You want to be independent. You want to have your own local repo. You want to stay as close to Arch Linux as possible. You want to build up your own distro. ArcoLinux repo will NOT be used. Alci repo will NOT be used. Chaotics repo will NOT be used. Arch Linux repos...
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31 Create Cinnamon iso – no ArcoLinux repo – no Chaotics repo – just Arch Linux repo and drivers
In this video we talk about drivers and about daring to experiment so you know what drivers you need for pc 1 and laptop 2. Test it out and write it down. We talk about nvidia, nvidia-lts and nvidia-dkms. We decide to install Cinnamon and not use the ALCI-DWM desktop...
28 If Arch Linux removes a package from its repos you need to act
The package list contains all the packages we can use for our iso. These are pre-build packages from Arch Linux. If Arch Linux decides not to build the packages anymore it will result in an error during the build. error: target not found: termite-terminfo Then there...
18 Building our ALCI iso with our local repo and our newly created nemesis-wallpapers – what changed since last time
We build our iso and go over all the changes. we create our local repo we build a package called nemesis-wallpapers to test our local repo we keep sddm on our future system - you will boot into a graphical environment we give you an example how a local repo should...
17 How to build your own package for your local repository
It is fun to make your Operating System just the way you like. In our example we will put several wallpapers on our github and create a package for it. The advantage of a package is that Pacman can control it. sudo pacman -S or -R will work. If we copy/pasted the...
13 How to add your local custom repo to ALCI
The core of ALCI is the packages list and ofcourse pacman.conf which will tell where the pacakages are. You can get the packages from: Arch Linux ArcoLinux Chaotic AUR ... many others But you can also create a local repo on your computer system. You build the packages...
23 Rebuild Calamares when one of its dependencies gets an update – boost and boost-libs
You see a message in Calamares and you did not change anything. Maybe Calamares did not change Maybe the configuration did not change but everything else did change. New kernels, new systemd and also the packages that are needed to make Calamares work. Here the two...
22 Archiso 52-1 compared and implemented
It is always the same workflow. Compare the releng folder coming in from the Archiso package (sometimes also the mkarchiso script). Decide what you like to include on your future iso with the use of Meld. Double-check. Triple-check. Build the iso. Test the iso.Let us...
21 Building a new Calamares v3.2.39.1
Building a new Calamares is something YOU can do. You do not need us for it. You can build it and put it on the local repo on your pc. You can make your own Calamares configurations. See example below.You can make your own packages list and it will become YOUR...
Procedure
1. ARCHISO VERSIONWe use the Archiso package from Arch Linux to build our iso. Every time that package changes we need to follow the changes. See the version we are currently using in the archiso.md file. Read the file to know what to do if you have a different...
Github
get the building code from githubALCI ISOALCI ISO PUREALCI ISO DEVAn ISO for general public Linux kernel Change pacman.conf Change content of packages.x86_64 Create your own iso No Xorg Sddm is installed and enabled No desktopThe attempt here is to make the purest of...
Downloads
Choose your iso/githuband build itordownload itFor testing purposes the isos are on Sourceforgehttps://sourceforge.net/projects/alci/ALCI ISOALCI ISO PUREALCI ISO DEVAn ISO for general public Linux kernel Change pacman.conf Change content of packages.x86_64 Create...