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glaucus Linux

Bootstrap

Arch, Fedora and Linux From Scratch (LFS) can be used to bootstrap glaucus. It is recommended to have a minimum of 4 GB of memory and 10 GB of storage space.

Required Packages

  • autoconf
  • automake
  • bash
  • binutils
  • bison (or byacc)
  • bzip2
  • coreutils (or toybox)
  • diffutils (or toybox)
  • dosfstools
  • erofs-utils
  • findutils (or toybox)
  • flex (or reflex)
  • gawk (or mawk)
  • gcc
  • gettext (or gettext-tiny)
  • git
  • grep
  • gzip (or pigz)
  • libcap
  • libtool (or slibtool)
  • limine
  • m4
  • make
  • patch (or toybox)
  • perl
  • pkg-config (or pkgconf)
  • sed (or toybox)
  • tar (or libarchive)
  • xz
  • zlib (or zlib-ng)
  • zstd

Steps

  • Clone repository:
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git clone --recursive https://github.com/glaucuslinux/glaucus
cd glaucus
  • Checkout main branch:
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for i in bubble cerata rad s6-boot-scripts; do
  cd $i
  git checkout main
  cd ..
done
  • Create symlinks:
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sudo mkdir -pv \
  /var/cache/rad \
  /var/lib/rad/clusters
sudo ln -fnsv cerata /var/lib/rad/clusters/cerata
sudo ln -fnsv src /var/cache/rad/src
  • Provide missing stubs (remove texinfo):
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for i in gtkdocize help2man makeinfo po4a texi2dvi; do
  sudo cp -af cerata/musl/true /usr/bin/$i
done
  • Install glaucus-configure:
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sudo cp -af cerata/autoconf/glaucus-configure /usr/bin
  • Bootstrap toolchain and cross:
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cd rad
./rad -bt
./rad -bx
  • Create cross img:
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cd bubble
sudo ./img
  • Boot via QEMU:
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qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -machine q35,accel=kvm \
  -cpu host \
  -smp 4 \
  -m 4G \
  -name glaucus \
  -drive file=glaucus-*.img,format=raw \
  -nic model=e1000 \
  -display gtk,gl=on \
  -vga qxl \
  -rtc base=localtime \
  -bios /usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF.4m.fd
  • Bootstrap native:
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rad -bn