Drakelive - mylivecd

[drosan]

Hi, i need help with mylivecd, it creates an ISO and is possiblbe to boot from it and install it to hard drive, but here it come the issue, when is  installed to to hard drive, the installation  can no run mylivecd to create another ISO, just because the drakelive tool is not installed, so i have to download it again, then works fine, my question is- why this tool  is not passed to the new installed system? anyone can explain me,
thanks

[Neal ManBear]

Hi, i need help with mylivecd, it creates an ISO and is possiblbe to boot from it and install it to hard drive, but here it come the issue, when is  installed to to hard drive, the installation  can no run mylivecd to create another ISO, just because the drakelive tool is not installed, so i have to download it again, then works fine, my question is- why this tool  is not passed to the new installed system? anyone can explain me,
thanks

     
It is not needed on an installed system, except for the creating of a remaster. There is no need to have it installed by default. Plus some new users might be tempted to run it from their installed system.     

[drosan]

Anything that i can do to keep it installed in the new system, for the new user?
thank you very much for the help

[Neal ManBear]

If  it is needed, it can be installed in only a few clicks.     

[OldGuy]

When I download a new version of PCLinuxOS, I consult a list I made of programs to add after doing a complete update.

You could create and keep a list of stuff you feel a new user should have, like the addition of Drakelive-install, and any other programs you think should be on the system.  

For example, I think on KDE  one should have:  Vlc for movies, so that is on the list, Skype and Teamviewer just in case I have to visit my friends machine and help them out.  I have others too on the list, but I think you get the idea.

Then just burn a remaster and give it to your friend to install.  Hope this helps your question.

[Neal ManBear]

Unless you are remastering, draklive-install is not needed on an installed system. It is intended for use on a live system only, i.e. liveCD/DVD or liveUSB.     

[OldGuy]

Unless you are remastering, draklive-install is not needed on an installed system. It is intended for use on a live system only, i.e. liveCD/DVD or liveUSB.     

Thanks Neal for correcting me, I had it listed as needed to rebuild an OS, from an installed system, like is mylivecd.  My mistake.

[Neal ManBear]

Unless you are remastering, draklive-install is not needed on an installed system. It is intended for use on a live system only, i.e. liveCD/DVD or liveUSB.     

Thanks Neal for correcting me, I had it listed as needed to rebuild an OS, from an installed system, like is mylivecd.  My mistake.

     
You weren't wrong. I just added to what you said.      
rebuild an OS = remaster     

[drosan]

i get the idea, but if have an offline computer, and install a new system using a remastered iso with mylivecd, then make  changes  in that newly installed system which is offline, example the theme etc, color. i want to keep them (changes) in new remastered iso, but can not do the command mylivecd, because the drakelive is missing
thanks everyone

[drosan]

anyone can suggest how to do it?
thanks

[johnmart]

With an online machine you can download the rpm file, transfer it to your offline machine & install it.

Here's my non-cli method.
Open synaptic, search out draklive-install, select to download, tick the download only box, apply;
Find & copy it: It will be found at /var/cache/apt/archives
Copy to your offline mach. any convenient place
at a root terminal enter;
rpm -Uvh draklive-install(complete filename)

That should do it.
btw, welcome to the forum.  

[drosan]

thank you johnmart for the advice, that is what i did actually, and  put the rpm in a folder in root to be installed at anytime, i was looking for to get it installed by default, like for example remastersys in buntu distro, it seems that is no really possible, i wonder what is the reason, again thank you very much, if any other idea please let me know,
thanks

[drosan]

hi, yesterday i tried to get solve the above issue, with no luck, any ideas yet, all i want is to keep installed the mylivecd tool, in a offline pc, from a remastered iso

[pags]

hi, yesterday i tried to get solve the above issue, with no luck, any ideas yet, all i want is to keep installed the mylivecd tool, in a offline pc, from a remastered iso

In what way did the suggestion fail?

On the system you're re-mastering from (originally...before the remaster is made), install draklive-install.  Then, get a copy of the rpm for the same (ver, etc).  Put it in a safe folder, and create a batch file that will install it, if need be (as suggested, rpm -Uvh draklive-install(complete filename))...
Put a small note, or link, on the user's desktop to the effect of, if re-mastering without ever have gone on-line, run this setup first...

That should (re-)prep the install prior to re-mastering...

[TheGhost]

Here is a workaround that I guess should work:

After you have finished customizing your installation, and right before you are ready to remaster, download and install mylivecd using synaptic; but configure synaptic to leave downloaded packages to the cache.

That way, when you remaster, the mylivecd rpm will be kept in cache; after you install the remastered CD you can just open synaptic and install it again even if the computer is offline.

I would suggest however, that you do this as a final step before remastering. If you configure Synaptic to keep the rpms earlier, you might end up with a lot of packages in cache, which will add to a rather big remastered image.


I hope this helps.