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Setting up an Arch chroot environment on the Steam Deck, then using as NOT a chroot environment
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| ## So you want to use stuff like 'tmux' and 'lolcat' on the Steam Deck, but they haven't been included in the base OS? | |
| # One way to do it is this. | |
| # 1. setup a chroot environment so there is a file structure in which Pacman can download/unpack packages and their dependencies. | |
| # 2. don't use it as a chroot environment; rather, add the various /bin directories inside it to your $PATH, and create an /etc/ld.so.conf.d/deck-local-arch.conf to permit the bins to find the libs they need. | |
| mkdir -p ~/.local/packer | |
| cd ~/.local | |
| #these steps are required, or else the pacstrap will fail with 'marginal trust' errors | |
| pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring | |
| pacman-key --populate archlinux |