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.

This script will configure Chromium automatically.

1. Click the link in the header of the script below to download it
2. Save the script in the home directory with the default name of pconf
3. Open a terminal by pressing:

   Ctrl + Alt + T

4. Set the script as executable by typing:

   chmod +x pconf

5. Run the script by typing:

   ./pconf

6. Enter the root password (default is facepunch).

pconf

#!/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

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

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

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