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==Install ManjaroISO== | ==Install ManjaroISO== |
Revision as of 06:02, 8 June 2014
What is ManjaroISO?
ManjaroISO is a small set of bash scripts that is capable of building fully functional Manjaro Linux based live medias. It is a very generic tool, so it could potentially be used to generate anything from rescue systems, to install disks, to special interest live CD systems, and who knows what else. Simply put, if it involves Manjaro on a shiny coaster, it can do it.
How to get started?
Create a work directory
The first thing you should probably do is create a directory to work in, and cd to it. This'll help keep things organized.
mkdir -p ~/work/manjaroiso
Update your system
To update your system
sudo pacman -Syu
Install ManjaroISO
Next, install manjaroiso and its profiles.
sudo pacman -S manjaroiso manjaroiso-profiles
Copy ManjaroISOs profiles to your work directory:
cp -a /usr/share/manjaroiso/configs ~/work/manjaroiso
Understanding ManjaroISO Profiles
Depending on your ManjaroISO version you find followed directories:
build cinnamon e17 kde lxde mate net openbox shared sysmenu xfce
In this example we work with the e17 folder. Change to it and take a look at the files and folders in it:
Packages isolinux overlay pacman-x86_64.conf Packages-E17 isomounts overlay-livecd syslinux Packages-Xorg mkinitcpio.conf pacman-gfx.conf e17-overlay options.conf pacman-i686.conf
- Packages includes the common packages of all editions.
- Packages-E17 includes all packages especially for the E17 Edition
- Packages-Xorg includes all common Xorg packages
- e17-overlay includes files and folders modified to get E17 Edition working
- isolinux includes isolinux.cfg file to start syslinux bootloader
- isomounts holds the information of all overlay-images and their bootorder
- mkinitcpio.conf holds the information of all needed modules need to be added to the live-media kernel
- options.conf defines basic settings for the live-media
- overlay includes common files and folders modified to get all edition working
- overlay-livecd includes common files and folders modified for all editions getting the live-session working
- pacman-gfx.conf includes the common pacman.conf file for pkgs-image overlay
- pacman-i686.conf includes the common pacman.conf for all 32bit Manjaro Editions
- pacman-x86_64.conf includes the common pacman.conf for all 64bit Manjaro Editions
- syslinux includes the bootloader for all Manjaro Editions
Modifying E17 Profile
Following files and folders are important for the E17 Profile
- Packages-E17
- e17-overlay
- overlay-livecd
- isomounts
Current Packages-E17 file looks like this:
### Manjaro Packages ## E17 Main Packages enlightenment17 faenza-green-icon-theme gksu libgnomeui lxdm network-manager-applet system-tools xcursor-simpleandsoft xcursor-vanilla-dmz-aa ## Applications blueman epdfview midori mplayer gparted #manjaro-installer sylpheed xchat xnoise ## Packages for Sound and Audio gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins ## Package management pacman-gui
You can add any missing package like connman, the E17 network manager, to this file and save it.
The e17-overlay folder looks like this atm:
e17-overlay |-etc |---skel |-----.config |-------epdfview |-------gtk-2.0 |-------midori |-----.local |-------share |---------applications |---systemd |-----system |-usr |---share |-----icons |-------default
It includes configuration files like etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service to define the used bootloader. You can change or add any files to that folder to get included to the installed Manjaro system and also added to the live-session if not overwritten by the same file in overlay-livecd.
The overlay-livecd folder looks like this atm:
overlay-livecd |-etc |---gdm |---lightdm |---manjaro |---pam.d |---samba |---skel |-----.config |-------autostart |-----.kde4 |-------share |---------config |-----Desktop |---sudoers.d |---systemd |-----system |-------multi-user.target.wants |-root |---.config |-usr |---bin |---lib |-----systemd |-------system |---sbin |---share |-----icons
Any file added to this folder gets only added to the live-session.
isomounts for E17 profile looks like this atm:
# manjaroiso isomounts file # img - location of image/directory to mount relative to addons directory # arch - architecture of this image # mount point - absolute location on the post-initrd root # type - either 'bind' or 'squashfs' for now # kernel argument (optional) - if the kernel argument is set the overlay will be loaded. Leave empty to ignore. # Sample kernel argument in syslinux: overlay=extra,extra2 # syntax: <img> <arch> <mount point> <type> <kernel argument> # ORDER MATTERS! Files take top-down precedence. Be careful #@ARCH@/pkgs-free-overlay.sqfs @ARCH@ / squashfs free #@ARCH@/pkgs-nonfree-overlay.sqfs @ARCH@ / squashfs nonfree @ARCH@/overlay.sqfs @ARCH@ / squashfs #@ARCH@/lng-image.sqfs @ARCH@ / squashfs @ARCH@/pkgs-image.sqfs @ARCH@ / squashfs @ARCH@/e17-image.sqfs @ARCH@ / squashfs @ARCH@/root-image.sqfs @ARCH@ / squashfs
It tells the kernel in which order it should load all overlay images. It will be done in a top-down precedence.
Building an install-media
After you have modified your profile you can build your install-media with buildiso:
sudo buildiso