distrib-dl

Download and keep up-to-date Linux/BSD distribution ISO images (installers/live images). Can be used to maintain a local ISO image repository.

Installation

git clone https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/distrib-dl

Requirements

bash
wget
gnupg

Usage

Usage: ./distrib-dl [OPTIONS] DISTRIBUTION1 [DISTRIBUTION2 DISTRIBUTION3 ...] [all]
Available distributions: debian debian-live tails kali proxmox pfsense freebsd debian-live-config fedora ubuntu
Options:
-c        only check that the url returns 200, don't download anything
-d DIR    specify base download directory (by default the current working directory is used)
-h        show help

Debian GNU/Linux (netinstall and live)
Tails
Kali
Proxmox VE
pfSense
FreeBSD
debian-live-config
Fedora Workstation
Ubuntu

Downloads will be verified against checksums and GPG keys when available. Checksums/signatures are downloaded as part of the process. The script will return warnings unless you manually import and trust gpg keys:

gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.

Debian: You need to import Debian signing keys to your GPG keyring:

gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv-keys DF9B9C49EAA9298432589D76DA87E80D6294BE9B

Consider a periodic cleanup of old/obsolete images from your download directory, else disk usage will keep increasing over time (unless you intend to keep old distribution releases?).

Configuration

Architectures and distribution versions are configurable in the script itself.

Contributing/testing/support

Patches and pull requests welcome.
File bugs or possible improvements at https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/distrib-dl/issues
Run shellcheck against the script to check for errors/styling issues.

TODO

add GPG/checksum verifications for proxmox
add support for Arch Linux
add support for Bedrock Linux
add support for Clonezilla
add support for GNU Guix System
add support for Lakka
add support for NixOS
add support for OpenBSD
add support for Rocky Linux
add support for AlmaLinux
add support for Sparky Linux
add support for slackware
add support for opensuse
add support for void linux
add support for nixos
add support for bittorrent downloads (transmission-cli?)
add support for windows 10
automatically check for new versions of distributions (RSS feeds?)
integrate with https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/
support downloading via bittorrent/transmission-cli

License

MIT

nodiscc/distrib-dl