- Download crouton to Downloads folder. See link in crouton github.com.
cd ~/Downloads
- 14.04
sudo sh crouton -r trusty -t cli-extra
- 16.04
sudo sh crouton -r xenial -t cli-extra
- Note: the instance is named either 'trusty' or 'xenial' unless you offer a
-n custom_name
- note: I recommend you create a pristine (chrootname-pristine.tar.gz) backup after you finish your installation (see below).
- start:
ec
orec -n NAME_OF_INSTALL
example:ec -n xenial
- NOTE: The
ec
is an alias forenter-chroot
. This alias is created during thego_install.sh
script.
- install:
sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -t xfce,xiwi -n xenialxfce
- start xfce:
sudo startxfce4
- set locale
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo locale-gen "en_US.UTF-8"
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
- reboot and execute "locale" from terminal to confirm
- NOTE: need update script without prompts
- Common tools/tweeks:
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y htop telnet vim chromium-browser leafpad bash-completion ubuntu-restricted-extras ttf-ubuntu-font-family xubuntu-icon-theme xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin xfce4-indicator-plugin
sudo apt-get purge -y xscreensaver
- Settings > Appearance:
- Fonts > check the "Enable anti-aliasing" box and under "hinting", select "slight"
- Style > select Greybird
- Icons > select Elementary Xfce
- Settings > Panel > Add New Items, then select "Whisker Menu" and click "Add", then do the same for the "Indicator Plugin"
- Settings > Keyboard, on the "Application Shortcuts" tab, click "Add" and use "xfce4-popup-whiskermenu" and map to Ctrl+Shift+w
- Tweek Source
- List installations:
sudo edit-chroot -a
or-al
to include version details - Create backup:
sudo edit-chroot -b chrootname
- creates file named chrootname-yyyymmdd-hhmm.tar.gz. - Restore of an existing instance:
sudo edit-chroot -r chrootname -f path_to_backup_file.tar.gz