Hello, new Aurora user here. I’ve been attempting to install drivers for a wifi dongle via a github repo I have cloned onto my computer using git clone, but every time I attempt install the file system is read only. I have tried using chattr and chmod using sudo to change the file system permissions but no luck. Unsure if I am missing something as I am relatively new to Linux in general.
Any help is appreciated
Thank you
This is what comes to mind:
- Use
rpm-ostreefor driver installation if possible. If not build an rpm out of the src. - If you need to modify the root filesystem temporarily, you can use an overlay: sudo ostree admin unlock
This makes the filesystem writable until the next reboot. Be cautious, as this bypasses the immutable design.
Much appreciated, I’ll try it tonight when I get home
How about you get an update? Will the changes you made be gone again or will they survive the update?
The idea behind the immutable distro’s is that every user with the same version number has exactly the same OS as all other users.
Changes made to /usr after manually unlocking it do not persist past reboot. Once the system boots back up again, it will use the original /usr from the image and will not have any of the modifications from when it was unlocked.
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create an rpm out of the src then use rpm-ostree to install it