Differences between revisions 18 and 19
Revision 18 as of 2017-05-31 12:12:38
Size: 5303
Editor: highvoltage
Comment:
Revision 19 as of 2017-06-05 04:10:23
Size: 5374
Editor: PaulWise
Comment: vmdb2
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 36: Line 36:
|| [[http://git.liw.fi/vmdb2|vmdb2]] || || vmdebootstrap successor ||

Intro

A list of tools that can be used to build multi-package systems; in chroots, app/service containers, disk images, VMs or other formats.

Unpack/configure packages to a location

Tool

Language

Read-only/Writable

Formats

Comments

??

debootstrap

directory

cdebootstrap

directory

multistrap

directory

multiple apt repos, docs

polystrap

directory

works without root

qemu-debootstrap

directory

supports multiple architectures via qemu-user

crosshurd

directory

Package build tools

sbuild

Perl

pbuilder

Bash

cowbuilder

qemubuilder

whalebuilder

debian-installer

shell, C

calamares

propellor

Haskell

propellor is d-i 2.0

??

ubiquity

Ubuntu/Mint installer, uses d-i in backend.

General tools

virt-inst

vmdebootstrap

python, shell

vmdb2

vmdebootstrap successor

qemu-make-debian-root

grml-debootstrap

shell

virt-install

vmbuilder

ltsp-build-client

vserver build

build-simple-cdd

debootstick

mkosi

Kameleon

lxc-create

Linux containers create new buildroots from script templates

debian-rootfs

Shell

RW

tar.gz

WARNING: some questionable customisations

live-build

open-infrastructure-system-build

live-wrapper

grml-live

debirf

Read-only

initramfs

supermin

NEALE

freedom-maker

boxer

freedombox_dev

ISAR

ELBE

ganeti-instance-debootstrap

bootstrap-vz

Python

python-diskimage-builder

shell, python

openstack-debian-images

shell

packer

fai

xen-tools

Perl

TKLDev

Ubuntu EC2 builds

Scaleway

linaro-media-create

Python

buildroot

apertis-image-customization

Armbian lib

spindle

shell

omap-image-builder

JBAT

AppImageKit

limba

snappy

flatpak

docker

rkt

Derivatives

See the full derivatives census page to search all the "Image tool" fields.

Other

rootstrap debian-knoppix debix bootcd mklivecd ?CDDT

fsprotect

Discussions

Talks