ArcheOS

This document is intended to help moving first steps in ArcheOS iso building To obtain help with ArcheOS please refer to wiki and mailing lists.

Requisites

All this software must be installed and properly configured

1. live-build 3.x (http://live.debian.net/devel/live-build/)
2. apt-cacher-ng (http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~bloch/acng/)

Other requirements

1. A working Debian (wheezy/sid) or Ubuntu 13.04+ system to do the build (obviously)
2. Ability to be superuser on the Debian/Ubuntu machine (eg. to use sudo)
3. At least 5GB of free space
4. (optional) a virtualization software such as qemu or virtualbox to test the iso

Build ArcheOS

To build archeos on Ubuntu see section below

1. Clone the git repository with git clone git://github.com/archeos/ArcheOS.git
2. Enter the ArcheOS/debian-live directory cd ArcheOS/debian-live/
3. Launch the config command sudo lb clean && lb config
4. If no errors occured during the configuration launch the build command sudo lb build You have to wait a long time until the build is completed...
5. At the end of the process, if all is gone fine you should have a binary.iso file in your working directory. Burn it to the cdrom or boot up with the virtualization software (see above)
6. CLEAN THE ENVIRONMENT sudo lb clean --purge

Remember to run sudo lb clean --purge BEFORE launch again lb config to reset the original status

Build ArcheOS on Ubuntu

On Ubuntu some users complain about apt-cacher-ng errors: (403 Configuration error (confusing proxy mode) or prohibited port (see AllowUserPorts) [IP: 127.0.0.1 3142])

To solve this edit (with sudo or as root) the file /etc/apt-cacher-ng/acng.conf and replace the line:

# AllowUserPorts: 80

with:

AllowUserPorts: 0

and restart apt-cacher-ng with

sudo service apt-cacher-ng restart

1. Clone the git repository with git clone git://github.com/archeos/ArcheOS.git
2. Enter the ArcheOS/debian-live directory cd ArcheOS/debian-live/
3. Launch the config command sudo lb clean && lb config --mode debian
4. If no errors occured during the configuration launch the build command sudo lb build You have to wait a long time until the build is completed...
5. At the end of the process, if all is gone fine you should have a binary.iso file in your working directory. Burn it to the cdrom or boot up with the virtualization software (see above)
6. CLEAN THE ENVIRONMENT sudo lb clean --purge

Remember to run sudo lb clean --purge BEFORE launch again lb config to reset the original status

Notes