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fakeroot を Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper でインストール

fakeroot のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

インストール

追加のインストールコマンド

macOS

Homebrew確認済み · 100%
brew install fakeroot

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts確認済み · 94%
sudo port install fakeroot

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/fakeroot/Portfile · ソース: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apk確認済み · 92%
sudo apk add fakeroot

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · fakeroot · ソース: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian apt確認済み · 92%
sudo apt install fakeroot

Debian stable package indexes · fakeroot · ソース: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnf確認済み · 92%
sudo dnf install fakeroot

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · fakeroot · ソース: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nix確認済み · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#fakeroot

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fa/fakeroot/package.nix · ソース: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacman確認済み · 92%
sudo pacman -S fakeroot

Arch Linux sync databases · fakeroot · ソース: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypper確認済み · 92%
sudo zypper install fakeroot

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · fakeroot · ソース: download.opensuse.org

概要

パッケージ概要

Provide a fake root environment

コマンドとエイリアス

  • faked
  • fakeroot

履歴

プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

fakeroot runs a command in an environment where file manipulation appears to happen with root privileges, without granting real root access. It is a core packaging utility because archives can be built with root-looking ownership, permissions, and device metadata by unprivileged users.

プロジェクトの歴史

fakeroot entered Debian in June 1997 as a tool by Joost Witteveen. Early changelog entries show it rapidly gaining wrappers for chown, chmod, stat, mkdir, rename, and related calls, plus IPC handling and tests needed to make dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot reliable.

The manpage explains the central implementation: fakeroot replaces selected file-manipulation library functions with wrappers loaded through LD_PRELOAD, while the faked daemon preserves the fake ownership and permission view. The design intentionally avoids wrapping some calls such as open() because too many libc interactions would create fragile loops and portability problems.

Over time fakeroot became maintained as a Debian project package, with authors and contributors including Joost Witteveen, Clint Adams, Timo Savola, Regis Duchesne, Mikhail Gusarov, J.H.M. Dassen for the manual page, and Kyle J. McKay for OS X support. The current Salsa repository tracks ongoing fixes for libc, architecture, translation, xattr, time64, and cross-build behavior.

採用の歴史

fakeroot was specifically written to enable users to create Debian packages without root privileges. The manpage documents dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot and debuild -rfakeroot as normal workflows, and notes that debuild defaults to fakeroot in modern usage.

Its adoption spread beyond Debian because the problem is generic to Unix packaging: package builds often need archive metadata to say root:root even though the build user should not be root. The package-manager list in the input shows fakeroot packaged across APK, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/DNF, MacPorts, Nix, Arch/pacman, Ubuntu, and openSUSE/zypper ecosystems.

使われ方

Typical use wraps only the packaging or archive-creation phase, not the configure or binary build phase. The manpage warns that configure-style probes can get confused when fakeroot changes apparent system behavior, and recommends letting Debian build targets call fakeroot at the correct stage.

fakeroot is also useful for tar, ar, .deb, backup, and restore workflows that need root-looking ownership or device information in an archive. Its -s and -i options can save and reload a fakeroot environment, with documented caveats about touching files outside the saved fake view.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

fakeroot matters because it helped make unprivileged package builds routine. Before tools like fakeroot, a packager either needed real root privileges to create files with root ownership before archiving, or had to construct archive metadata directly.

It is also an instructive Unix packaging artifact: small, sharp, LD_PRELOAD-based, explicitly non-setuid, and honest about its limitations. Distribution maintainers care about it because subtle libc, stat, xattr, and architecture changes can affect whether huge portions of a packaging ecosystem build reproducibly without privilege.

タイムライン

  • 1997-06: Initial Debian changelog entry for fakeroot 0.0-0.
  • 1997-07: Changelog states dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot works reliably and the package was built as non-root.
  • 1997-08: A manpage and additional wrappers/tests are added.
  • 2014: Debian manpage revision documents the modern fakeroot command behavior.
  • 2018: The Debian Salsa repository is created.
  • 2026: fakeroot 1.38.1-1 is uploaded to Debian unstable with xattr and unknown-file handling fixes.

Related projects

  • fakeroot is tightly connected to faked, dpkg-buildpackage, debuild, deb archives, and Debian packaging policy. The manpage also contrasts its intentionally limited wrappers with libtricks-style broader interception.

セキュリティ状態

保護ツール対応はまだ見つかっていません

fakeroot に一致するローカルシークレット処理マニフェストは見つかりませんでした。将来の対応で安定したパッケージ URL を使えるよう、Nucleus パッケージメタデータはここに公開されています。

インストール挙動

  • formula メタデータに Homebrew post-install フックは記録されていません。
  • Homebrew bottle メタデータは 6 個のプラットフォームターゲットで利用できます。

推奨レビュー

エージェントに無人実行させる前に、このツールが平文の認証情報を読むか、リモート状態を書き込むか、成果物を公開するか、プラグインを起動するかを確認してください。

実行可能ファイル

インストールされる実行可能ファイル

コマンド種類公開範囲メモ
fakedcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
fakerootcliグローバル実行可能ファイル

鮮度

バージョンと鮮度

これらの信号は、ページ生成時期、パッケージマネージャの活動、上流リリース比較を分けて示します。バージョン遅れは、証拠 URL と比較可能なバージョンがある場合だけ警告されます。

ページ生成日2026-07-08
マネージャ版1.38.1
マネージャ更新日2026-05-21
ローカルデータOK
上流not checked
検出された最新未検出

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fakeroot

インストールメタデータ

パッケージメタデータ

パッケージキーbrew:fakeroot
バージョン1.38.1
パッケージマネージャHomebrew
パッケージマネージャページhttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fakeroot
ホームページhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fakeroot
リポジトリhttps://salsa.debian.org/clint/fakeroot
上流ドキュメントhttps://manpages.debian.org/fakeroot
ライセンスGPL-3.0-or-later
ソースアーカイブhttps://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_1.38.1.orig.tar.gz
最終更新2026-05-21T04:00:18Z
Pulseupdated
Bottle利用可能 (対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install未定義
サービス宣言なし

レジストリ情報

ソースデータベース詳細

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namefakeroot
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

ソースデータベース一致

他のパッケージマネージャ記録

一致は外部パッケージマネージャインデックスから取得され、ローカルの Automic Vault パッケージリンクとは分けて表示されます。

Debian apt95%

fakeroot 1.37.1.1-1

tool for simulating superuser privileges

sudo apt install fakeroot
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fakeroot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libfakeroot 1.37.1.1-1

tool for simulating superuser privileges - shared libraries

sudo apt install libfakeroot
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: fakeroot
  • 1 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libfakeroot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

fakeroot

nix profile install nixpkgs#fakeroot
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fakeroot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

fakeroot 1.33-1

tool for simulating superuser privileges

sudo apt install fakeroot
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fakeroot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libfakeroot 1.33-1

tool for simulating superuser privileges - shared libraries

sudo apt install libfakeroot
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: fakeroot
  • 1 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfakeroot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

fakeroot 1.37.2-r0

Gives a fake root environment, useful for building packages as a non-privileged user

https://packages.debian.org/fakeroot

sudo apk add fakeroot
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: fakeroot
  • 1 依存関係
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fakeroot from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

fakeroot-dbg 1.37.2-r0

Gives a fake root environment, useful for building packages as a non-privileged user (debug symbols)

https://packages.debian.org/fakeroot

sudo apk add fakeroot-dbg
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: fakeroot
  • 1 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fakeroot-dbg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

fakeroot-doc 1.37.2-r0

Gives a fake root environment, useful for building packages as a non-privileged user (documentation)

https://packages.debian.org/fakeroot

sudo apk add fakeroot-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: fakeroot
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fakeroot-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

fakeroot 1.37.1-4.fc44

Gives a fake root environment

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fakeroot

sudo dnf install fakeroot
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-Callaway-LGPLv2+ AND (GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl)
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: fakeroot
  • 8 依存関係
  • 1 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fakeroot from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

fakeroot-libs 1.37.1-4.fc44

Gives a fake root environment (libraries)

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fakeroot

sudo dnf install fakeroot-libs
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-Callaway-LGPLv2+ AND (GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl)
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: fakeroot
  • 2 依存関係
  • 2 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fakeroot-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

fakeroot 1:1.37.2-1

Tool for simulating superuser privileges

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fakeroot

sudo pacman -S fakeroot
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 5 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: fakeroot from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

fakeroot 1.38-1.1

Wrapper that gives a fake root environment

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fakeroot

sudo zypper install fakeroot
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Development/Tools/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: fakeroot
  • 3 依存関係
  • 2 提供
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fakeroot from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

fakeroot

sudo port install fakeroot
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Fakeroot
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fakeroot/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

ソース経路

リポジトリデータから生成

このページは scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py が生成した非公開のパッケージ SQLite アーティファクトから av-web によって提供されます。

使用ソース

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment