Re: Including additional packages on the Debian base CD
[Free Ekanayaka]
> I've seen that the ISO image contains an ordinary pool/dists debian
> APT repository to hold packages, so I guess that simply replacing it
> with a custom archive would make the trick.. isn't it?
Yes, I think that would work.
> Furthermore it would be nice to have a way to tell to the
> installation system to automatically install a certain set of
> packages after it finishes to install the base system.
There are two options. You can create an udeb with standard or higher
priority, and call 'apt-install <package>' in its postinst script, or
add a file base_include to the CD listing the extra packages to
install. The second option is the BASE_INCLUDE variable in debian-cd
CONF.sh
> AFAIK Skolelinux folks already went through this way, and my task
> would be very similar.
Yes, we use both these methods. The first method is more flexible,
because one can decide in the postinst script if a given package
should be installed or not.
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