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Questions tagged [chrome-os]

Chrome OS is the commercial version installed on specific hardware from Google's manufacturing partners.

Chrome OS is built upon the open source project called Chromium OS which, unlike Chrome OS, can be compiled from the downloaded source code.

A simulator exists to try out ChromeOS and discover features like installing Android apps.

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Running Python on ChromeOS

Is it possible to run the Python interpreter on a ChromeOS machine? I've found various editors you can use, but I would like the ability to run python applications as well. I would like to purchase the Samsung Chromebook, and being a computer…
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In Chrome OS, Bash won't execute my script. How do I get Bash to run my script?

I have a foo.sh file in my current directory. If I try to run ./foo.sh, I get: -bash: ./foo.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied But if I run /bin/sh ./foo.sh then it runs fine. How can I fix this so I can just run ./foo.sh and it…
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loadkeys says "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console" in chroot on ChromeOS

I've been trying the "Developer console" in ChromeOS( dev mode), which is entered by Ctrl+Alt+Forward but when switching the keyboard layout with loadkeys cz I got an error saying Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console. I get the…
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How can I get a package manager on a Samsung Chromebook?

I have enabled developer mode, and I can access the shell, but I don't have the emerge command, I remember reading that ChromeOS is built on Gentoo. How can I get a package manager on ChromeOS?
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Disable beep/chime in Secure Shell in Chrome OS

How do I disable the beep/bell sound that is emitted in Secure Shell in Chrome OS? When certain commands fail, such as pressing backspace on an empty command line or on a failing tab autocompletion, I hear a very loud and annoying sound. It seems…
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How to tell Chromium-browser to run a url as single instance not multiple instances?

I have a web application which crawls data and any browser download it first the second one will not get that crawl informations. While using Chromium-browser in a PC i start as below: $ chromium-browser -kiosk…
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Permission Denied: cd into directory

I'm using a Chromebook and would like to navigate inside the Android container via the shell. The container is mounted at the path /run/containers/android_XXXXX. When trying to cd into the directory, I'm told Permission Denied. I've tried running…
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How to run a shell script (bash) on a chromebook?

I have a shell script and I need to run it in order to connect to a remote ubuntu linux machine having encrypted HDD, in order to enter the passphrase. There's a shell script for this, but I have a chromebook most of the time when away. Can this be…
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Unable to boot Chromium OS from USB drive

I have tried both my own builds of Chromium OS and Hexxeh's daily Vanilla builds, and neither work. I copy them over to my flash drive, but when I try to boot from it, nothing happens except my backlight flashing on and off a few times, then a…
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How do I fix iptables in ChromeOS?

Using the shell in chrosh in ChromeOS I followed some (apparently terrible) advice to flush my IP tables. using the command sudo iptables -F I am now unable to connect to the internet at all. All web pages return the 'This webpage is not…
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What software do all linux distributions have in common?

A little context: I recently installed Arch Linux on a chromebook through a bizarre hack in which I used an install script to install Ubuntu and then overwrote the Ubuntu rootfs with an Arch rootfs. I'm not sure what the mechanics are behind this…
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bash: wget: command not found

I'm using ASUS-Chromebook-Flip-C302CA / Google Chrome OS - Version 65.0.3325.35 (Official Build) dev (64-bit) and I'm trying to follow Visual Studio Code for Chromebooks and Raspberry Pi, yet failing to execute last step with following…
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Bash completion for user without access to /etc

I'm using a Chromebook (with a developer mode enabled), and as someone of you may know, there is no write access to the system directories (including /etc/). I'd like to enable the bash-completion option for the local user without adding any files…
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chromeos - failed to read partition table

I am trying to install archlinux natively on my chromebook. I am following the instructions here, however when I try to create a new disk label for GPT localhost ~ # parted /dev/mmcblk1 mklabel gpt I get the following error: localhost ~ # partx -t…
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Python 2.7 on Samsung ChromeBook

I notice that there is a /usr/bin/python which is symlinked to /usr/local/bin/python2.7 on Samsung Chromebook (GOOGLE_RELEASE=4319.79.0). But there is no file there and hence the directory entries show up in red. Is there some way of installing /…
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