chromebrew

Package manager for Chrome OS

Supported Systems

Overview

Chromebooks with Chrome OS run a Linux kernel. The only missing pieces to use them as full-featured Linux distro were gcc and make with their dependencies. Well, these pieces aren't missing anymore. Say hello to chromebrew!

Prerequisites

You will need a Chromebook with developer mode enabled.

On the ChromiumOS Wiki select your device and follow the instructions listed there.

Please be aware of the fact that developer mode is insecure if not properly configured.

Installation

Open the terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T and type shell.

If this command returns ERROR: unknown command: shell please have a second look at the prerequisites and make sure your Chromebook is in developer mode.

Then download and run the installation script below:

wget -q -O - https://raw.github.com/skycocker/chromebrew/master/install.sh | bash

Usage

crew <command> <package> <keep[temporary files]>

Where available commands are:

• build [build a package from source and store the archive and checksum in the current working directory]
• download [download a package to CREW_BREW_DIR (/usr/local/tmp/crew by default), but don't install it]
• help [get information about command usage]
• install [install a package along with its dependencies after prompting for confirmation]
• remove [remove a package]
• search [look for a package]
• update [update crew itself]
• upgrade [update all or a specific package]
• whatprovides [regex search for package(s) that contains file(s)]

Available packages are listed in the packages directory.

Chromebrew will wipe its BREW_DIR (/usr/local/tmp/crew by default) after installation unless you pass "keep" as the last parameter when running "crew install".

crew install <package> keep

License

Copyright 2013 Michal Siwek and all the awesome contributors.

This project including all of its source files is released under the terms of GNU General Public License (version 3 or later).