without root privileges. . In fake chroot you can install i.e. Debian bootstrap, create developer's environment and build packages inside chroot'ed system using standard non-root user account. Package: libfakechroot Section: libs Architecture: any Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}, Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, Multi-Arch: same Description: gives a fake chroot environment - runtime This package provides a library which overrides libc functions, so it is possible to use root-specific tools without root privileges. . In fake chroot you can install i.e. Debian bootstrap, create developer's environment and build packages inside chroot'ed system using standard non-root user account.