UmVirt LFS Assistant

🐒Chimp Server
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About

Every GNU/Linux distro provides helper software. Umvirt LFS is not an exception.

The main purpose of the "UmVirt LFS Assistant" service is the provision and running of various comands and utilities inside the operating system. These commands stored not in application or script file but in a database on another machine.

Running scripts from Internet server is not good idea. So, you can deploy this "UmVirt LFS Assistant" service on a local network machine to prevent any potentionl hacker attacks and service downtimes.

One such assistant service command. allows you to compile and install the "Midnight Commander" package with all it's dependances, by just typing:

chimp install mc

Commands list

Please select release to get commands list: 0.1, 0.2, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 4145625122

Assistant installation

  1. According to Chapter 24 of the ULFS book, add XORG_CONFIG & XORG_PREFIX environment variables
  2. In the profile configuration file at /etc/profile.d/ulfs.conf add followed strings:
    export UMVIRT_ASSISTANT_URL=https://ulfs.org/linux/assistant/
    export UMVIRT_PACKAGES_URL=https://ulfs.org/linux/packages/
    export UMVIRT_RELEASE=0.1
  3. Relogin
  4. Download the chimp script:
    wget --no-check-certificate https://ulfs.org/linux/assistant/chimp -O /bin/chimp
  5. Make it executable:
    chmod +x /bin/chimp
  6. Run it:
    chimp
    If everything is ok this next message should appear:
    CHIMP IS READY TO ACCEPT COMMANDS

Usage

Install package

Package installation now much more simple (mc for example):
chimp install mc

Running commands from the assistant service

Running comands is also simple (check_environment for example):
chimp check_environment

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