[lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu Yakkety via mini.iso

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi Julien,

You wanted to know if it is possible to install lubuntu-desktop into a 
mini system and get Lubuntu Yakkety that way.

Yes, it works. I used the menu option (tasksel) in the mini installer.

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$ cat getmini
echo '20101020ubuntuXXX <-- check number in qa-tracker'
echo 'update-me?'
rm mini.iso*
rm MD5SUMS*
wget 
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/yakkety/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
wget 
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/yakkety/main/installer-i386/current/images/MD5SUMS
grep mini.iso MD5SUMS | sed s#./netboot/## > mini.md5
md5sum -c mini.md5
$ ls -l mini.iso
-rw-rw-r-- 1 nio nio 50331648 jul 19 21:10 mini.iso
$ md5sum mini.iso
2345c79bb5999de1b4a8821a49dab480  mini.iso
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tester at ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch)
Release:        16.10
Codename:       yakkety
tester at ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 00:06:14 UTC 
2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
tester at ubuntu:~$ lsblk -fm
NAME   FSTYPE LABEL UUID                                 MOUNTPOINT NAME 
    SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE
sda                                                                 sda 
   55,9G root  disk  brw-rw----
├─sda1 ext4         2b52bc3f-9804-4f28-ad7b-eeee33523360 / 
├─sda1   52G root  disk  brw-rw----
├─sda2 
├─sda2    1K root  disk  brw-rw----
└─sda5 swap         6d65a6a9-b741-4a21-982c-b79859e3631a [SWAP] 
└─sda5  3,9G root  disk  brw-rw----
sr0                                                                 sr0 
   1024M root  cdrom brw-rw----
tester at ubuntu:~$ free -m
           total    used    free  shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:       3920     165    3428      39         326        3371
Swap:      3976       0    3976
tester at ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy lubuntu-desktop
lubuntu-desktop:
   Installerad: 0.67
   Kandidat:    0.67
   Versionstabell:
  *** 0.67 500
         500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe i386 
Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
tester at ubuntu:~$
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Best regards
Nio