voidlinux-iso-extra

This is almost official ISO (x86_64) for Void Linux. It has few additional packages that I find essential but are missing in official ISO.

This repo contains instruction for building it yourself and link to ISO generated by me. If you want more programs to be included in ISO then fork this repository, edit gen.sh and regenerate ISO yourself.

https://github.com/kotoko/voidlinux-iso-extra

https://gitlab.com/kotoko_/voidlinux-iso-extra

Download ISO

2022-10-31:

• checksum void-live-x86_64-5.19.16_1-20221031.iso.checksum
• checksum void-live-x86_64-5.19.16_1-20221031.iso.checksum
• ISO void-live-x86_64-5.19.16_1-20221031.iso
• ISO void-live-x86_64-5.19.16_1-20221031.iso

Regenerate ISO using Github Actions

I don't use GA for this project. However it could be useful for other people so I added text file with workflow that generates ISO triggered by commit push.

Steps:

1. Fork this repository.
2. Enable Github Actions in github settings for your forked repository.
3. Modify file(s) and push commit to github. You have two options:
   • It is possible that you want add more programs to the ISO. In that case edit file gen.sh and append programs/packages to variable PKGS. Create git commit and push it to github.
   • If you do not want change list of programs then create empty file with arbitrary name. Create git commit and push it to github. Build is triggered by new git commit so you have to change something in repository.
4. Wait for build to complete (around 8 minutes last time I checked).
5. Download artifact (ISO file) from github.

Done!

(You can modify workflow to trigger build, e.g., every month. See Github Actions documentation.)

Regenerate ISO using Docker

Internet is required for your system. I am assuming you already have installed and configured docker. I tested script gen_using_docker.sh on Linux machine.

Open terminal and run as normal user:

git clone 'https://github.com/kotoko/voidlinux-iso-extra.git' voidlinux-iso-extra/
cd voidlinux-iso-extra/
bash gen_using_docker.sh

New ISO will be in folder out/.

Done!

Regenerate ISO using VirtualBox

Internet is required for your system and also for Void inside VirtualBox.

1. Install VirtualBox.
2. Download latest minimal ISO for x86_64 from official website https://alpha.de.repo.voidlinux.org/live/current/ (e.g. void-live-x86_64-20221001-base.iso).
3. Add new system to VirtualBox.
   • Create 6 GB virtual disk hard drive.
   • Add more RAM (2 GB should be OK).
   • Add more CPU (2 is already better).
4. Install Void Linux in VirtualBox.
   • Run Void Linux from RAM (will be faster).
   • Login as root.
   • Run void-installer.
   • Choose local installation (not network installation).
   • Create one partition for /.
   • After installation reboot into new system (not livecd again).
5. Login as root.
6. Copy gen.sh into any ssh server.
7. Use scp to download gen.sh into /root/ in Void Linux inside VirtualBox. (E.g. scp me@myserver:gen.sh /root)
8. Run script: bash /root/gen.sh.
9. New ISO will be in folder /root/void-mklive/. Use scp to copy it outside VirtualBox.

Done!

Continuous Integration

In repo are configurations for generating ISO using:

• Github Actions
• Gitlab CI
• CircleCI

I tested configurations after creating them so they should work. It is also possible that with passing of time there were changes in CI and they stopped working.

Keep in mind I'm not interested in teaching how to use CI so do not ask questions here about it. Search for help in forums for beginners and/or official documentation.

Customize ISO

If you want to add more programs/packages to ISO then append names to variable PKGS in file gen.sh and regenerate ISO. You can check available packages on void's website.

If you want to do something else check what official script void-mklive can do. Supported parameters are defined in usage() function. Script mklive is executed in the last line of gen.sh.