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fakeroot runs a command in an environment wherein it appears to have root privileges for file manipulation.

fakeroot runs a command in an environment wherein it appears to have root privileges for file manipulation. This is useful for allowing users to create archives (tar, ar, .deb etc.) with files in them with root permissions/ownership.

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How to fix "zsh compinit: insecure directories"?

When I run fakeroot in zsh it always gives me this warning: zsh compinit: insecure directories, run compaudit for list. Ignore insecure directories and continue [y] or abort compinit [n]? I can continue by pressing y and then fakeroot works. I'm…
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Issue with changing permissions

I don't understand why the permission does not change for a user when I run the chmod command with fakeroot. Initially, the file has these permissions: -rwxr-xr-x a.txt* When I try to change the permission for the file using chmod it works…
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How to rebuild the kernel in 20.04 without debian/rules clean

After downloading the source and i can LANG=C fakeroot debian/rules binary-headers binary-generic binary-perarch to build the kernel, but if i change a file in the kernel drivers and run it again, the deb image is not updated, and debian/rules…
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Fakeroot 1.25 error on configure.ac

I´m trying to install fakeroot, but when I run autoconf to create a configure file the output is this: configure.ac:7: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. …
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Ubuntu Environment Is Broken

After installation, this PC's Desktop does not look like the Desktop on my other PC.
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