with a user with sudo access to become root:
<pre>
-apt-get install git vmdebootstrap mercurial python-docutils \
- mktorrent extlinux virtualbox qemu-user-static binfmt-support \
- u-boot-tools
git clone http://anonscm.debian.org/git/freedombox/freedom-maker.git \
freedom-maker
+sudo apt-get install git vmdebootstrap mercurial python-docutils \
+ mktorrent extlinux virtualbox qemu-user-static binfmt-support \
+ u-boot-tools
make -C freedom-maker dreamplug-image raspberry-image virtualbox-image
</pre>
-<p>See the README for more details on the build. If you do not want
-all three images, trim the make line. But note that thanks to
-<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/741407">a race condition in
+<p>Root access is needed to run debootstrap and mount loopback
+devices. See the README for more details on the build. If you do not
+want all three images, trim the make line. But note that thanks to <a
+href="https://bugs.debian.org/741407">a race condition in
vmdebootstrap</a>, the build might fail without the patch to the
kpartx call.</p>