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Host dependencies for Debian Bookworm and Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish / Noble Numbat

• Debian Bookworm (arm arm64)
• Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (arm arm64)
• Ubuntu Noble Numbat (recommended) (arm arm64 riscv)

Install options:

• Run the ./install.sh script (recommended)
• Run builder make commands (dependency: make)

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Instructions

Install dependencies

make ccompile   # x86_64
make ncompile   # aarch64

Menu interface

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

Miscellaneous

make clean      # Clean up image errors
make purge      # Remove sources directory
make purge-all  # Remove sources and output directory

Config Menu

• Profile options

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• Review the userdata.txt file for further options: locales, timezone and nameserver(s)
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Name:			# Your name
Username:		# Your username
Password:		# Your password
Hostname:		# Set custom system hostname

Distribution
Distro:			# Supported: debian, devuan and ubuntu
Release:		# Debian: bookworm, trixie, testing, unstable and sid
			# Devuan: daedalus, excalibur, testing, unstable and ceres
			# https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/excalibur-usrmerge-announce-2024-02-20.html
			# Kali: kali-last-snapshot and kali-rolling
			# Ubuntu: focal, jammy and noble
Network Manager		# 1 networkmanager | 0 ifupdown

U-Boot and Linux
U-Boot:			# Supported: v2024.01
Branch:			# Supported: 6.6.y and "maybe" current stable / rc
Build:			# Kernel build version number
Menuconfig:		# Run uboot and kernel menuconfig
Compiler:		# GNU Compiler Collection / Clang
Ccache:			# Compiler cache

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

User options
Logging:		# Logging > output/logs/$board-*.log (Menu interface only)
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)

Customize image

• custom.txt

# Boot Partition
ENABLE_VFAT="false"

# Root Filesystem Types: ext4 btrfs xfs
FSTYPE="ext4"

# UEFI Options (WIP)
ENABLE_EFI="false"

# Image Size: 4096MB
IMGSIZE="4096MB"

# Shrink Image
ENABLE_SHRINK="true"

# Petitboot (AML ODROID) (not recommended)
ENABLE_PETITBOOT="false"

# Compression Types: xz zst
IMG_COMPRESSION="xz"

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 patches/userpatches are applied during compilation.

Usage

• Review the Wiki

/boot/useraccount.txt

• Headless: ENABLE="true" and fill in the variables (recommended)
• Headful: ENABLE="false" and get prompted to create a user account

ENABLE="false"			# Enable service
NAME=""				# Your name
USERNAME=""			# Username
PASSWORD=""			# Password

/boot/credentials.txt

Set to ENABLE="true" and input your wifi information.
ENABLE="false"			# Enable service

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

# set static ip (ifupdown)
MANUAL="false"			# Set to true 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="false"			# Set to true to enable a static ip
IPADDR=""			# Static ip address
GATEWAY=""			# Your Gateway
DNS=""				# Your preferred dns

# change hostname
HOSTNAME="$CURRENT"		# Hostname

For headless use: ssh user@ipaddress

System settings (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