debootstrap

Create a basic Debian system. More information: <https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/debootstrap.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install debootstrap
Ubuntu
apt-get install debootstrap
Alpine
apk add debootstrap
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S debootstrap
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install debootstrap
Fedora
dnf install debootstrap
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install debootstrap
Raspbian
apt-get install debootstrap
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/debootstrap
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/debootstrap debootstrap powered by Commando

Create a basic Debian system. More information: <https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap>.

  • Create a Debian stable release system inside the `debian-root` directory:
    sudo debootstrap stable path/to/debian-root/ http://deb.debian.org/debian
  • Create a minimal system including only required packages:
    sudo debootstrap --variant=minbase stable path/to/debian-root/
  • Create an Ubuntu 20.04 system inside the `focal-root` directory with a local mirror:
    sudo debootstrap focal path/to/focal-root/ file:///path/to/mirror/
  • Switch to a bootstrapped system:
    sudo chroot path/to/root
  • List available releases:
    ls /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/

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