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Updated Installation Instructions for Crouton
Warning: For AMD processors, crouton appears to be broken for all current releases. At least, for me, crouton has been broken since 126.0.6478.252. But several people have been able to install crouton if they own a Chromebook which uses an ARM processor.
Note: As of ChromeOS version 117, the sudo command can no longer be executed in the crosh shell. It is now necessary to install crouton in VT-2 (ctrl-alt-f2). Login as chronos and type the following commands after downloading crouton (you may wish to printout this page, as you cannot copy and paste to/from VT-2):
Note: Note that the position of the ~/Downloads folder has been changed to ~/MyFiles/Downloads, so that your chroot will no longer have an integrated downloads folder. There may be other limitations as well. Good luck!
- Make crouton executable:
sudo install -Dt /usr/local/bin -m 755 ~/MyFiles/Downloads/crouton - Install some distro, for example:
sudo CROUTON_BRANCH=silence crouton -r focal -t xfce(the silence branch must always be used, as we lost the ability to compile cras. Also, xenial no longer works correctly.) - Login to your chroot:
sudo enter-chroot - One-time install:
sudo apt install ssh - Launch ssh:
sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start(This must be done each time you enter your chroot after logging out) - Go back to ChromeOS with ctrl-alt-f1. Press ctrl-alt-t to open the crosh shell, then type shell and Enter.
- ssh into your chroot:
ssh foo@localhost(Note: foo is the username for your chroot. The first time, you'll be asked to accept the password.) - Launch your desktop, for example:
sudo startxfce4 - To exit your chroot, use your desktop menu, which brings you back to the crosh shell, then press ctrl-d. Finally, flip back over to VT-2 and press ctrl-d again.
A few of these steps can be simplified or automated with tweaks to your chroot or .bashrc file, but the above, hopefully, we get you through the day.
For a completely different approach (experimental), please see the following: