Is there any maintained applications which provide a layered sandbox filesystem for Debian? Similar to what sandboxie does in Windows. Perhaps it is even possible in Debian itself as standard.
Here is an example of what I am talking about, but not updated in 5 years.
I am not looking for something for security reasons. I just want to be able to install .deb packages that think they are installed like normal but do not have any impact on my real system. This would allow me to install notepadqq or chromium 93 from the Debian testing without actually installing any dependencies from that repo.
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Layered Sandbox Filesystem
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Re: Layered Sandbox Filesystem
What you want to do is not possible. If you install a program from Debian testing whose dependencies cannot be satisfied by the packages in Debian stable, then you must install the dependencies from Debian testing in order for that software to work. However, there is a way to isolate those dependencies from the rest of the system.Linuxembourg wrote: ↑2021-11-30 17:40 I just want to be able to install .deb packages that think they are installed like normal but do not have any impact on my real system. This would allow me to install notepadqq or chromium 93 from the Debian testing without actually installing any dependencies from that repo.
You can do this fairly easily using Firejail:
https://firejail.wordpress.com/document ... ge/#chroot
You can also use Firejail's OverlayFS option to test new Debian stable programs:
https://firejail.wordpress.com/document ... #overlayfs
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Re: Layered Sandbox Filesystem
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Re: Layered Sandbox Filesystem
Thank you. That's what I am looking for.pcalvert wrote: ↑2021-12-01 03:47What you want to do is not possible. If you install a program from Debian testing whose dependencies cannot be satisfied by the packages in Debian stable, then you must install the dependencies from Debian testing in order for that software to work. However, there is a way to isolate those dependencies from the rest of the system.Linuxembourg wrote: ↑2021-11-30 17:40 I just want to be able to install .deb packages that think they are installed like normal but do not have any impact on my real system. This would allow me to install notepadqq or chromium 93 from the Debian testing without actually installing any dependencies from that repo.
You can do this fairly easily using Firejail:
https://firejail.wordpress.com/document ... ge/#chroot
You can also use Firejail's OverlayFS option to test new Debian stable programs:
https://firejail.wordpress.com/document ... #overlayfs
I worded it badly initially. I meant I don't want to really install any dependencies.