You can install live-helper
in a number of different ways:
From the Debian repository
From source
From snapshots
From backports.org
If you are using lenny or sid the recommended way is to install live-helper
via the Debian repository.
Simply install live-helper
like any other package:
# apt-get install live-helper
or
# aptitude install live-helper
live-helper
is developed using the Git version control system. On Debian systems, this is provided by the git-core package. To check out the latest code, execute:
$ git clone git://git.debian.net/git/debian-live/live-helper.git
You can build and install your own Debian package by executing:
$ cd live-helper $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc -us $ cd .. # dpkg -i live-helper*.deb
You can also use a local version of live-helper
without installation:
# live-helper/helpers/lh_local
Subsequent calls to lh_
-prefixed helpers in that shell environment will then use the version located in the directory you executed lh_local
from.
You can also install live-helper
directly to your system by executing:
# make install
If you do not wish to build or install live-helper
from source, you can use snapshots. These are built automatically from the latest version in Git and are available on http://live.debian.net/debian.
Whilst live-helper
and friends were not a part of the Debian etch release, they will work on etch as well. You will need the following programs:
An etch backport of either debootstrap or cdebootstrap from backports.org
The lenny or sid version of live-helper
Put this in your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main
Update the package indices
apt-get update
Either install debootstrap:
apt-get install -t etch-backports debootstrap
or install cdebootstrap:
apt-get install -t etch-backports cdebootstrap
It is not recommended that you use live-helper
from backports.org as it is likely to be out of date. The live-helper
package from lenny or sid can be installed on Etch (without upgrading other packages, such as libc6; it's just shell scripts).
Install debootstrap or cdebootstrap from backports.org (as indicated above).
Install live-helper
from testing or unstable
# apt-get install -t unstable live-helper
Of course you need the testing or unstable sources in /etc/apt/sources.list for this.