DebianInstaller is the official installation system for the Debian distribution since the Sarge (3.1) release.
Questions tagged [debian-installer]
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Install multiple deb files while respecting their dependencies
To support offline installation of multiple .deb files, I'm using:
sudo dpkg -i dependencies/*.deb
I've noticed some packages fail using this method because of the order they installed
For example, this is what happens when I install…
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Installation problem xdg-desktop-menu: No writable system menu directory found
When installing the IBM tsm backup client I have the following message on lucid (works on precise)
> sudo apt-get upgrade
Setting up tsm-client (6.4.0.7-3) ...
xdg-desktop-menu: No writable system menu directory found.
dpkg: error processing…
mirams
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What is "Manual Package Selection" in Ubuntu Server?
What does choosing "Manual Package Selection" allow me to do, versus choosing one of the other options?
jumpnett
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Is it possible to download a bash script and execute it from a preseed file?
I'd like to prepare an iso for unattended installation. So I generated a preeseed file to run through the installer automatically. Is it possible to download a bash script with wget and run it with bash directly in the first user's homedir (where…
Josh
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How do I obtain the debian-installer for Ubuntu Server 18.04.3 LTS?
Where can I find the debian-installer iso cd for Ubuntu Server 18.04.3 LTS?
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Reserved UIDs/GIDs and semi-reserverd UIDs/GIDs
When installing a new system, depending on selected packages, some uids for some packages aren't always the same.
eg: 'sshd' may be UID 102, sometimes another value. On the other hand, 'www-data' is always '33'
How can I figure out all packages with…
user209859
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How do I configure two NICs in ubuntu-server preseed?
I have a script that installs Ubuntu server to a new VirtualBox instance via PXE and preseeding. It works great, I can run a complete install and come out with a fresh machine with one network card.
How do I make the preseeded installation…
phs
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Upgrade button is missing from Ubuntu Software when opening .deb file in Ubuntu 20.04
My current version of F5 SSL VPN is 7183 (see here), then I downloaded the update (version 7184) debian file, and when I open the .deb file, it leads to Ubuntu Software (here) and nothing's wrong up until this point, except that Update (or Upgrade,…
Johnsons
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How can I install Spyder and all its prerequisites in one click?
There are like >50 debian packages to download and install if you do it manually.
Josh Pinto
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Throwing an error if a file doesn't exist in Ubuntu Installer preseed commands
I am working on a custom Ubuntu Installer image, and I'm in a bit over my head.
We have a custom seed file which is running this command:
d-i preseed/early_command string /cdrom/Snare/update_v5.sh
Within that script file I have added a check that…
Stephen RC
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How do I preseed multiple partitions on one disk; /tmp /data /usr swap?
trying to get preseeding on 12.04 64bit with what should be a basic setup to work:
/dev/sda - the only drive beeing used
/ - rootfs - 100GB
/boot - 1GB
/tmp - 10GB
/data - should take all available space
swap - 10GB
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d-i…
Moritz
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Where is the source code for Alternate CD installer?
AFAIU debian-installer currently contains only documentation, where is the actual code for the Alternate CD installer?
int_ua
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ubuntu 14.04.1 mounts /dev/sda1 and asks to unmount while partitioning
We have been making custom made initrd.gz generated through debian-installer for 10.04 and 12.04 ubuntu.
We have been partitioning the disk and have made it automated completely and ask user to answer only few questions.
The problem I am facing is…
Subodh K
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Installing 14.04 from ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso with pxe
We're trying to do an automated network installation using pxe.
We installed netboot tools (14.04 LTS) and extracted the ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso contents into http server.
We saw that we have to download missing repository…
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Looking for info on debconf-set-selections/pre-configuration/pre-seeding specs format
The output of debconf-get-selection, once the comment and blank lines are filtered out, consists of records (i.e. rows) of 4 (or sometimes 3) whitespace-separated fields. For example1:
d-i apt-setup/services-select …
kjo
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