Building Ubuntu Minimal from scratch?

Benjoyo · 10-26-2014, 07:09 AM

Hello.

I am aksing myself where I could get detailed information on how the base of Ubuntu is built, what the Ubuntu specific structures and installed packages are.

Basically I want to know if I could follow some kind of guideline when doing an "Linux from Scratch"-build that would lead to a basic Ubuntu-compatible system, like Ubuntu Minimal. What packages and properties does a linux system need to be Ubuntu-compatible?

thx

linus72 · 10-26-2014, 09:33 AM

Googling minimal ubuntu hits this
http://www.ubuntu-mini-remix.org/

http://wiki.dennyhalim.com/ubuntu-minimal-desktop

Netbootcd/usb works good too
http://netbootcd.tuxfamily.org/

Benjoyo · 10-26-2014, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linus72

Googling minimal ubuntu hits this
http://www.ubuntu-mini-remix.org/

http://wiki.dennyhalim.com/ubuntu-minimal-desktop

Netbootcd/usb works good too
http://netbootcd.tuxfamily.org/

Thanks, but I don't want to know where to get Ubuntu Minimal, I want to know where I can find out how it is really built (from source). What packages are included etc. Or just information on what it needs to be Ubuntu-compatible.

ondoho · 10-27-2014, 02:12 PM

at least the first link answers parts of your question.

linus72 · 10-27-2014, 02:26 PM

Quote:

I am aksing myself where I could get detailed information on how the base of Ubuntu is built, what the Ubuntu specific structures and installed packages are.

Yeah, thats why I gave you link to Ubuntu minimal- extract the sqfs out of the cd then extract the sqfs which is the base filesystem, usquashfs name_of_squashed_filesystem folder_to_extract_to

Quote:

What packages and properties does a linux system need to be Ubuntu-compatible?

To be Ubuntu compatible
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Li...ionFromScratch
will give detailed info on that.

The information your asking for would fill books so you're gonna have to do a lot of reading and playing with distros

Benjoyo · 10-28-2014, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linus72

Yeah, thats why I gave you link to Ubuntu minimal- extract the sqfs out of the cd then extract the sqfs which is the base filesystem, usquashfs name_of_squashed_filesystem folder_to_extract_to

To be Ubuntu compatible
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Li...ionFromScratch
will give detailed info on that.

The information your asking for would fill books so you're gonna have to do a lot of reading and playing with distros

Sorry I misunderstood the link, thank you.