Regular options:¶

--dist

set the distribution to be used for install, defaults to running distribution

--extra-help

display help for all available commandline options

--help

display this help message

--mirror

set the mirror location

--version

output version information and exit

Advanced options:¶

--accept-unsigned-packages allow unsigned packages during install

--apt-keys

include the listed keys in the apt keyring

--arch

set the target architecture

--backports-dist

distribution to pull backports from

--backports-mirror

add a backports mirror

--backports-packages

list of packages to install from the backports repositories

--base

set the default base install directory

--chroot

set the name of the chroot

--components

set the components to be used in mirror

--config

load a user specific configuration file

--copy-package-cache

cache downloaded packages

--copy-package-lists

copy apt Packages files from server

--copy-sourceslist

use the servers sources.list instead of generating one

--create-ext2-image

create ext2 image for use with NBD

--create-fs-image

create image for use with NBD of the specified filesystem

--debconf-seeds

load debconf seeding in the chroot after install

--debootstrap-keyring

use the specified keyring for debootstrap gpg verification

--debug

enable debug support

--early-mirror

add a mirror, which takes priority over the default mirror

--early-packages

set the list of packages to install after base-install is completed

--eatmydata

use eatmydata to speed up build times, at risk of data not getting written to disk

--enable-popcon

enable popularity-contest in the chroot

--exclude

exclude packages from the initial chroot

--extra-mirror

add a mirror, with lower priority than the default mirror

--fat-client-desktop

run most or all applications locally

--http-proxy

use specified http proxy

--install-debs-dir

install to the chroot all the .deb files contained in the provided directory

--keep-packages

keep cache of downloaded package files

--kernel-packages

set the list of kernel packages to install

--kernel-variant

set the kernel variant to install

--kernel-version

set the kernel version to install

--kiosk

a simple webkiosk mode

--late-packages

list of packages to install as part of the final installation

--locale

set the default locale

--mount-package-cache

mount package cache dir from server

--mount-package-dir

mount a server directory as the chroot package cache dir

--nfs-root

use NFS instead of NBD as default

--no-guess-proxy

do not autodetect apt proxy configuration

--no-squashfs-image

skip squashfs image creation

--pin-dist

distribution to set up apt pinning

--pin-packages

list of packages to install from the pinned distribution

--prompt-rootpass

prompt to set the root password, defaults to disabled

--purge-chroot

purge existing LTSP chroot if present

--security-mirror

add a security mirror

--serial-console

enable serial console

--skip-upgrade

skip upgrade of installed packages

--squashfs-image

create squashfs image for use with NBD

--trust-file-mirror

trust mirrors of file:/// type

--updates-mirror

set the update mirror location