LiveCD creation is a very messy process, requiring lots of programs to be installed and configuration to be made. Also, these configurations could be incompatible with the host system! Therefore, creating a chroot jail is quite useful. A chroot simply changes the apparent root directory for the programs inside it, preventing them from messing with the real filesystem.

{{Note|If you are on a 64-bit system and want to build a 32-bit ISO, put {{Codeline|linux32}} before the command to install a 32-bit chroot. Otherwise, your chroot will only be able to make a 64-bit ISO.}}

=== Chakra-based distros ===
If you have a Chakra-based system (Cherimoya is one of them), just use these commands to create your chroot:

 pacman -S base base-devel nano vi vim rsync pacman file wget
 mkchakraroot /tmp/chroot base

Then, use this command anywhere to enter the chroot:

 mkchakraroot -r bash /tmp/chroot

=== Other Linux distros ===
If you don't have a Chakra based system you first have to install your [http://www.archlinux.org/groups/i686/base-devel/ basic development packages] along with {{Codeline|wget}} and {{Codeline|git}} before proceeding.

To create a chroot using the source code of Chakra-Live, use these commands:

  git clone git://gitorious.org/chakra/chakra-live.git
  cd chakra-live/mkchakraroot
  ./mkchakraroot /tmp/chroot base

Make sure you are in that same directory, and you can use this command to enter the chroot at anytime:

 ./mkchakraroot -r bash /tmp/chroot

=== Post-install Configuration ===
The chroot does not have any uncommented mirrors in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, so ''you'll have to set them manually each time''.

First, open {{Codeline|/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist}}, remove the "{{Codeline|#}}" from the mirror server you want, and replace {{Codeline|<arch>}} with either "{{Codeline|i686}}" or "{{Codeline|x86_64}}", depending on your chroot's architecture. The file should then look something like this:

{{File|/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist|<nowiki>Server = http://mirror.selfnet.de/kdemod/$repo/i686</nowiki>}}

Get all of Chakra-Live's dependencies with this command:

 pacman -S git squashfs-tools syslinux chakra-live cdrkit make nbd mkinitcpio-nfs-utils ccr

After that, open {{Filename|/etc/pacman.conf}} and add these lines to the bottom of it:

{{File|name=/etc/pacman.conf|content=[cherimoya]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/cherimoya-mirrorlist

[cherimoya-firefox]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/cherimoya-mirrorlist

[offense]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/cherimoya-mirrorlist

[defense]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/cherimoya-mirrorlist}}

Then, make the file {{Filename|/etc/pacman.d/cherimoya-mirrorlist}}, and put this in it (replace i686 with x86_64 if building 64-bit...):

{{File|/etc/pacman.d/cherimoya-mirrorlist|<nowiki>Server = http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22186524/repo/$repo/i686</nowiki>}}

Finally, get our Chakra-Live profile and update the database at the same time.

 pacman -Syy cherimoya-profiles

Your chroot is ready! All steps below this should always be done inside this chroot.
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