JuJu

JuJu: the portable GNU/Linux distribution.

Description

JuJu is a small and portable GNU/Linux distribution based on ArchLinux.

JuJu can be used inside another GNU/Linx OS via chroot. It only contains the package manager (called pacman) in order to access to a wide range of packages from ArchLinux repositories.

The main advantage of using JuJu is because you have an isolated environment in which you can install packages without affecting a production system. Another advantage is that with JuJu you can access to a really wide range of packages inside GNU/Linux systems that contains limited repositories (such as CentOS and RedHat).

Quickstart

After installing JuJu (See next section) just run the main juju script:

juju

The first time you execute it, the script will download the JuJu image and place it to the default directory ~/.juju. You will need root privileges in order to acces to the chroot.

Installation

Just clone JuJu somewhere (for example in ~/juju):

git clone git://github.com/fsquillace/juju ~/juju
export PATH=~/juju/bin:$PATH

JuJu can only works on GNU/Linux OS with kernel version greater or equal 2.6.32 in 32 or 64 bit.