From 9e1bf39a3dc5e9b967a8c898f3889e470ba9ae5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 17:21:58 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.0.128+nmu2+deb12u1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- debootstrap.8 | 206 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 206 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debootstrap.8 (limited to 'debootstrap.8') diff --git a/debootstrap.8 b/debootstrap.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3253144 --- /dev/null +++ b/debootstrap.8 @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ +.TH DEBOOTSTRAP 8 2001-04-27 "Debian Project" "Debian GNU/Linux manual" +.SH NAME +debootstrap \- Bootstrap a basic Debian system +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B debootstrap +.RB [ OPTION\&.\&.\&. ] +.I SUITE TARGET +.RI [ MIRROR +.RI [ SCRIPT ]] + +.B debootstrap +.RB [ OPTION\&.\&.\&. ] +\-\-second\-stage +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B debootstrap +bootstraps a basic Debian system of +.I SUITE +into +.I TARGET +from +.I MIRROR +by running +.IR SCRIPT . +.I MIRROR +can be an http:// or https:// URL, a file:/// URL, or an ssh:/// URL. +.PP +The +.I SUITE +may be a release code name (eg, sid, stretch, jessie) +or a symbolic name (eg, unstable, testing, stable, oldstable) +.PP +Notice that file:/ URLs are translated to file:/// (correct scheme as +described in RFC1738 for local filenames), and file:// will \fBnot\fR work. +ssh://USER@HOST/PATH URLs are retrieved using +.BR scp ; +use of +.B ssh\-agent +or similar is strongly recommended. +.PP +\fBDebootstrap\fR can be used to install Debian in a system without using an +installation disk but can also be used to run a different Debian flavor in a \fBchroot\fR +environment. +This way you can create a full (minimal) Debian installation which +can be used for testing purposes (see the \fBEXAMPLES\fR section). +If you are looking for a chroot system to build packages please take a look at +\fBpbuilder\fR. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +.IP "\fB\-\-arch=ARCH\fP" +Set the target architecture (use if dpkg isn't installed). +See also \-\-foreign. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-include=alpha,beta\fP" +Comma separated list of packages which will be added to download and extract +lists. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-exclude=alpha,beta\fP" +Comma separated list of packages which will be removed from download and +extract lists. +WARNING: you can and probably will exclude essential packages, be +careful using this option. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-extra-suites=alpha,beta\fP" +Also use packages from the listed suites of the archive. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-components=alpha,beta\fP" +Use packages from the listed components of the archive. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-no\-resolve\-deps\fP" +By default, debootstrap will attempt to automatically resolve any missing +dependencies, warning if any are found. +Note that this is not a complete dependency resolve in the sense of dpkg +or apt, and that it is far better to specify the entire base system than +rely on this option. +With this option set, this behaviour is disabled. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-log\-extra\-deps\fP" +If you want to record additional dependencies when resolving package dependencies, +set this option to track them through debootstrap.log. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-variant=minbase|buildd|fakechroot\fP" +Name of the bootstrap script variant to use. +Currently, the variants supported are minbase, which only includes +\fIrequired\fR packages and apt; buildd, which installs the build-essential +packages and fakechroot, which installs the packages without root privileges. +The default, with no \fB\-\-variant=X\fP argument, is to create a +base Debian installation with all packages of priority \fIrequired\fR and +\fIimportant\fR, including apt. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-merged-usr\fP" +Create /{bin,sbin,lib}/ symlinks pointing to their counterparts in /usr/. +(Default for most variants and suites.) +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-no-merged-usr\fP" +Do not create /{bin,sbin,lib}/ symlinks pointing to their counterparts in /usr/. +(Default for the buildd variant of Debian 12 'bookworm' or older, and all +variants of Debian 9 'stretch' or older.) +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-keyring=KEYRING\fP" +Override the default keyring for the distribution being bootstrapped, +and use +.IR KEYRING +to check signatures of retrieved Release files. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-no-check-gpg\fP" +Disables checking gpg signatures of retrieved Release files. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-force-check-gpg\fP" +Forces checking Release file signatures, disabling automatic fallback to +HTTPS in case of a missing keyring. Incompatible with the previous option. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-verbose\fP" +Produce more info about downloading. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-print\-debs\fP" +Print the packages to be installed, and exit. +Note that an empty or non-existing TARGET directory must be specified so +that debootstrap can download Packages files to determine which packages +should be installed, and to resolve dependencies. The TARGET directory +will be deleted unless \-\-keep\-debootstrap\-dir is specified. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-download\-only\fP" +Download packages, but don't perform installation. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-foreign\fP" +Do the initial unpack phase of bootstrapping only, for example if the +target architecture does not match the host architecture. +A copy of debootstrap sufficient for completing the bootstrap process +will be installed as /debootstrap/debootstrap in the target filesystem. +You can run it with the \fB\-\-second\-stage\fP option to complete the +bootstrapping process. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-second\-stage\fP" +Complete the bootstrapping process. +Other arguments are generally not needed. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-second\-stage\-target=DIR\fP" +Run second stage in a subdirectory instead of root. (can be used to create +a foreign chroot) (requires \-\-second\-stage) +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-keep\-debootstrap\-dir\fP" +Don't delete the /debootstrap directory in the target after completing the +installation. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-cache\-dir=DIR\fP" +Cache .deb files under directory. It should be an absolute path. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-unpack\-tarball=FILE\fP" +Acquire .debs from gzipped tarball FILE (specified with absolute path) +instead of downloading via HTTP(S). +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-make\-tarball=FILE\fP" +Instead of bootstrapping, make a gzipped tarball (written to FILE) of the +downloaded packages. +The resulting tarball may be passed to a later +.BR \-\-unpack\-tarball . +Note that an empty or non-existing TARGET directory must be specified so +that debootstrap can download packages to prepare the tarball. The TARGET +directory will be deleted unless \-\-keep\-debootstrap\-dir is specified. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-debian\-installer\fP" +Used for internal purposes by the debian-installer +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-extractor=TYPE\fP" +Override automatic .deb extractor selection to +.IR TYPE . +Supported extractors are: dpkg-deb and ar. +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-no\-check\-certificate\fP" +Do not check certificate against certificate authorities +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-certificate=FILE\fP" +Use the client certificate stored in file (PEM) +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-private\-key=FILE\fP" +Read the private key from file +.IP +.IP "\fB\-\-inrelease\-path\fP" +Determine the path to the InRelease file of the suite relative to the +normal position of an InRelease file +.IP + +.SH EXAMPLES +. +.PP +To setup a \fIstretch\fR system: +.PP + debootstrap stretch ./stretch-chroot http://deb.debian.org/debian +.PP + debootstrap stretch ./stretch-chroot file:///LOCAL_MIRROR/debian +.PP +Full process to create a complete Debian installation of \fIsid\fR (unstable) +in a chroot: +.PP + main # debootstrap sid sid-root http://deb.debian.org/debian/ + [ ... watch it download the whole system ] + main # echo "proc sid-root/proc proc defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab + main # mount proc sid-root/proc -t proc + main # echo "sysfs sid-root/sys sysfs defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab + main # mount sysfs sid-root/sys -t sysfs + main # cp /etc/hosts sid-root/etc/hosts + main # chroot sid-root /bin/bash +.SH AUTHOR +.B debootstrap +was written by Anthony Towns . +This manpage was written by Matt Kraai . -- cgit v1.2.3