Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Running 3rd-party Ubuntu apps on Gentoo
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2018 10:30:47
Message-Id: 20180107103031.0f897377@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Running 3rd-party Ubuntu apps on Gentoo by Grant Edwards
1 On Sun, 7 Jan 2018 03:48:45 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
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3 > 2) Install Ubuntu in a second partition and install the apps there.
4 > Then under Gentoo, mount that partition and run the app binaries
5 > in situ after setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to make sure the app finds
6 > the Ubuntu libraries instead of the Gentoo ones. Or instead of
7 > setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH, run the apps in a chroot environment that
8 > shares the X11 Unix domain socket and some directories with the
9 > Gentoo portion?
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11 2a) Create an Ubuntu container and install and run the apps there.
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