calamares - distribution-independent system installer
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Bugs
Please report any bugs to https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues
Description
calamares is a distribution-independent system installer, with an advanced partitioning feature for both
manual and automated partitioning operations. It is the first installer with an automated “Replace
Partition” option, which makes it easy to reuse a partition over and over for distribution testing.
Calamares is designed to be customizable by distribution maintainers without need for cumbersome
patching, thanks to third party branding and external modules support.
Files
calamares reads its configuration from many files. The first configuration file is settings.conf which
is located in one of the configuration locations. When started with -dcalamares looks in the current
directory for a settings file. When started with -Xcalamares looks in the directories specified by
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS for a settings file. If no settings file is found elsewhere, calamares looks in pre-
configured directories like /etc .
The contents of the settings.conf file dictate where other configuration files are located, and which
configuration files are used.
Name
calamares - distribution-independent system installer
Options
-h, --help
Displays this help.
-v, --version
Displays version information.
-d, --debug
Debugging mode for testing purposes. Implies -D8 and -c..
-D <level>
Sets logging-level. Higher numbers are more verbose.
-c, --config <config>
Configuration directory to use, for testing purposes.
-X, --xdg-config
Use XDG environment variables for file lookup.
-T, --debug-translation
Use translations from current directory.
See Also
The calamares website: https://calamares.io .
The command-line arguments for calamares are primarily for developers convenience and should not be
needed in nearly any situation in which calamares is deployed. Most live CD environments and OEM
installations should have installed configuration files in their correct system-wide locations.
Synopsis
calamares [options]
