Edit Section: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Human Beans

!!# Make Customized Ubuntu Live USB

See -+UCK+- : __Ubuntu Customization Kit__, which is still available in the default ubuntu repositories in 16.04 and 18.04 LTS.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-customization-kit-linux-operating-system/

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If you want to atetmpt to make Live USB with persistent changes, you can try making the usb with mksub

(see below: [#Create_Linux_Live_USB_disks])

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!!!# Example for a OMDbuntu Live USB disk

Choose Lubuntu 18.04 64 bit as a base (it doesn't seem to work as expected for Lubuntu 16.04 since it doesn't seem to be able to find internet repos to get packages from).

Desktop environment: Other

Lang: ca

Please choose customization action

1) Run console application

2) Continue building

Your choice (1..2)> 1

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Extra system packages:

{CODE(colors="shell" ln="1" caption="Extra system packages installed in a terminal window inside UCK")}

add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java

add-apt-repository -y ppa:marutter/rrutter

apt install -y gfxboot-theme-ubuntu squashfs-tools syslinux-utils libnss-winbind winbind cifs-utils oracle-java8-installer nfs-common git git-cola mc htop parcellite kupfer p7zip-full printer-driver-cups-pdf meld sendemail gigolo

apt install -y  r-recommended  r-cran-xml libgraphviz-dev libcairo2-dev r-cran-cairodevice freeglut3 freeglut3-dev r-cran-rglpk r-cran-rgl r-cran-misc3d libx11-dev libxt-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev r-cran-xml libgraphviz-dev libcairo2-dev bwidget tk-table libv8-dev r-cran-rjava libmpfr-dev libc6 libssl-dev texlive-latex-extra texlive-lang-spanish libx11-dev libxml2-dev libxt-dev r-cran-misc3d subversion git texmaker tk-dev unaccent xvfb libgdal-dev libproj-dev libmagick++-dev r-cran-rcolorbrewer r-cran-doparallel libssh2-1-dev libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libgeos-dev libproj-dev libjq-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libssl-dev libcairo2-dev libapparmor-dev g++

# apt install -y  r-cran-mysql # no troba el paquet  slax a debian9

R CMD javareconf

wget https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.463-amd64.deb

apt install -y ./rstudio-xenial-1.1.463-amd64.deb

{CODE}

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Extra R packages

{CODE(colors="shell" ln="1" caption="Extra R packages installed in a terminal window inside UCK")}

if (!require(devtools)) install.packages("devtools"); library(devtools)

# Check Availability of package manager "PacMan" (and install it, if missing)

# if you have R < 3.5

if (version$major==3 && version$minor < 5) {

  # Instal.la devtools si et cal

  if (!require("devtools")) install.packages("devtools"); require("devtools")

  cat("R Version: ", paste0(version$major,".",version$minor), ". ")

  cat("Tens una versió de R anterior a 3.5, per tant, instal.lem la versió corresponent de PacMan (0.4.1)\n")

  # Instal.la la darrera versió de pacman (0.4.1) que anava abans de la que va només amb R 3.5+ (pacman v0.5)

  if (!require("pacman")) install_version("pacman", version = "0.4.1"); require("pacman")

} else {

# if you have R 3.5 or higher

  if (!require("pacman")) install.packages("pacman"); require("pacman")

}

p_load("devtools", "plotly", "Nozzle.R1", "VennDiagram", "stringr", "xml2", "parallel", "data.table", "doParallel", "xtable", "plyr", "dplyr", "reshape2", "rjson", "d3heatmap", "htmlwidgets", "googleVis", "doMC", "knitr", "checkpoint", "sem", "rmarkdown", "relimp", "aplpack",  "addinslist", "tidyverse", "magick", "webshot", "pacman", "officer", "flextable", "huxtable", "RODBC", "leaflet", "gitlabr", "colorspace", "mapdeck", "rsvg", "png", "cartography", "magick", "rJava", "rio")

{CODE}

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Before exiting the "-+Run console application+-", you need to update (or replace) the customization script in order to make it work with latest Ubuntu versions (16.04+; derived from [https://askubuntu.com/a/699474|here])

Create a file called customize_iso2 in your home directory for instance:

{CODE()}

nano /home/xavi/customize_iso2

{CODE}

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Add these contents inside:

{CODE(ln="1" colors="shell" caption="Contents of customize_iso2")}

#!/bin/bash

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###################################################################################

# UCK - Ubuntu Customization Kit                                                  #

# Copyright (C) 2006-2010 UCK Team                                                #

#                                                                                 #

# UCK is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify                     #

# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by            #

# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or               #

# (at your option) any later version.                                             #

#                                                                                 #

# UCK is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,                          #

# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of                  #

# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the                   #

# GNU General Public License for more details.                                    #

#                                                                                 #

# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License               #

# along with UCK.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.                    #

###################################################################################

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# NAME:

#    customize_iso -- customize iso image outside of root FS

#

# SYNOPSIS:

#    customize_iso [remaster_home] [customization_scripts_dir]

#

# DESCRIPTION:

#    This procedure performs additional customization that needs to

#    happen outside of the image of the root file system:

#        - Configuration of the boot environment

#            - isolinux configuration

#            - gfxboot configuration (language/keyboard support!)

#            - propagation of a new kernel/initrd

#            - Simple bootmanager (directory "install" in image)

#        - Configuration of additional resources outside the root FS

#            - Add-Ons (like sample document/music/video files)

#            - More Add-Ons (like OSS for Win / Mac)

#

# NOTES:

#    Execution of the procedure may require Internet access to download

#    the source of the latest version gfxboot-theme-ubuntu.

#

#    If a local copy of gfxboot-theme-ubuntu is available in the remaster

#    home, it will be used instead of a (possibly updated) download.

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SCRIPT_DIR=`dirname "$0"`

REMASTER_HOME=${1:-~/tmp}

SCRIPT_DIR=${2-$REMASTER_HOME/customization-scripts}

ISO_REMASTER_DIR="$REMASTER_HOME/remaster-iso"

REMASTER_DIR="$REMASTER_HOME/remaster-root"

BOOT_LANG=`cat "$SCRIPT_DIR/livecd_locale"`

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function failure()

{

    echo "$@"

    exit 1

}

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function get_latest_kernel()

{

    set -- $(ls "$REMASTER_DIR"/boot/vmlinuz* 2>/dev/null |

        sed -e "s@$REMASTER_DIR/boot/@@" |

        tr --  '-.' '\t' |

        sort --key=2 --key=3 --key=4  --key=5 --numeric-sort |

        tail -n1 )

    [ "$1" = "vmlinuz" ] && echo "$REMASTER_DIR/boot/$1-$2.$3.$4-$5-$6"

}

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# Create a temporary directory to assemble the gfxboot stuff in

BUILD_DIR=`mktemp -d`

if [ -d $REMASTER_HOME/gfxboot-theme-ubuntu ]

then

    cp -r $REMASTER_HOME/gfxboot-theme-ubuntu "$BUILD_DIR" ||

        failure "Cannot copy gfxboot-theme-ubuntu to $BUILD_DIR"

    pushd "$BUILD_DIR" >/dev/null ||

        failure "Cannot change directory to $BUILD_DIR"

else

    pushd "$BUILD_DIR" >/dev/null ||

        failure "Cannot change directory to $BUILD_DIR"

    #-----HS (1)-->

    #DISTRO_CODENAME=`cd "$ISO_REMASTER_DIR"/dists && find . -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep '/' | cut -d '/' -f2` ||

    #   failure "Unable to identify Ubuntu distro codename"

     DISTRO_CODENAME="$(lsb_release -c|awk '{print $2}')"||

        failure "Unable to identify Ubuntu distro codename"

    #-----HS (1)--<

    APT_SOURCES_TMP_DIR=`mktemp -d`

    wget -c http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/dists/$DISTRO_CODENAME/main/source/Sources.gz -O "$APT_SOURCES_TMP_DIR"/Sources.gz

    #-----HS (2)-->

    #GFXBOOT_THEME_UBUNTU_SOURCE_PACKAGE=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gfxboot-theme-ubuntu/$(zgrep gz "$APT_SOURCES_TMP_DIR"/Sources.gz | grep gfxboot-theme-ubuntu | sed -n 1p | awk '{ print $3 }')

    GFXBOOT_THEME_UBUNTU_SOURCE_PACKAGE=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gfxboot-theme-ubuntu/$(dpkg -l|grep gfxboot-theme-ubuntu|awk '{print $2"_"$3"_"$4".deb"}')

    #-----HS (2)--<

    wget $GFXBOOT_THEME_UBUNTU_SOURCE_PACKAGE ||

        failure "Unable to download gfxboot-theme-ubuntu source package from $GFXBOOT_THEME_UBUNTU_SOURCE_PACKAGE"

    #-----HS (3)-->

    #tar xfz *.tar.gz ||

    tar xfz *.tar.gz

    dpkg -x *.deb . ||

        failure "Unable to extract gfxboot-theme-ubuntu source package"

    #-----HS (3)--<

fi

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# Build the gfx boot theme

    #-----HS (4)-->

cd usr/share

    #-----HS (4)--<

cd gfxboot-theme-ubuntu

cd po

ln -s pt.po pt_PT.po

cd ..

##if [ "$BOOT_LANG" = "pt_PT" ]; then

##  make DEFAULT_LANG="pt" || failure "Failed to build gfxboot theme"

##else

    make DEFAULT_LANG="$BOOT_LANG" || failure "Failed to build gfxboot theme"

##fi

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# Fix list of languages

pushd boot >/dev/null

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# Create regexp that matches all language packs on CD

langpack=""

for langpack in `cat "$SCRIPT_DIR/language_packs"`; do

    if [ -z "$LANGPACKS" ]; then

        LANGPACKS="$langpack"

    else

        LANGPACKS="$LANGPACKS|$langpack"

    fi

done

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# Rewrite langlist

cat "$SCRIPT_DIR/livecd_locales" >langlist

popd >/dev/null

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# Copy to isolinux in image directory

cp -af boot/* "$ISO_REMASTER_DIR/isolinux/" ||

    failure "Error while copying boot files to $ISO_REMASTER_DIR/isolinux"

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popd >/dev/null

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# Cleanup

[ "$BUILD_DIR" != "/" ] && rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR"

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# Copy kernel and initrd, in case it was changed during installation

VMLINUZ=$(get_latest_kernel)

if [ "$VMLINUZ" != "" ]

then

    INITRD="$REMASTER_DIR"/boot/initrd.img-$(echo `basename $VMLINUZ` | cut -d'-' -f 2-)

    if [ -e "$VMLINUZ" -a -e "$INITRD" ]

    then

        echo "Updating kernel:"

        echo "  kernel=$VMLINUZ"

        echo "  initrd=$INITRD"

        cp -f "$VMLINUZ" "$ISO_REMASTER_DIR/casper/vmlinuz"

        cp -f "$INITRD" "$ISO_REMASTER_DIR/casper/initrd.gz"

    else

        echo "Not updating kernel as initrd not present"

    fi

fi

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# Misc fixup for Karmic

pushd "$ISO_REMASTER_DIR"/isolinux >/dev/null

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# What used to be called "message" is now called "bootlogo"

if [ -f isolinux.cfg -a -n "`grep "gfxboot bootlogo" isolinux.cfg 2>/dev/null`" ]

then

    if [ -f message ]

    then

        echo "Using bootlogo instead of message"

        mv message bootlogo

    fi

fi

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# What used to be a gzipped initrd now is a lzma compressed initrd

if [ -f text.cfg ] || [ -f txt.cfg ]

then

    # At least one of the .cfg file will be missing. Drop error message.

    lzused=`grep initrd.lz text.cfg txt.cfg 2>/dev/null`

    lzmacmd=`which lzma`

    if [ -n "$lzused" ]

    then

        if [ -n "$lzmacmd" ]

        then

            if [ -f ../casper/initrd.gz ]

            then

                pushd "$ISO_REMASTER_DIR"/casper >/dev/null

                echo "Recompressing initrd from gzip to lzma"

                rm -f initrd.lz

                gunzip <initrd.gz | $lzmacmd >initrd.lz

                rm -f initrd.gz

                popd >/dev/null

            fi

        else

            if [ -f ../casper/initrd.gz ]

            then

                echo "lzma command not installed"

                echo "Switching permanently to gzipped initrd"

                sed -i -e 's/initrd\.lz/initrd.gz/g' text.cfg txt.cfg

                rm -f ../casper/initrd.lz

            else

                : do nothing - no initrd.gz

            fi

        fi

    else

        : do nothing - initrd.lz not used

    fi

fi

{CODE}

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Then overwrite the customize_iso in uck with your own one:

{CODE(caption="Command to be run on a terminal window out of UCK")}

cp /home/xavi/customize_iso2 /home/xavi/tmp/customization-scripts/customize_iso

{CODE}

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Then you can continue with step -+2+- in:

{QUOTE()}

Please choose customization action

1) Run console application

2) Continue building

Your choice (1..2)> 2

{QUOTE}

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