LinuxMCE-0810 DVD-Installer-Implementation-Notes - Revision history

Ray N at 01:55, 25 August 2009

2009-08-25T01:55:24Z

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			[[Category: Development]]
	This entry is to document my progress ([[User:merkur2k\|merkur2k]]) on the creation of a debian/ubuntu based installer for LinuxMCE 0810. I had some real detailed notes that got lost in a system crash (go windows) so I am doing most of this by memory.<br>		This entry is to document my progress ([[User:merkur2k\|merkur2k]]) on the creation of a debian/ubuntu based installer for LinuxMCE 0810. I had some real detailed notes that got lost in a system crash (go windows) so I am doing most of this by memory.<br>
	Basically this has all come from this page: [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization]		Basically this has all come from this page: [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization]

Marie.o: Use dpkg --set-selections instead of installing a test system

2009-07-01T08:21:11Z

Use dpkg --set-selections instead of installing a test system

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 ==Install Kubuntu in test system==
 *Download kubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso from your favorite ubuntu mirror or copy from above.
 *Install it to the test system (burn the iso to a cd if required). Use the same options you would if installing the desktop version in preparation of the 0810 alpha installer.
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 *Install LinuxMCE dependencies (these may not be complete)
   apt-get install -y -f apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-common atftpd attr autofs bind9 bind9utils cabextract citadel-common citadel-mta citadel-server curl db4.6-util ddclient debootstrap dhcp3-server discover discover-data etherwake ftp-upload gawk gsfonts-x11 java-common libapache2-mod-php5 libapr1 libaprutil1 libcitadel1 libconvert-binhex-perl libcrypt-smbhash-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl libdigest-md4-perl libdiscover2 libevent1 libfcgi-perl libflickr-api-perl libgd2-xpm libglade2-0 libgssglue1 libical0 libid3-3.8.3c2a libio-socket-ssl-perl libio-stringy-perl libmime-tools-perl libnet-ssleay-perl libnfsidmap2 libossp-uuid-perl libossp-uuid15 librpcsecgss3 libsdl-gfx1.2-4 libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-sge libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsdl1.2debian-all libsieve2-1 libsoap-lite-perl libstdc++5 libt1-5 libvte-common libvte9 libxml-parser-lite-tree-perl lsscsi mdadm msttcorefonts mtools nbtscan nfs-common nfs-kernel-server nis ntp odbcinst1debian1 openbsd-inetd openssh-server perlmagick php5-common php5-curl php5-gd php5-mysql portmap samba smbfs ssh sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre syslinux unixodbc vim vim-runtime wakeonlan whois xutils-dev
 *Copy all content from deb cache to the build environment. scp works well.
   scp /var/cache/apt/archives/*deb user@host:/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras/

Merkur2k at 06:40, 1 July 2009

2009-07-01T06:40:30Z

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	# 2) dpkg -l > PackageList		# 2) dpkg -l > PackageList
	# Copy this file to $BASEDIR/source on your build server.		# Copy this file to $BASEDIR/source on your build server.


			#.iso filename prefix
			CDBASE=LinuxMCE
			#Version
			CDVERSION=0810
			#Milestone
			CDMILESTONE=alpha


	# The Base Directory		# The Base Directory
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	# Output CD name		# Output CD name
	CDNAME=LinuxMCE-0810-alpha~~.iso~~-`date +%G%m%d%H%M%S`.iso		CDNAME=LinuxMCE-0810-alpha-`date +%G%m%d%H%M%S`.iso

	# 640x480 PNG with colours as specified in		# 640x480 PNG with colours as specified in
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	cd $SOURCEDIR/keyring/$KEYRING/keyrings		cd $SOURCEDIR/keyring/$KEYRING/keyrings
	gpg --import < ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null		echo "$GPGKEYPHRASE" \| gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --import < ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
	rm -f ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg		rm -f ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg
	gpg --output=ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg --export FBB75451 437D05B5 "$GPGKEYNAME" >/dev/null		echo "$GPGKEYPHRASE" \| gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --output=ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg --export FBB75451 437D05B5 "$GPGKEYNAME" >/dev/null
	cd ..		cd ..
	dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -m"$MYGPGKEY" -k"$MYGPGKEY" >/dev/null		dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -m"$MYGPGKEY" -k"$MYGPGKEY" >/dev/null
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	cd $BASEDIR/FinalCD		cd $BASEDIR/FinalCD
	apt-ftparchive -c $SOURCEDIR/apt.conf release dists/intrepid/ > $BASEDIR/FinalCD/dists/intrepid/Release		apt-ftparchive -c $SOURCEDIR/apt.conf release dists/intrepid/ > $BASEDIR/FinalCD/dists/intrepid/Release
			echo "Creating new Release file.. "
	echo "$GPGKEYPHRASE" \| gpg --default-key "$MYGPGKEY" --passphrase-fd 0 --output $BASEDIR/FinalCD/dists/intrepid/Release.gpg -ba $BASEDIR/FinalCD/dists/intrepid/Release		echo "$GPGKEYPHRASE" \| gpg --default-key "$MYGPGKEY" --passphrase-fd 0 --output $BASEDIR/FinalCD/dists/intrepid/Release.gpg -ba $BASEDIR/FinalCD/dists/intrepid/Release
	echo "OK"		echo "OK"

Merkur2k at 06:38, 1 July 2009

2009-07-01T06:38:35Z

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	This entry is to document my progress ([[User:merkur2k\|merkur2k]]) on the creation of a debian/ubuntu based installer for LinuxMCE 0810. I had some real detailed notes that got lost in a system crash (go windows) so I am doing most of this by memory.<br>		This entry is to document my progress ([[User:merkur2k\|merkur2k]]) on the creation of a debian/ubuntu based installer for LinuxMCE 0810. I had some real detailed notes that got lost in a system crash (go windows) so I am doing most of this by memory.<br>
	Basically this has all come from this page: [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization]		Basically this has all come from this page: [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization]

			==Status Updates==
			*Updated lmce.seed contents. All required answers are now included.
			*Updated build script with some minor tweaks.
			*Added a couple helper scripts (start.sh and run.sh).
			*LMCE installer script did not work. It is being run after the kubuntu installer has added external repositories and done an apt-update, so the script tries to download nearly everything instead of pulling it off the cd. It appears as if the sources.list will have to be backed up and overwritten with a simple one that just points to a local repository, which the installer will create by copying debs off the dvd. This is already handled almost perfectly by the pre-install-from-builder.sh script in the new-installer, it just needs a few tweaks to the paths and to remove anything that does any apt-updates and dist-upgrades.

	==Current issues==		==Current issues==
	*<strike>Have yet to get it to fully install. It is hard for me to tell if the errors are real or just from virtualbox (it likes to corrupt files during heavy i/o for me).</strike> Have completed an install of a kubuntu system using the custom iso.		*<strike>Have yet to get it to fully install. It is hard for me to tell if the errors are real or just from virtualbox (it likes to corrupt files during heavy i/o for me).</strike> Have completed an install of a kubuntu system using the custom iso.
	*<strike>Still need more answers in the preseed file. Encrypted user home dir comes to mind.</strike>		*<strike>Still need more answers in the preseed file. Encrypted user home dir comes to mind.</strike>
	*<strike>Of course I haven't even made it to the LinuxMCE installer yet, but~~</strike>~~ I do have a script ready to try.		*<strike>Of course I haven't even made it to the LinuxMCE installer yet, but I do have a script ready to try.</strike>
	*The installer does what it needs to up to the point of running the LMCE install script. Still working out exactly how to implement that		*The installer does what it needs to up to the point of running the LMCE install script. Still working out exactly how to implement that

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	*Everything in LMCE_Extras gets copied into the new cd's root filesystem, overwriting anything that was already there. This lets us customize any part of the resulting iso that we want. Create the following files:		*Everything in LMCE_Extras gets copied into the new cd's root filesystem, overwriting anything that was already there. This lets us customize any part of the resulting iso that we want. Create the following files:

	/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/lmce-installer/~~dvd-installer~~.sh ~~(just a stub for now)~~		/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/lmce-installer/start.sh
	<pre>		<pre>
	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash
	~~dialog~~ --~~title 'LinuxMCE 0810 Alpha 7'~~ --~~msgbox 'This is the~~ installer!~~' 5 30~~		mount none /target/proc -t proc
			cp -a /cdrom/lmce-installer /target/root/
			chroot /target /bin/bash < /target/root/lmce-installer/run.sh
			</pre>
			/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/lmce-installer/run.sh
			<pre>
			#!/bin/bash
			#!/bin/bash
			. ./pre-install-from-builder.sh
			. ./mce-dvd-install.sh
			. ./post-install.sh
	</pre>		</pre>
			*Also copy the contents of the new-installer used in the 0810 alpha install into lmce-installer. mce-dvd-install.sh is a modified mce-install.sh
	/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/isolinux/text.cfg		/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/isolinux/text.cfg
	<pre>		<pre>
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	# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.		# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
	d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note		d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
			# Set a default timezone. It will be updated later in the setup wizard
			d-i time/zone select US/Pacific
			tzsetup-udeb time/zone select US/Pacific
			# Is the system clock set to UTC?
			clock-setup clock-setup/utc boolean true
			# Set up an encrypted private directory?
			user-setup-udeb user-setup/encrypted-private boolean false
	# Start the LMCE Installer script		# Start the LMCE Installer script
	d-i preseed/late_command string cp /cdrom/lmce-installer/~~dvd-installer.sh /target/root/; chroot /target chmod +x /root/dvd-installer.sh; chroot /target bash /root/dvd-installer~~.sh		d-i preseed/late_command string sh /cdrom/lmce-installer/start.sh
	</pre>		</pre>
	*Download kubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso from your favorite ubuntu mirror and place it in /opt/LMCE_DVD		*Download kubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso from your favorite ubuntu mirror and place it in /opt/LMCE_DVD

Merkur2k at 01:45, 28 June 2009

2009-06-28T01:45:33Z

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	==Current issues==		==Current issues==
	*<strike>Have yet to get it to fully install. It is hard for me to tell if the errors are real or just from virtualbox (it likes to corrupt files during heavy i/o for me).</strike> Have completed an install of a kubuntu system using the custom iso.		*<strike>Have yet to get it to fully install. It is hard for me to tell if the errors are real or just from virtualbox (it likes to corrupt files during heavy i/o for me).</strike> Have completed an install of a kubuntu system using the custom iso.
	*Still need more answers in the preseed file. Encrypted user home dir comes to mind.		*<strike>Still need more answers in the preseed file. Encrypted user home dir comes to mind.</strike>
	*<strike>Of course I haven't even made it to the LinuxMCE installer yet, but</strike> I do have a script ready to try.		*<strike>Of course I haven't even made it to the LinuxMCE installer yet, but</strike> I do have a script ready to try.
			*The installer does what it needs to up to the point of running the LMCE install script. Still working out exactly how to implement that

	To start off with, you will need a machine to install a copy of kubuntu on for some resources needed by the installer. This machine can either be physical hardware or a virtual machine, and it would help if it has the right hardware to be used as a test mule for the finished installer (at least 2 network interfaces, etc). I also assume you have a [[Building_LinuxMCE_0810\|build environment]] and have successfully completed a build.		To start off with, you will need a machine to install a copy of kubuntu on for some resources needed by the installer. This machine can either be physical hardware or a virtual machine, and it would help if it has the right hardware to be used as a test mule for the finished installer (at least 2 network interfaces, etc). I also assume you have a [[Building_LinuxMCE_0810\|build environment]] and have successfully completed a build.

Merkur2k at 17:16, 27 June 2009

2009-06-27T17:16:33Z

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	==Current issues==		==Current issues==
	*Have yet to get it to fully install. It is hard for me to tell if the errors are real or just from virtualbox (it likes to corrupt files during heavy i/o for me).		*<strike>Have yet to get it to fully install. It is hard for me to tell if the errors are real or just from virtualbox (it likes to corrupt files during heavy i/o for me).</strike> Have completed an install of a kubuntu system using the custom iso.
	*Still need more answers in the preseed file. Encrypted user home dir comes to mind.		*Still need more answers in the preseed file. Encrypted user home dir comes to mind.
	*Of course I haven't even made it to the LinuxMCE installer yet, but I do have a script ready to try.		*<strike>Of course I haven't even made it to the LinuxMCE installer yet, but</strike> I do have a script ready to try.

	To start off with, you will need a machine to install a copy of kubuntu on for some resources needed by the installer. This machine can either be physical hardware or a virtual machine, and it would help if it has the right hardware to be used as a test mule for the finished installer (at least 2 network interfaces, etc). I also assume you have a [[Building_LinuxMCE_0810\|build environment]] and have successfully completed a build.		To start off with, you will need a machine to install a copy of kubuntu on for some resources needed by the installer. This machine can either be physical hardware or a virtual machine, and it would help if it has the right hardware to be used as a test mule for the finished installer (at least 2 network interfaces, etc). I also assume you have a [[Building_LinuxMCE_0810\|build environment]] and have successfully completed a build.
	==Prepare build environment==		==Prepare build environment==
			Install some required build dependencies (Thanks [[User:Tschak909\|Tschak909]])

			apt-get install libgd2-xpm-dev libx86-dev

	You will need an existing machine with a copy of any flavor 8.10 *ubuntu on it. I use my core/hybrid.<br>		You will need an existing machine with a copy of any flavor 8.10 *ubuntu on it. I use my core/hybrid.<br>
	*Create some intial directories		*Create some intial directories
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	scp /var/cache/apt/archives/*deb user@host:/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras/		scp /var/cache/apt/archives/*deb user@host:/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras/
	Subsitite 'host' and 'user' with the hostname of your build environment machine and a user that has write access to /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras.		Subsitite 'host' and 'user' with the hostname of your build environment machine and a user that has write access to /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras.

	~~==Install Some Last Minute Dependencies so usplash will build==~~

	~~You should run the following command just before building so usplash will build correctly. --[[User:Tschak909\|Tschak909]] 07:48, 27 June 2009 (CEST)~~

	~~apt-get install libgd2-xpm-dev libx86-dev~~



	==Run the build script==		==Run the build script==

Tschak909: Added note for last minute Dependency for usplash.

2009-06-27T05:48:16Z

Added note for last minute Dependency for usplash.

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	scp /var/cache/apt/archives/*deb user@host:/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras/		scp /var/cache/apt/archives/*deb user@host:/opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras/
	Subsitite 'host' and 'user' with the hostname of your build environment machine and a user that has write access to /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras.		Subsitite 'host' and 'user' with the hostname of your build environment machine and a user that has write access to /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras.

			==Install Some Last Minute Dependencies so usplash will build==

			You should run the following command just before building so usplash will build correctly. --[[User:Tschak909\|Tschak909]] 07:48, 27 June 2009 (CEST)

			apt-get install libgd2-xpm-dev libx86-dev



	==Run the build script==		==Run the build script==
	This script came from the link above, but was (is?) full of bugs and so has been modified heavily already. Place it somewhere accessable (/opt/LMCE_DVD works), chmod it +x, and run it.<br>		This script came from the link above, but was (is?) full of bugs and so has been modified heavily already. Place it somewhere accessable (/opt/LMCE_DVD works), chmod it +x, and run it.<br>

Tschak909: /* Prepare build environment */ fix typos again.

2009-06-27T00:31:29Z

Prepare build environment: fix typos again.

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	*Create some intial directories		*Create some intial directories
	mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras		mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras
	mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/~~LMCE_Extras~~/isolinux		mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/isolinux
	mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/~~LMCE_Extras~~/preseed		mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/preseed
	mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/~~LMCE_Extras~~/lmce-installer		mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/lmce-installer
	mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/~~LMCE_Extras~~/pool/extras		mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras
	*Everything in LMCE_Extras gets copied into the new cd's root filesystem, overwriting anything that was already there. This lets us customize any part of the resulting iso that we want. Create the following files:		*Everything in LMCE_Extras gets copied into the new cd's root filesystem, overwriting anything that was already there. This lets us customize any part of the resulting iso that we want. Create the following files:

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	*Copy all debs from the LinuxMCE 0810 builder into the installer (assuming same system, modify as required)		*Copy all debs from the LinuxMCE 0810 builder into the installer (assuming same system, modify as required)
	cp /media/kubuntu-8.10/var/www/*deb /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras/		cp /media/kubuntu-8.10/var/www/*deb /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras/pool/extras/

	==Install Kubuntu in test system==		==Install Kubuntu in test system==
	*Download kubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso from your favorite ubuntu mirror or copy from above.		*Download kubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso from your favorite ubuntu mirror or copy from above.

Merkur2k at 00:30, 27 June 2009

2009-06-27T00:30:44Z

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	You will need an existing machine with a copy of any flavor 8.10 *ubuntu on it. I use my core/hybrid.<br>		You will need an existing machine with a copy of any flavor 8.10 *ubuntu on it. I use my core/hybrid.<br>
	*Create some intial directories		*Create some intial directories
	mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/~~LMCE_Extras~~		mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_extras
	mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/isolinux		mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/isolinux
	mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/preseed		mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/preseed

Tschak909: fixed typo: LMCE_Extras...

2009-06-27T00:25:08Z

fixed typo: LMCE_Extras...

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	*Create some intial directories		*Create some intial directories
	mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras		mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras
	mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/~~LMCE_extras~~/isolinux		mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/isolinux
	mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/~~LMCE_extras~~/preseed		mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/preseed
	mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/~~LMCE_extras~~/lmce-installer		mkdir /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/lmce-installer
	mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/~~LMCE_extras~~/pool/extras		mkdir -p /opt/LMCE_DVD/LMCE_Extras/pool/extras
	*Everything in LMCE_Extras gets copied into the new cd's root filesystem, overwriting anything that was already there. This lets us customize any part of the resulting iso that we want. Create the following files:		*Everything in LMCE_Extras gets copied into the new cd's root filesystem, overwriting anything that was already there. This lets us customize any part of the resulting iso that we want. Create the following files: