ltsp-build-client(8)
NAME
- ltsp-build-client - Builds an LTSP client system for use
- with the LTSP
server
SYNOPSIS
ltsp-build-client <options>
DESCRIPTION
- ltsp-build-client builds an ltsp client chroot using stan
- dard packages
for use with the ltsp server. This chroot installation - can be modified
in a number of ways as outlined in the OPTIONS section. - If present,
defaults will be read from the configu - ration file
/etc/ltsp/ltsp-build-client.conf, and will be overridden - by using the
command line options. Visit http://www.ltsp.org for more - information
OPTIONS
- not all options are available on all installations. for a
- complete list
of available options, use the --help option. - --base dir
- Sets the default path for the ltsp chroots to
- be installed
into, defaults to /opt/ltsp/ - --dist distribution
- Distribution : Sets the distribution to be in
- stalled in the
client chroot. - --mirror mirror_url
- Select the mirror to download packages from.
- file:/// and
http:// URLs are supported. - --extra-mirror mirror_url dist components
- Select an extra mirror to download pack
- ages from. This
option can also have dist and component vari - ables associated
as demonstrated above. If no dist and compo - nents are specified the defaults are used. file:/// and
- http:// URLs are
supported. - --security-mirror mirror_url dist components
- Select a mirror to download package security
- updates from.
This option can also have dist and component - variables associated as demonstrated above. If no dist and
- components are
specified the defaults are used. file:/// and - http:// URLs
are supported. - --exclude package1 package2
- Exclude the list of packages from the initial
- client chroot.
note that this does not prevent these packages - from being
installed in the chroot later, only the ini - tial building of
the chroot. - --early-packages package1 package2
- List of packages to be installed immediately af
- ter the initial chroot is built. this normally will
- include the
ltsp-client package. - --late-packages package1 package2
- Packages to be installed into the client chroot
- in the last
phases of installation, after other parts of the - ltsp configuration tweaks have been applied.
- --serial-console
- Enables the serial console in the new ltsp
- client chroot.
- --arch i386 | powerpc
- Builds an i386 chroot on an amd64 or a powerpc
- chroot on a
ppc64. An error will be presented if the - arch chosen is
unsupported. - --debconf-seeds
- Loads the debconf pre-seeding files into the
- ltsp client
chroot - --apt-keys key1 key2
- Specifies keys to add to the apt keyring
- --help Displays the ltsp-build-client help message
SEE ALSO
ltsp-update-sshkeys(8), ltsp-update-kernels(8).
AVAILABILITY
- ltsp-build-client is part of ltsp package and the latest
- versions are
available in source form from - https://launchpad.net/products/ltsp (link to URL https://launchpad.net/products/ltsp) .
MAN PAGE AUTHOR
Peter Savage - silentk - cbx33 debug@silentkeystroke.co.uk
- updated 20060904 by Vagrant Cascadian <va
- grant@freegeek.org>
20060904 ltsp