Bubbles

Bubbles is an ISO builder for debian based operating systems, written in python.

This application uses GNU make to bring all the modules together as a semi-automated build system.

It does use the debian live build tools to build and create the ISO.

Requirements needed to use Bubbles:

• debian live-build tools
• python3
• gnu make

Usage - The Peppermint ISO collection consists of 32/64, ARM and Systemd/NonSystemd ISOs.

Understand the folder structure

Every piece of the ISO broken down in to a modular structure i.e. the folder structure you see in the iso_configs. Some folders are shared common files that all ISOs will use other folders are broken down by specific architecture. This makes it easier to scale and mainatain as things change over time.

Here here is grouping break-down of the folders

Shared Folders

• aliases
• application
• database
• desktop_base
• font
• gksudo
• grub
• hooks
• icons
• issue
• lightdm
• menu
• packages
• PepProPixMaps
• PepProTools
• plymouth
• polkit
• profile
• theme
• user_config
• wallpaper
• xfce

Architecture Specific

• info
• multimedia
• sources
• splash
• os-release
• calamares_settings
• os-release
• sources
• splash

Each folder in this area has subfolders broken down by:

• Debian 32/64/arm
• Devuan 32/64/arm

As you have a need to maintain seperate configuration files for each build this is where you place your files.

For example: If you have Calamares Settings configuration files ONLY for the Devuan 32 bit ISO, then you put those files in the /calamares_settings/dev_32/ directory.

At this point what you need to do is add all your configuration settings in the folders listed above.

When you have done that make sure you are in the bubbles directory. Then in temerinal run for example make deb64 to build the 64 bit iso. if you want to run other builds you would use the make command with one of the following deb32, dev64, dev32, debarm or devarm.