PACKAGE NAME: fakeroot-1.22.debian2-x86_64-1.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: . PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 90 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 240 K PACKAGE REQUIRED: libcap2 PACKAGE CONFLICTS: PACKAGE SUGGESTS: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: fakeroot: fakeroot 1.22.debian2 (Emulate being root) fakeroot: fakeroot: Enables a non-root program to pretend to do things on filesystem fakeroot: that usually requires root permission. It does not do any privilege fakeroot: escalation, as far as the system is concerned it is still executing fakeroot: with standard privileges; only that the program run-time environment fakeroot: is modified so that from the program view point it looks as if it fakeroot: has root permission. This is mostly useful for development purposes. fakeroot: fakeroot: fakeroot: