====== Adding Packages ====== Chromium OS is built on top of Ubuntu Karmic Koala, which means you can easily install packages that are present in Ubuntu. //None of these packages have been tested on Chromium OS, so please make sure you tread carefully before installing a package. There will be no help should you break your Chromium OS Installation!// You can either configure Chromium manually or you can use a shell script. ===== Shell Script ===== This script will configure Chromium automatically. ==== Instructions ==== -Click the link in the header of the script below to download it -Save the script in the home directory with the default name of pconf -Open a terminal by pressing: Ctrl + Alt + T -Set the script as executable by typing: chmod +x pconf -Run the script by typing: ./pconf -Enter the root password (default is //facepunch//). ==== Script ==== #!/bin/sh echo Please enter the root password: sudo -K sudo mount -o remount,rw / sudo mkdir -p /var/cache/apt/archives/partial sudo mkdir -p /var/log/apt sudo mkdir -p /var/cache/debconf sudo touch /var/cache/debconf/config.dat sudo chmod a+w /var/cache/debconf/config.dat sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list sudo chmod a+w /etc/apt/sources.list sudo echo deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic main restricted > /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt-get update ===== Manual Instructions ===== ==== Preliminary Work ==== Apt is already installed, but some folders are missing. Create them first. * Open a terminal Ctrl + Alt + T * Make the filesystem writable sudo mount -o rw,remount / * create the needed folders sudo mkdir -p /var/cache/apt/archives/partial sudo mkdir -p /var/log/apt sudo mkdir -p /var/cache/debconf ==== The config.dat file ==== Next you'll need to add the config.dat file. * Create the file sudo touch /var/cache/debconf/config.dat * Make it writable (optional?) sudo chmod a+w /var/cache/debconf/config.dat ==== The sources.list file ==== Finally you'll need to add the sources.list file. * Create the file sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list * Make it writable sudo chmod a+w /etc/apt/sources.list * Put the repository in the file echo deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic main restricted > /etc/apt/sources.list * Update apt sudo apt-get update