fakeroot

Run a command in an environment faking root privileges for file manipulation. More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/latest/fakeroot/fakeroot.1.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/fakeroot.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install fakeroot
Ubuntu
apt-get install fakeroot
Alpine
apk add fakeroot
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S fakeroot
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install fakeroot
CentOS
yum install fakeroot
Fedora
dnf install fakeroot
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install fakeroot
OS X
brew install fakeroot
Raspbian
apt-get install fakeroot
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/fakeroot
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/fakeroot fakeroot powered by Commando

Run a command in an environment faking root privileges for file manipulation. More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/latest/fakeroot/fakeroot.1.html>.

  • Start the default shell as fakeroot:
    fakeroot
  • Run a command as fakeroot:
    fakeroot -- command command_arguments
  • Run a command as fakeroot and save the environment to a file on exit:
    fakeroot -s path/to/file -- command command_arguments
  • Load a fakeroot environment and run a command as fakeroot:
    fakeroot -i path/to/file -- command command_arguments
  • Run a command keeping the real ownership of files instead of pretending they are owned by root:
    fakeroot --unknown-is-real -- command command_arguments
  • Display help:
    fakeroot --help

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