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First of all, I have inside an android Operating System a chroot environment created using Linux Deploy. I am able to access it from Android using a terminal emulator and root permission. I would like to run a script inside it. However, when trying to run the script, or even normal shell commands, it doesn't executes and returns this error:

"No such file or directory"

So, I am wondering, is it there a way to execute, from the host within a chroot environment, commands/scripts? Has the problem to do with the proper setting of the environment PATH variable?

I am able to execute ls command within the chroot environment but when printing with the -la argument it doesn't even show the . and .. directories. Could someone explain why is this happening and how could we overcome this issue?

P.D.: I've posted this issue in unix/linux stack exchange because I thought it concerns more to it. However, if you recommend me to also post it in stackoverflow or any other, I am open to do so.

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    You must of course populate the chroot environment before chrooting into it. To run commands it must have /bin, /sbin etc. with the commands in them.
    – AlexP
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 11:54
  • Actually, I can find them on the chroot environment. However, when executing it shows the error described above.
    – Santiago Nicolas Martin
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 13:20
  • If you have a correctly populated the chroot environment (including libraries for example), have you tried invoking the commands using their full pathname?
    – AlexP
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 17:01
  • I am currently trying to populate the chroot environment. I tried invoking the commands using their full pathname or even changing the PATH environment variable to search on the chroot bin but still didn't work.
    – Santiago Nicolas Martin
    Commented Nov 7, 2017 at 12:09

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It sounds like you may not have fully configured your chroot environment. Here are instructions for setting up a Debian chroot on Android:

There are lots of other OS-specific instructions online for setting up a chroot, e.g.:

The bottom line is that you typically would install the programs into your chroot environment before trying to execute them. What have you done to setup your chroot?

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  • I have just installed a linux image using linux deploy app, which as I understand created a chroot environment. I was able to enter this chroot environment through the terminal emulator. I Don't know if I was totally clear with this, maybe I should rephrase the question.
    – Santiago Nicolas Martin
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 13:18
  • @SantiagoNicolasMartin Sure. Can you explain why you need (or want) to run scripts/programs from the host environment without installing them in the chrooted environment?
    – igal
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 14:05
  • Sure, It comes really from the need to install rockchip's gstreamer plugins on linux, as I am working on a video processing project. When running the installation script for this plugins from the chroot environment which is accessed via VNC, it doesn't find some files, which I suppose are on the host system which can't be accessed. Therefore, I am trying to see if running the script on the host environment could fix this issue and install the plugins on the chroot's linux.
    – Santiago Nicolas Martin
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 14:14
  • Why not install those files in the chroot environment?
    – igal
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 14:26
  • In fact, I do not know what are those files I am missing because I supposed they were already there on the package one can download from github. It seems I need extra stuff which seems to be no documentation about.
    – Santiago Nicolas Martin
    Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 15:30

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