Note: this is the work-in-progress installer and has not been released yet. For the current installer, see Ubiquity.
An installer for open-source operating systems. See the wiki for goals, design spec, user flow, and details about each step.
You'll need the following dependencies:
- meson
- desktop-file-utils
- gettext
- libgnomekbd-dev
- libgranite-dev >= 0.5
- libgtk-3-dev
- libgee-0.8-dev
- libjson-glib-dev
- libpwquality-dev
- libxml2-dev
- libxml2-utils
- distinst
- valac
Run meson build to configure the build environment. Change to the build directory and run ninja test to build and run automated tests
meson build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja test
To install, use ninja install, then execute with io.elementary.installer
sudo ninja install
io.elementary.installer
You can also use test mode for development to disable some destructive behaviors like restarting and shutting down:
io.elementary.installer -t or io.elementary.installer --test