Schroot allows the user to run a command or a login shell in a chroot environment. If no command is specified, a login shell will be started in the user's current working directory inside the chroot.
Very usefull tools for set multi environment and don't mess wiht Your main environment.
Very simple way for using:
First install schroot and debootstrap :
sudo apt install schroot debootstrap
Example of making environment :
sudo mkdir -p /srv/chroot/sid
sudo debootstrap sid /srv/chroot/sid
Create config file sid.conf
sudo nano /etc/schroot/chroot.d/sid.conf
[sid]
description=Sid environment
type=directory
directory=/srv/chroot/sid
users=user
root-groups=user
profile=desktop
personality=linux
preserve-environment=true
Now all is ready (change in config users and root-groups to adjust).
Example of using:
I install locales and programs (in this example python3)
schroot -u root -c sid
apt install locales python3 python3-pip
dpkg-reconfigure locales
exit
Example 1 : Start program from sid environment
schroot -c sid python3
Example 2 : Start shell in sid environment
schroot -c sid
