Groot v18.8 is now available.
Groot is a tiny utility to chroot into a Linux system installed on another partition or directory. It is similar to the arch-chroot command on Arch Linux, and based on the same script. It can be used on any Linux distribution.
It’s useful for installing and updating packages on an installed system without booting from it. It’s also useful for fixing boot issues when a system is unable to boot.
What’s New
New command: -fixboot
There’s a new command for fixing boot issues. This command will chroot into specified directory, mount devices from fstab/crypttab files, rebuild initramfs, and update GRUB menu. It works on all distributions based on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and Arch.
This is useful for fixing simple boot issues, and for updating the grub boot menu.
This command does not reinstall GRUB to MBR/EFI as this is more complex and needs to be done carefully by the user. If you wish to reinstall GRUB you can start a chroot session and run the commands to install it.
New command: -update
There’s a new command for installing package updates. This command will chroot into specified directory, mount devices from fstab/crypttab files, and use the package manager to install available updates. It works on all distributions based on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and Arch.
This is useful for updating systems installed on other partitions without booting it.
Installation
Binary installers and DEB packages are available on the GitHub page.
You can download and install the latest release of Groot on any Linux distribution, using the following one-line commands:
# 64-bit
cd /tmp && curl -s -L https://github.com/teejee2008/groot/releases/latest | egrep -o 'teejee2008/groot/releases/download/.*/groot-v[0-9.]*-amd64.run' | wget --base=http://github.com/ -i - -O groot-latest-amd64.run && sudo chmod a+x ./groot-latest-amd64.run && sudo ./groot-latest-amd64.run
# 32-bit
cd /tmp && curl -s -L https://github.com/teejee2008/groot/releases/latest | egrep -o 'teejee2008/groot/releases/download/.*/groot-v[0-9.]*-i386.run' | wget --base=http://github.com/ -i - -O groot-latest-i386.run && sudo chmod a+x ./groot-latest-i386.run && sudo ./groot-latest-i386.run
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