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What is fakeroot

  Date: Dec 11    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 447
  

An application called fakeroot is trying to install on my system through
Synaptic. Color me paranoid, but when an application with the name of
fakeroot and the below *description tries to install on my machine,
without me asking for it, I need to know a little more about it before
permitting it. What is this application?

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Answer #1    Answered On: Dec 11    

With Linux on the rise, I'm just waiting for someone to find a way to
spoof an existing repository and send something malicious to everyone.
The update icon lights up and most will click on it without a second
thought.

 
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