The boards and distributions that are currently supported

• Raspberry Pi 4B/400 (Debian, Devuan and Ubuntu)
• Raspberry Pi 3/A/B/+ (Debian, Devuan and Ubuntu)
• Raspberry Pi 2/3/A/B/+ (Debian, Devuan and Ubuntu)
• Raspberry Pi 0/W/B/+ (Debian and Devuan)
• Raspberry Pi Hardware

Dependencies for Debian Bullseye and Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish

• Recommended host: Debian Bullseye

Install options:

• Run the ./install script (recommended)
• Run builder make commands (dependency: make)
• Review package list and install manually

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Instructions

Install dependencies

make ccompile	# Install x86-64 cross dependencies
make ccompile64	# Install Arm64 cross dependencies
make ncompile	# Install native dependencies

Menu interface

make config     # Create user data file
make menu       # Open menu interface
make dialogrc   # Set builder theme (optional)

Command list

• Raspberry Pi 4B/400 = bcm2711 (arm64) / bcm2711v7 (armhf)
• Raspberry Pi 2/3/A/B/W/+ = bcm2710 (arm64) / bcm2709 (armhf)
• Raspberry Pi 0/1/W = bcm2708 (armel)

make all board=XXX	# Kernel > Rootfs > Image (run at own risk)
make kernel board=XXX
make commit board=XXX	# Linux source pulled from commmit
make rootfs board=XXX
make image board=XXX

Miscellaneous

make cleanup    # Clean up rootfs and image errors
make purge      # Remove source directory
make purge-all  # Remove source and output directory
make commands   # List more commands
make check      # Shows latest revision of selected branch

Config Menu

• Review the userdata.txt file for further options: locales, timezone, nameserver(s) and extra wireless support
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Name:			# Your name
Username:		# Your username
Password:		# Your password
Enable root:		# Set root password to `toor`

Linux kernel
Branch:			# Supported: 5.15.y and above
Build:			# Kernel build version number
Menuconfig:		# Kernel menuconfig
Crosscompile:		# 1 to cross compile | 0 to native compile

Compiler        	WARNING: Only one may be selected
Version:		# gcc-10 (default)
GCC:			#
Ccache:			#
Clang:			# Supported: Jammy Jellyfish

Distribution
Distro:			# Supported: debian, devuan and ubuntu
Release:		# Debian: bullseye, bookworm, testing, unstable and sid
			# Devuan: chimaera, daedalus, testing, unstable and ceres
			# Ubuntu: focal and jammy
Network Manager		# Enable nmtui (default: ifupdown)

Filesystem
ext4:			# Journaling filesystem (default)
btrfs:			# Copy on write (CoW) filesystem
xfs:			# High-performance 64-bit journaling filesystem

Customize
Defconfig:		# User defconfig
Name:			# Name of _defconfig (Must be placed in defconfig dir.)

User options
Verbosity:		# Verbose
Devel Rootfs:		# Developer rootfs tarball
Compress img:		# Auto compress img > img.xz
User scripts:		# Review the README in the files/userscripts directory
User service:		# Create user during first boot (bypass the user information above)

User defconfig

# config placement: defconfig/$NAME_defconfig
The config menu will append _defconfig to the end of the name
in the userdata.txt file.

User patches

Patches "-p1" placed in userpatches are applied during compilation.

Usage

• Review the Wiki

/boot/rename_to_useraccount.txt

• Headless: rename file to useraccount.txt and fill in the variables
• Headful: don't rename file & get prompted to create a user account

NAME=""
USERNAME=""
PASSWORD=""

/boot/rename_to_credentials.txt

Rename file to credentials.txt and input your wifi information.

SSID=""				# Service set identifier
PASSKEY=""			# Wifi password
COUNTRYCODE=""			# Your country code

# set static ip (ifupdown)
MANUAL="n"			# Set to y to enable a static ip
IPADDR=""			# Static ip address
NETMASK=""			# Your Netmask
GATEWAY=""			# Your Gateway
NAMESERVERS=""			# Your preferred dns

# set static ip (network-manager)
MANUAL="n"			# Set to y to enable a static ip
IPADDR=""			# Static ip address
GATEWAY=""			# Your Gateway
DNS=""				# Your preferred dns

For headless use: ssh user@ipaddress

System Menu: menu-config

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Support

Should you come across any bugs, feel free to either open an issue on GitHub or talk with us directly by joining our channel on Libera; #arm-img-builder or Discord