[General]: How to install the distribution locally from rootfs.tar?

[PTALTS-LK]

Description

My connection to github release is very slow.
So I used other ways to download the rootfs file from github release, but I didn't find a way to let Proot-Distro install the rootfs locally. I tried the restore suboption, and it didn't work.

[sylirre]

Currently there no straightforward support for local tarballs.

You can use following workaround:

1. cd $PREFIX/etc/proot-distro
2. Open selected distribution script in text editor, e.g. nano debian.sh.
3. Replace link with something like file:///sdcard/Download/debian.tar.gz.
4. Update corresponding SHA256 checksum, you can get one with command like sha256sum /sdcard/Download/debian.tar.gz.

restore option requires special structure of tarball as it intended to be used only with proot-distro backups. Each backup must include distribution script besides rootfs data.