LIVE-BUILD

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The COMMAND is a name of a live-build command (see below).

More documentation about how to use live-build is available in the individual manpages for each helper and in the manual at <http://live.debian.net/manual/>.

OPTIONS

Shared live-build options

-h, --help

display help and exit.

-u, --usage

show usage and exit.

-v, --version

output version information and exit.

Common live-build options

--breakpoints

run with breakpoints.

--conffile

use custom configuration file.

--debug

show debug information.

--force

force helper execution, even if stage file exists.

--quiet

be quiet.

--verbose

be verbose.

LIVE-BUILD COMMANDS

Here is the complete list of all available live-build commands. See their man pages for additional documentation.

HIGH-LEVEL COMMANDS (PORCELAIN)

Main porcelain commands

lb_config(1)

create configuration for live-build

lb_bootstrap(1)

create the first stage by bootstrapping a basic debian system

lb_chroot(1)

create the second stage by customizing the chroot

lb_binary(1)

create the third stage by generating a binary image

lb_source(1)

create the optional fourth stage by generating a source image

lb_clean(1)

clean up system build directories

Ancillary Commands

lb(1)

generic live-build wrapper

lb_build(1)

alias for all stages

lb_local(1)

helper for using a local live-build

lb_testroot(1)

ensure that a system is built as root

LOW-LEVEL COMMANDS (PLUMBING)

Note that the interface (set of options and the semantics) to these low-level commands are meant to be a lot more stable than Porcelain level commands. The interface to Porcelain commands on the other hand are subject to change in order to improve the end user experience.  

Bootstrap commands

lb_bootstrap_cache(1)

cache bootstrap stage

lb_bootstrap_cdebootstrap(1)

bootstrap a Debian system with cdebootstrap(1)

lb_bootstrap_copy(1)

bootstrap by copying the host system

lb_bootstrap_debootstrap(1)

bootstrap a Debian system with debootstrap(8)

Chroot commands

lb_chroot_apt(1)

manage /etc/apt/apt.conf

lb_chroot_cache(1)

cache chroot stage

lb_chroot_debianchroot(1)

manage /etc/debian_chroot

lb_chroot_devpts(1)

mount /dev/pts

lb_chroot_dpkg(1)

manage /sbin/dpkg

lb_chroot_hacks(1)

execute hacks in chroot

lb_chroot_hooks(1)

execute hooks in chroot

lb_chroot_hostname(1)

manage /bin/hostname

lb_chroot_hosts(1)

manage /etc/hosts

lb_chroot_install-packages(1)

install queued packages into chroot

lb_chroot_interactive(1)

make build interactive

lb_chroot_linux-image(1)

manage /etc/kernel-img.conf

lb_chroot_local-hooks(1)

execute local hooks in chroot

lb_chroot_local-includes(1)

copy local files into chroot

lb_chroot_localization(1)

install localization packages into chroot

lb_chroot_local-packages(1)

queue install of local packages into chroot

lb_chroot_local-patches(1)

apply local patches against chroot

lb_chroot_local-preseed(1)

use debconf local preseeding file

lb_chroot_packages(1)

queue install of packages into chroot

lb_chroot_packageslists(1)

queue install of packages lists into chroot

lb_chroot_preseed(1)

use debconf preseeding file

lb_chroot_proc(1)

mount /proc

lb_chroot_resolv(1)

manage /etc/resolv.conf

lb_chroot_selinuxfs(1)

mount /selinux

lb_chroot_sources(1)

manage /etc/apt/sources.list

lb_chroot_symlinks(1)

convert symlinks

lb_chroot_sysfs(1)

mount /sys

lb_chroot_sysvinit(1)

configure sysvinit

lb_chroot_sysv-rc(1)

manage /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d

lb_chroot_tasks(1)

install tasks into chroot

Binary commands

lb_binary_chroot(1)

copy chroot into chroot

lb_binary_debian-installer(1)

install debian-installer into binary

lb_binary_disk(1)

install disk information into binary

lb_binary_encryption(1)

encrypts rootfs

lb_binary_grub(1)

installs grub into binary

lb_binary_grub2(1)

installs grub2 into binary

lb_binary_includes(1)

copy files into binary

lb_binary_iso(1)

build iso binary image

lb_binary_linux-image(1)

install linux-image into binary

lb_binary_local-hooks(1)

execute local hooks in binary

lb_binary_local-includes(1)

copy files into binary

lb_binary_local-packageslists(1)

install local packages lists into binary

lb_binary_manifest(1)

create manifest

lb_binary_checksums(1)

create binary checksums (md5, sha1, and/or sha256)

lb_binary_memtest(1)

installs a memtest into binary

lb_binary_net(1)

build netboot binary image

lb_binary_rootfs(1)

build rootfs image

lb_binary_silo(1)

installs silo into binary

lb_binary_syslinux(1)

installs syslinux into binary

lb_binary_tar(1)

build harddisk binary image

lb_binary_usb(1)

build binary usb-hdd image

lb_binary_virtual-hdd(1)

build binary virtual-hdd image

lb_binary_win32-loader(1)

installs win32-loader into binary

lb_binary_yaboot(1)

installs yaboot into binary

Source commands

lb_source_debian(1)

download sources

lb_source_debian-live(1)

copy debian-live config into source

lb_source_disk(1)

install disk information into source

lb_source_iso(1)

build iso source image

lb_source_checksums(1)

create source checksums (md5, sha1, and/or sha256)

lb_source_net(1)

build source net image

lb_source_tar(1)

build source tarball

lb_source_usb(1)

build source usb-hdd image

lb_source_virtual-hdd(1)

build source virtual-hdd image

CONFIG FILES

For example, lb_bootstrap_debootstrap uses files named config/bootstrap and config/bootstrap_debootstrap to read the options it will use. See the man pages of individual commands for details about the names and formats of the files they use. Generally, these files contain variables with values assigned, one variable per line. Some programs in live-build use pairs of values or slightly more complicated variable assignments.

Note that live-build will respect environment variables which are present in the context of the shell it is running. If variables can be read from config files, then they override environment variables, and if command line options are used, they override values from config files. If no value for a given variable can be found and thus is unset, live-build will automatically set it to the default value.

In some rare cases, you may want to have different versions of these files for different architectures or distributions. If files named config/stage.arch or config/stage_helper.arch, and config/stage.dist or config/stage_helper.dist exist, where "arch" is the same as the output of "dpkg --print-architecture" and "dist" is the same as the codename of the target distribution, then they will be used in preference to other, more general files.

All config files are shell scripts which are sourced by a live-build program. That means they have to follow the normal shell syntax. You can also put comments in these files; lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

FILES

n/a

SEE ALSO

This program is a part of live-build.

HOMEPAGE

BUGS

AUTHOR

Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

Shared live-build options

Common live-build options

LIVE-BUILD COMMANDS

HIGH-LEVEL COMMANDS (PORCELAIN)

Main porcelain commands

Ancillary Commands

LOW-LEVEL COMMANDS (PLUMBING)

Bootstrap commands

Chroot commands

Binary commands

Source commands

CONFIG FILES

FILES

SEE ALSO

HOMEPAGE

BUGS

AUTHOR