# Apt-get install on Chomebook Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Kolibri\ **Tags:** installation, download\ **Created:** [November 28, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/apt-get-install-on-chomebook-linux/917 "2018-11-28T17:21:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![educell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/educell/32/224_2.png) [@educell](https://community.learningequality.org/u/educell)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/apt-get-install-on-chomebook-linux/917/1 "2018-11-28T17:21:49Z")
I have a chromebook that I’ve enabled Linux on by switching to the beta channel and enabling Linux in settings within ChromeOS. I was able to install libreoffice with sudo apt-get install libreoffice. When I run this command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:learningequality/kolibri I get this error: > Exception in thread Thread-1: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File “/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py”, line 914, in \_bootstrap\_inner > self.run() > File “/usr/lib/python3.5/threading.py”, line 862, in run > self.\_target(\*self.\_args, \*\*self.\_kwargs) > File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py”, line 688, in addkey\_func > func(\*\*kwargs) > File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py”, line 386, in add\_key > return apsk.add\_ppa\_signing\_key() > File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py”, line 252, in add\_ppa\_signing\_key > tmp\_keyring, tmp\_secret\_keyring, signing\_key\_fingerprint, tmp\_keyring\_dir): > File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py”, line 181, in \_recv\_key > “–recv”, signing\_key\_fingerprint, > File “/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py”, line 247, in call > with Popen(\*popenargs, \*\*kwargs) as p: > File “/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py”, line 676, in **init** > restore\_signals, start\_new\_session) > File “/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py”, line 1282, in \_execute\_child > raise child\_exception\_type(errno\_num, err\_msg) > FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘gpg’ And then when I try to install Kolibri, I get this error: E: Unable to locate package kolibri What am I doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![jredrejo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/jredrejo/32/561_2.png) [@jredrejo](https://community.learningequality.org/u/jredrejo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/apt-get-install-on-chomebook-linux/917/2 "2018-11-28T19:03:57Z")
Hi educell, it looks like a problem in your Linux settings. The package does not even begin to install. I don’t know if ppa can be used in a chromebook. In this particular case, according to your error traceback is clear your Linux installation is not complete to use `add-apt-repository` because it complains of a missing package, gpg. This thread [https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/comments/91a4i4/trying\_to\_add\_repo/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/comments/91a4i4/trying_to_add_repo/) seems to provide a solution. If that solution fails, you can[download the package](https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/releases) and install it manually, without apt, doing `sudo dpkg -i kolibri_0.11.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb` Hope it helps ---
**Author:** ![educell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/educell/32/224_2.png) [@educell](https://community.learningequality.org/u/educell)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/apt-get-install-on-chomebook-linux/917/3 "2018-11-28T19:46:12Z")
Thanks for the response. So I did ``` sudo apt-get install gpg ``` and tried to add the ppa again. This time I get this error: > Err:10 [Index of /learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu](http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu) disco/main amd64 Packages > 404 Not Found > Ign:12 [Index of /learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu](http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu) disco/main Translation-en\_US > Ign:13 [Index of /learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu](http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu) disco/main Translation-en > Reading package lists… Done > W: The repository ‘[Index of /learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu](http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu) disco Release’ does not have a Release file. > N: Data from such a repository can’t be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. > N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. > E: Failed to fetch [http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu/dists/disco/main/binary-amd64/Packages](http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/kolibri/ubuntu/dists/disco/main/binary-amd64/Packages) 404 Not Found > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Then if I try to install Kolibri I get the same error as before. So based on [this forum](https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2196704), I think I need to find the “gpg keys” for the Kolibri ppa…but my googling isn’t turning anything up. Any ideas? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jredrejo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/jredrejo/32/561_2.png) [@jredrejo](https://community.learningequality.org/u/jredrejo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/apt-get-install-on-chomebook-linux/917/4 "2018-11-28T20:01:10Z")
Well, the problem now it’s totally different, apt seems to work now. You could skip the gpg keys problem accepting the package, but… the problem is the package does not exist for the ‘disco’ version of ubuntu. Your system says you are using such version, and it just does not exist. I have never used a chromebook but it’s clear the Linux setup is not very clean. You can solve it editing the file in your chromebook (maybe it’s in /etc/apt/sources.list.d ) changing the word `disco` by `stable` . This is a problem you are going to have with any ppa you want to install, so the long term solution is fixing your system to avoid the use of the word ‘disco’ as a release name. ---
**Author:** ![educell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/educell/32/224_2.png) [@educell](https://community.learningequality.org/u/educell)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 9:29am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/apt-get-install-on-chomebook-linux/917/5 "2018-11-29T09:29:11Z")
I can install Kolibri from the .deb package and it will run on that machine, but is not accessible from other devices on the network. Maybe because the Linux environment on a Chromebook is a virtual machine…? I know Kolibri has plans to eventually run on a Chromebook, but I thought that with the new Linux feature on Chromebooks I could get it working now. I’m going to keep running on the chromebook I converted to a Linux machine for now. It would be really convenient in the future if Kolibri could install and run in the linux environment that comes with ChromeOS if it can’t run on ChromeOS itself. With the ChromeOS Linux environment, I can run the other essential offline programs like libreoffice, so besides Kolibri, my teachers can use stock chromebooks and I don’t have to worry about them exiting developer mode or me having to totally convert to a linux machine. Implementation would be much simpler if Kolibri would work on the Chromebook. ---
**Author:** ![jredrejo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/jredrejo/32/561_2.png) [@jredrejo](https://community.learningequality.org/u/jredrejo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/apt-get-install-on-chomebook-linux/917/6 "2018-11-29T09:57:02Z")
Yes, it would be nice to have that support too. I think your problem must be some kind of firewall the chromebook has set, so it does not allow external access to the Linux part. If you link here the tutorial or instructions you followed to install it I can take a look, just in case. Sorry for not being able to be more helpful, but without having access to that kind of device it’s quite difficult ---
**Author:** ![educell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/educell/32/224_2.png) [@educell](https://community.learningequality.org/u/educell)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/apt-get-install-on-chomebook-linux/917/7 "2018-11-29T10:25:44Z")
I never found a really good tutorial, I had to use pieces from several, but here some links I used: > **[Get More Out of Your Chromebook by Running Linux Apps](https://gizmodo.com/how-to-get-more-out-of-your-chromebook-by-running-linux-1829058899)** > > Chrome OS, itself based on the Linux kernel, can now run Linux apps—the circle is complete. If you’ve got the latest version of Chrome OS, and a fairly new Chromebook, you can now install some of the best applications Linux has to offer. Here’s how... > **[Stable Linux app support expected to roll out in Chrome OS version 69](https://www.xda-developers.com/stable-linux-apps-chrome-os-69/)** > > The ability to run Linux apps on Chromebooks is going to be available on the Stable and Beta channels with Chrome OS version 69. > **[The best Linux apps for your Chromebook](https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/06/best-linux-apps-chrome-os/)** > > Chromebooks can now run Linux-based applications, and even though the feature is mostly intended for use by developers, it can also benefit regular What I actually did: 1. switch to [beta channel](https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1086915?hl=en) 2. enable the [crostini experimental flag](https://9to5google.com/2018/06/03/how-to-enable-linux-apps-beta-chrome-os-android-basics/) 3. [Turn on Linux](https://9to5google.com/2018/06/03/how-to-enable-linux-apps-beta-chrome-os-android-basics/) in main settings After that I could install libreoffice with sudo apt-get install libreoffice. In order to install the .deb Kolibri package, I had to move the package to the “Linux folder” on the chromebook. I’m currently running Kolibri on a chromebook that I modified the firmware using [this script](https://mrchromebox.tech/#fwscript) and then installed [GalliumOS](https://galliumos.org/) on. Thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![benjamin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/benjamin/32/574_2.png) [@benjamin](https://community.learningequality.org/u/benjamin)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/apt-get-install-on-chomebook-linux/917/8 "2018-11-29T13:17:57Z")
Hi @educell Indeed, using a PPA on ChromeOS will give you some general issues as @jredrejo mentions. It’s not the required way, though. It’s the suggested way for Ubuntu/Debian systems. I would recommend to use the RPi installation instructions instead, thereby navigating entirely clear of the PPA issues… 1. Remove your current PPA by doing `sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/learningequality*` 2. Go to [manual RPi setup](https://kolibri.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install/raspberry_pi_manual.html) and follow the instructions there. The RPi instructions also mention to install some `cffi` packages, and I think that could be relevant for your ChromeOS, too.