Re: Adding packages to mini-gtk iso

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly and I will start digging on it.

On a related question, I was just wondering if it was strictly required to use udeb packages instead of deb packages. in particular, for this single package that I want to add. Could it be left as a deb package? Although, I have read that deb packages are basically deb packaged but which have been stripped down to take out things like man pages, etc..

Sorry, that I am still a bit new to the Debian Installer but am starting to see how it comes together in my first build effort of the mini-gtk ISO. I want to explore how the Installer script works as well.

Thanks again and have a great night,

Lonnie

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 5:00 PM Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl> wrote:

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 04:51:00PM -0400, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> First, let me say that I really like what I have seen in Debian, after
> being a Ubuntu user for many years. I was driving to dig into Debian more
> when I got to the point that I wanted to build the gtk mini.iso as an ultra
> slim distro with xorg installed (only about 75 MB) which is a very good
> starting point for what I am trying to do. Awesome!!!
>
> I have just started working with the Debian Installer on a fresh install of
> Buster and was able to use the "build_netboot-gtk" to build the mini.iso
> with gtk installed which is exactly what I wanted.
>
> Now I would like take an existing deb package, perhaps convert it to udeb,
> and then install it during the whole re-build of the mini.iso (of course
> with any dependencies as well)
>
> Any suggestions on how best to proceed?

IIRC is that documented in the d-i developer guide.

> Thanks in advance.

You are welcome, sorry that I don't have the URL present at hand.

> Lonnie

Groeten
Geert Stappers
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