# Creating an ISO

Heavy packaging of Nexa Linux can be difficult, which is why we made our own ISO packaging script.

DO NOT USE!

At this time, Nexa Linux is being rebased to Ubuntu, and the scripts most likely don't work!

We use Penguins' eggs for packaging Nexa Linux. Huge thanks to the developer, Piero Proietti, for developing this awesome project.

Development only

The ISO creator script is used for development ONLY. Please, do NOT run this on your main PC.

First, start off with a clean Ubuntu VM.

Set a password for the root password with sudo passwd root (it will be removed later).

You have to use a TTY. Just press CTRL + ALT + F5 and log in as the root user.

Once you're in, clean up after the user that you had to make while installing:

userdel YOUR_USERNAME
rm -rf /home/YOUR_USERNAME

Then, install wget, nano and python3:

sudo apt install -y nano wget python3

Warning

Penguins' eggs uses nano for editing /etc/sudoers, and we will be doing that, so don't try replacing it with a different editor (e.g Neovim.)

After installing the packages, download the necessary scripts:

mkdir /tmp/nexa-prod/
wget https://scripts.nexalinux.xyz/nlcs.py -O /tmp/nexa-prod/nlcs.py
wget https://scripts.nexalinux.xyz/iso.py -O /tmp/nexa-prod/iso.py

Remove wget HSTS rules:

rm ~/.wget-hsts

And now, execute nlcs.sh (NLCS):

Danger ahead!

Like mentioned before, please, do NOT execute the script on your main PC. If you do, don't even try making an issue, as that's 100% your fault.

python3 /tmp/nexa-prod/nlcs.py

After that's done, immediately run the ISO creator:

python3 /tmp/nexa-prod/iso.py

Info

When Penguins' eggs tells you to edit /etc/sudoers, find the commented line that enables any user in the group %wheel to run sudo commands and uncomment it. Then press CTRL + S to save and CTRL + X to exit.

And now, grab the ISO in /home/eggs and you're done!

If you want to redistribute our ISO, please, follow the GNU GPL 3.0 license!