How to apt install only on one user account?
I need to install a few packages on a server, but I need them to be available through only one user's account.
More specifically, I have a developer who will use those packages for testing some stuff before installing them system wide. I am running on Ubuntu 18.04. Is there any way to do it?
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I need to install a few packages on a server, but I need them to be available through only one user's account.
More specifically, I have a developer who will use those packages for testing some stuff before installing them system wide. I am running on Ubuntu 18.04. Is there any way to do it?
linux ubuntu
edited Jan 13 at 1:42
Scott
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asked Jan 13 at 1:19
D. VargasD. Vargas
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duplicate: Installing a package with apt-get for a single user, How do I install an application by DEB file for a single user only?
– phuclv
Jan 13 at 8:29
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I need to install a few packages on a server, but I need them to be available through only one user's account.
More specifically, I have a developer who will use those packages for testing some stuff before installing them system wide. I am running on Ubuntu 18.04. Is there any way to do it?
linux ubuntu
edited Jan 13 at 1:42
Scott
15.7k113890
asked Jan 13 at 1:19
D. VargasD. Vargas
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I need to install a few packages on a server, but I need them to be available through only one user's account.
More specifically, I have a developer who will use those packages for testing some stuff before installing them system wide. I am running on Ubuntu 18.04. Is there any way to do it?
linux ubuntu
linux ubuntu
edited Jan 13 at 1:42
Scott
15.7k113890
asked Jan 13 at 1:19
D. VargasD. Vargas
61
edited Jan 13 at 1:42
Scott
15.7k113890
asked Jan 13 at 1:19
D. VargasD. Vargas
61
edited Jan 13 at 1:42
Scott
15.7k113890
edited Jan 13 at 1:42
Scott
15.7k113890
edited Jan 13 at 1:42
Scott
15.7k113890
15.7k113890
asked Jan 13 at 1:19
D. VargasD. Vargas
61
asked Jan 13 at 1:19
D. VargasD. Vargas
61
asked Jan 13 at 1:19
D. VargasD. Vargas
61
61
duplicate: Installing a package with apt-get for a single user, How do I install an application by DEB file for a single user only?
– phuclv
Jan 13 at 8:29
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duplicate: Installing a package with apt-get for a single user, How do I install an application by DEB file for a single user only?
– phuclv
Jan 13 at 8:29
duplicate: Installing a package with apt-get for a single user, How do I install an application by DEB file for a single user only?
– phuclv
Jan 13 at 8:29
duplicate: Installing a package with apt-get for a single user, How do I install an application by DEB file for a single user only?
– phuclv
Jan 13 at 8:29
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apt by definition installs everything system-wide.
You can download the .deb packages and install them with dpkg --root=... into some other tree, but then this tree will not be recognized by the system, and you'll have to manually fiddle with library configurations etc.
You can also create your own system tree using chroot, but again this is a lot of trouble, and you'll need to copy a good part of your installed system.
All of this is fairly involved. So the simplest way is "don't try to make it available to just one user". Instead, clone your complete server, run it in a VM etc., and have your developer test things this way. This has the additional advantage that he'll be testing with a setup identical to a production setup, so there'll be no surprises.
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apt by definition installs everything system-wide.
You can download the .deb packages and install them with dpkg --root=... into some other tree, but then this tree will not be recognized by the system, and you'll have to manually fiddle with library configurations etc.
You can also create your own system tree using chroot, but again this is a lot of trouble, and you'll need to copy a good part of your installed system.
All of this is fairly involved. So the simplest way is "don't try to make it available to just one user". Instead, clone your complete server, run it in a VM etc., and have your developer test things this way. This has the additional advantage that he'll be testing with a setup identical to a production setup, so there'll be no surprises.
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apt by definition installs everything system-wide.
You can download the .deb packages and install them with dpkg --root=... into some other tree, but then this tree will not be recognized by the system, and you'll have to manually fiddle with library configurations etc.
You can also create your own system tree using chroot, but again this is a lot of trouble, and you'll need to copy a good part of your installed system.
All of this is fairly involved. So the simplest way is "don't try to make it available to just one user". Instead, clone your complete server, run it in a VM etc., and have your developer test things this way. This has the additional advantage that he'll be testing with a setup identical to a production setup, so there'll be no surprises.
answered Jan 13 at 8:26
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apt by definition installs everything system-wide.
You can download the .deb packages and install them with dpkg --root=... into some other tree, but then this tree will not be recognized by the system, and you'll have to manually fiddle with library configurations etc.
You can also create your own system tree using chroot, but again this is a lot of trouble, and you'll need to copy a good part of your installed system.
All of this is fairly involved. So the simplest way is "don't try to make it available to just one user". Instead, clone your complete server, run it in a VM etc., and have your developer test things this way. This has the additional advantage that he'll be testing with a setup identical to a production setup, so there'll be no surprises.
answered Jan 13 at 8:26
dirktdirkt
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apt by definition installs everything system-wide.
You can download the .deb packages and install them with dpkg --root=... into some other tree, but then this tree will not be recognized by the system, and you'll have to manually fiddle with library configurations etc.
You can also create your own system tree using chroot, but again this is a lot of trouble, and you'll need to copy a good part of your installed system.
All of this is fairly involved. So the simplest way is "don't try to make it available to just one user". Instead, clone your complete server, run it in a VM etc., and have your developer test things this way. This has the additional advantage that he'll be testing with a setup identical to a production setup, so there'll be no surprises.
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duplicate: Installing a package with apt-get for a single user, How do I install an application by DEB file for a single user only?
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