[ubuntu-in] How to customize an Ubuntu version

[Ramnarayan.K]

Am trying out the Pinguy script that helps make a complete iso from the
(one) installed system.

Hope to complete one machine and one new iso today - will let you know how
this goes

suspect that some things will still need to be done by hand.

regards
ram

On 20 May 2016 at 13:36, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:

> So found these solutions
>
> apt-offline
>
> this guide to using a script - as suggested earlier
>
> Download updates away from home, install at home.
> <https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=47129?f=42&t=47129#p271839>
> https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=47129?f=42&t=47129#p271839
>
> am going to give the UCK one more try - that seems the easiert if all the
> stuff can be on one ISO
>
> will try the ubuntu-customs-builder as well
>
> will let you know when i complete one proper install or if i get into
> trouble
>
>
> thanks
> ram
>
>
>
>
> On 20 May 2016 at 06:50, James Sebastian <james.sebastian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Ram,
>>
>> One way to deal with replicating a customised install on many machines is
>> to install one machine with all the required packages.
>> Once ready use a clonezilla iso to boot from it, take a backup and
>> restore it to multiple machines. If DHCP you dont need any changes after
>> this image backup/restore process and pretty easy.
>>
>> If you keep this image in a hard drive/ssh server, you can re-use any
>> time later for wipe-out and restore the vanilla version needs.
>>
>> Also as suggested earlier,
>>
>> Install from an ISO. Do an
>> apt-get clean (to clean /var/cache/apt/archives)
>> install all dependencies, then copy all the debian packages from
>> /var/cache/apt/archives
>>
>> and use dpkg -i * to install them in each of these machines.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>> James
>>
>>
>>
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