How To Install linux-user-chroot on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-user-chroot in Fedora 36. linux-user-chroot is Helper program for calling chroot(2) as non-root

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-user-chroot on Fedora 36.

What is `linux-user-chroot`

A tool made for build systems that run as non-root, offering chroot(2) and Linux container features to non-root users. Only install this on systems for which local, authenticated denial of service attacks are not a serious concern.

We can use yum or dnf to install linux-user-chroot on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install linux-user-chroot.

Install linux-user-chroot on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install linux-user-chroot using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install linux-user-chroot

Install linux-user-chroot on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install linux-user-chroot using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install linux-user-chroot

How To Uninstall linux-user-chroot on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the linux-user-chroot package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove linux-user-chroot

linux-user-chroot Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/linux-user-chroot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/8a97485a83f93ec5f9dd63ffbd25836f7c69ad
/usr/share/man/man8/linux-user-chroot.8.gz

References

linux-user-chroot website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-user-chroot on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).