fakeroot runs a command in an environment where it appears to have root privileges for file manipulation. It does this by means of LD_PRELOAD and SYSV IPC (or TCP) trickery.
fakeroot runs a command in an environment where it appears to have root privileges for file manipulation. It does this by means of LD_PRELOAD and SYSV IPC (or TCP) trickery.
To install fakeroot, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install fakeroot
To see what files were installed by fakeroot, run:
port contents fakeroot
To later upgrade fakeroot, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade fakeroot
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