10.10 - install remastersys

[moebiu.x]

How do I install remastersys on Ubunutu 10.10?
I can't find neither instructions or working repositry!

[moebiu.x]

Ok! Solved!

sudo nano /etc/apt/source.list
add

# Remastersys
deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository karmic/
save!

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install remastersys

[libssd]

There is one critical part missing from the above instructions:
when adding the new deb line to sources.list, it MUST be followed by a blank line. I got this straight from the developer of Remastersys, after a great deal of frustration.

Once you get the hang of it, Remastersys is an essential lifesaver, but the documentation is almost non-existent/disorganized, and the developer doesn't have a great deal of patience. That said, installing Remastersys is on my list of essential tasks after installing a new release of Ubuntu -- it's the most essential piece of software that isn't available from the default repositories.

[TNT1]

There is one critical part missing from the above instructions:
when adding the new deb line to sources.list, it MUST be followed by a blank line. I got this straight from the developer of Remastersys, after a great deal of frustration.



Or.... You could just not manually edit the sources.list, and add the deb line straight to the software sources via the gui.

I sometimes wonder why Canonical spend so much time developing the GUI when people always want to go the long way round via some old fashioned method.

[libssd]

It's been a year since I installed Remastersys, so I can't be sure, but my vague recollection is that I was unable to configure it through Synaptic software sources -- possibly because the entry for Remastersys needs to be the last in sources.list, and followed by a blank line. Tony explained that this was required because Remastersys comes from an unsigned repository.

Also, the instructions on the Remastersys site http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu.html are for command line, so that's probably what most people use.

[TNT1]

I borked my system a few months back, and from the remastersys site, I followed the instructions, and added the repository via /administration/softwaresources. Sorry, I'm a "it must just work/gui/easy/lazy(?) kinda guy...

(and yes, I bugger around with the cli and stuff plenty, hence the borked system... But mainly I use ubuntu daily as my main OS for work in a corporate world, so I like point and click...)

[moebiu.x]

Or.... You could just not manually edit the sources.list, and add the deb line straight to the software sources via the gui.

I sometimes wonder why Canonical spend so much time developing the GUI when people always want to go the long way round via some old fashioned method.

Actually I tryied to add the deb line straight to the software sources via the GUI, but the system gave me errors.

Luckily there are the old fashioned method!

[drewsus]

Ok! Solved!

sudo nano /etc/apt/source.list
add

# Remastersys
deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository karmic/
save!

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install remastersys

should be "sources.list"

[libssd]

Don't forget the trailing blank line.

[emzbuntu]

Well you can check on the remastersys site and there are specific instructions for ubuntu



browse to system/ administration/ synaptic package manager
Then click on settings/ repositories. Click other software
Click on ADD
deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository karmic/
It will ask you to reload so do it.
An error might pop but just ignore it
Now search for remastesys and it should find the package

if not,


Open a terminal and type
sudo apt-get update
Then
sudo apt-get install remastersys


here is the link to the official site
http://geekconnection.org/remastersys/ubuntu.html

[kumarvimal]

I succeeded in installing remastersys on my ubuntu 11.10 with the help of this link: http://goo.gl/Ey0X4