Tazlito Manual

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+ +

NAME

+Tazlito - SliTaz Live Tool. +

+ +

SYNTAX

+tazlito [command] [list|iso|flavor] [dir]
+

+ +

DESCRIPTION

+Tazlito is a small utility to extract a LiveCD, rebuild the +ISO image and regenerate the root filesystem of the LiveCD. +Tazlito can also generate a distribution from a list of packages +previously downloaded. To run Tazlito uses a configuration file +/etc/slitaz-tools/tazlito.conf or a tazlito.conf found in the +current directory, this can be easily generated +by Tazlito, it specifies the name of the ISO, volume, maintainer and +the paths of the packages to distribute and the generated ISO. +Tazlito can also set up a directory containing additional files, +which will be copied into the LiveCD when generating the distribution. +

+Tazlito is distributed under the free GNU licence GPL V3, +Installed by default of SliTaz and installed/sucessfully tested +on Debian GNU/Linux. You will find additional information +about creating a LiveCD in the Handbook. +

+ +

COMMANDS

usage

+The 'usage' command displays a list of available commands +with a short description: +

+ # tazlito usage
+

stats

+Stats displays the configuration variables, the paths to the +various files and directories and information on the ISO image: +

+ # tazlito stats
+

gen-config

+The 'gen-config' command allows you to generate a configuration +file ready to be edited. By default the file is created in +the current directory and can also be in another directory +if specified: +

+ # tazlito gen-config
+ # tazlito gen-config /path/to/distro
+

configure

+This command can configure the system configuration +file or one found in the current directory: +

+ # tazlito configure
+

gen-iso

+The 'gen-iso' command can generate a +new LiveCD image following modifications and additions to the +root filesystem of the cdrom. To function this command needs +a directory containing the distro-tree of the Live system, +this tree can easily be built with the 'extract-distro' command, +modified and rebuilt via: +

+ # tazlito gen-iso
+

gen-initiso

+The 'gen'initso' command will do the same work as 'gen-iso', +but rebuilds the initramfs compressed system prior. +The initramfs contains the root filesystem and +must be rebuilt if modified: +

+ # tazlito gen-initiso
+

list-flavors

+The 'list-flavors' command downloads (if necessary) and displays +the list of the different flavors available. You can force the +download with the -recharge option: +

+ # tazlito list-flavors
+ # tazlito list-flavors --recharge
+

get-flavor

+The 'get-flavor' command downloads (if necessary) and prepares the necesssary +files for 'gen-distro' to generate a flavor: +

+ # tazlito get-flavor particular-flavor
+

show-flavor

+The 'show-flavor' command displays the description of the +flavor and it's size after regenerating. The options +--brief and --noheader reduce the output displayed: +

+ # tazlito show-flavor particular-flavor 
+ # tazlito show-flavor particular-flavor --brief
+ # tazlito show-flavor particular-flavor --brief --noheader
+

gen-flavor

+The 'gen-flavor' command creates a description file of a new +flavor from the results of generating a distro (gen-distro) +The .flavor file can then be sent to slitaz.org: +

+ # tazlito gen-flavor new-flavor
+

extract-distro

+The 'extract-distro' command is used to extract an ISO image +from the LiveCD to rebuild the structure (of the root cdrom +and system). It is then possible to make the desired changes +or additions and rebuild the ISO image via 'gen-iso' and +'gen-initiso'. Example of use: +

+ # tazlito extract-distro slitaz-cooking.iso
+

gen-distro

+The Generate Distribution command can generate the +distro-tree and an ISO image via a list of packages. To function, +this command needs a list of packages, a directory containing +all the (.tazpkg) packages on the list and a directory to +generate the distribution. The list of packages can be extracted +from a flavor by the 'get-flavor' command. If one uses the +LiveCD, the options --cdrom and --iso= permit the regeneration +of packages that place files in /boot without being obliged +to download them and recovers the additional files of the +LiveCD. The path to the various directories are configured +in the configuration file and packages can be downloaded +from the SliTaz mirrors or generated by Tazwok. To generate +a distribution: +

+ # tazlito gen-distro
+ # tazlito gen-distro --cdrom
+ # tazlito gen-distro --iso=slitaz.iso
+ # tazlito gen-distro package-list
+

clean-distro

+Remove all files generated or extracts of the structure +of the LiveCD: +

+ # tazlito clean-distro
+

addhacker

+The 'addhacker' command allows the addition of the user +hacker to the distribution - it helps to have a user account +without a password. Note that this command changes permissions +on all files in /home/hacker: +

+ # tazlito addhacker
+

check-distro

+This command simply verifies if files installed +by the packages are present on the system: +

+ # tazlito check-distro
+

burn-iso

+Burn-iso will estimate the cdrom device, it's speed and wodim +(part of cdrkit) will begin to burn an ISO image. The default +ISO image is the one in the current configuration file, +but it's possible to specify a different image via the +command line: +

+ # tazlito burn-iso
+ # tazlito burn-iso slitaz-hacked.iso
+

+ +

MAINTAINER

+Christophe Lincoln <pankso at slitaz.org> +

+ + +

Tazpkg Manual

Tazwok & the wok

Manuals

Release Notes