The easiest way to install Linux apps on Chrome OS these days is to find what’s known as a Debian file — a special kind of installation package that ends in a .deb extension.

# This file may have to be extensively modified package=hello build: $ (checkdir) ./configure --prefix=/usr $ (MAKE) CFLAGS=-O2 LDFLAGS= touch build clean: $ (checkdir) rm -f build -$ (MAKE) -i ...