Error reinstalling a chroot?

Question

I've been running Ubuntu (Unity) on a chromebook for a couple of years. I had to reformat the device and now I'm trying to reinstall from a backup. I've downloaded crouton and copied my backup called trusty_backup.tar.gz to the downloads directory. Whenever I run the reinstall script to install the chroot from the backup I get the error trusty_backup.tar.gz not found.

This is the command I am using: sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -f trusty_backup.tar.gz

What have I got wrong? Thanks.

Unfortunately the Crouton installation and boot processes aren't officially supported and therefore off topic here. You can ask questions about any Linux distribution over on [Unix.SE]. — David Foerster, Jun 09 '17 at 11:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 09 '17 at 11:31

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Run:

cd ~/Downloads
sudo sh -e ./crouton -f trusty_backup.tar.gz

edited Jun 09 '17 at 11:31

Zanna

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answered Jun 09 '17 at 08:26

Arun

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I get sudo: edit-chroot: command not found – JulianJ Jun 09 '17 at 08:28
What is your desktop enviornment? xfce,unity? – Arun Jun 09 '17 at 08:33
I was running Unity. – JulianJ Jun 09 '17 at 08:35
Answer edited :) – Arun Jun 09 '17 at 08:37
For some reason I get sh: Can't open crouton – JulianJ Jun 09 '17 at 08:39
Answer edited again :) – Arun Jun 09 '17 at 08:43
Let us continue this discussion in chat. – Arun Jun 09 '17 at 08:47

Error reinstalling a chroot?

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