Zandra is a minimal Linux distribution forked from morpheus linux. It aims to be simple, small, and efficient. Zandra will hopefully get to a point where it has a stable release cycle, with security patches of course.
- A x86_64-linux-musl toolchain (GNU Binutils, GCC, linux-headers, and musl-libc). Can be built using musl-cross-make.
- mk from 9base or plan9port.
- Zandra pkgtools
To compile the base packages, edit config.mk to your needs and add
necessary variables to your shell environment by running
source stuff/build-env (IMPORTANT). Currently we are in the process
of updating packages to their current versions (before Zandra they
were last updated in 2015). Note that most ports on the testing
branch, with the exception of a few, are outdated and the URLs may
not even work.
Go to the directory of the package you would like to package, then run
mk package. You can then host your own package mirrors.
You can install to a root using the following:
export ROOT="desired root"
mk
mk install
A bootable image can be made using the "bootable" target. IT ASSUMES
/dev/loop0 IS FREE SO IF IT'S NOT, DON'T RUN THE SCRIPT!!
If you would like to run Zandra on bare metal, it is recommended that you recompile the kernel (or edit the kernel config before building) with the drivers you need.
Connect to the internet first by turning on your network device using
ip (best to read the manual first), then running sdhcp. If that
worked, you can now download a package by searching for it through
searchpkg piped into fetchpkg, then installpkg. A frontend is on
the to-do list. Note that searchpkg uses grep regular expressions,
and will return anything that matches the regex, so it is advised that
you run searchpkg by itself first to make sure you are only
downloading exactly what you want. The syntax below also works.
# note: package names end in '#', version follows
searchpkg '^foo#' | fetchpkg
installpkg foo#1.0.pkg.tgz # replace with actual version
You can remove packages by running removepkg foo.