Pacman Virtual Environment v0.1

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  • pacman-venv

    Create an isolated virtual environment for Pacman and supported AUR helpers

  • Hi everyone. I just released a new project called pacman-venv. This is a tool that allows you to create virtual environments for Pacman. It works similarly to Python's virtualenv. You can find the project's AUR page here and the source code here.

  • aurch

    Sets up aurutils inside a chroot for building Arch Linux AUR packages.

  • I did it using a systemd nspawn container. I made my AUR helper as both an interesting scripting project and a proof of concept for myself. https://github.com/Cody-Learner/aurch

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  • junest

    The lightweight Arch Linux based distro that runs, without root privileges, on top of any other Linux distro.

  • JuNest https://github.com/fsquillace/junest looks very complete and good, though I dislike the approach of having to download or build an image. It would be nice to be able to do stuff like clone my filesystem (already ZFS) and branch an environment off that instantly.

  • Conty

    Easy to use unprivileged Linux container packed into a single portable executable

  • Conty https://github.com/Kron4ek/Conty looks interesting, but also relies on an image, here squashfs. Mentioned in this comment along with some more options: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/xq09nf/comment/iqdigoe/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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