fakechroot 0.9+1.3 (powerpc binary) in ubuntu breezy

gives a fake chroot environment
 This package provides a library which overrides libc functions, so
 it is possible to use root-specific tools without root priviliges.
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 In fake chroot you can install i.e. Debian bootstrap, create developer's
 environment and build packages inside chroot'ed system using standard
 non-root user account.