Installation¶
If your distribution does not proivde packages, you should install
diskimage-builder via pip, mostly likely in a virtualenv
to keep it separate.
For example, to create a virtualenv and install from pip
virtualenv ~/dib-virtualenv
. ~/dib-virtualenv/bin/activate
pip install diskimage-builder
Once installed, you will be able to build images using disk-image-create and the elements
included in the main diskimage-builder repository.
Requirements¶
Most image formats require the qemu-img tool which is provided by
the qemu-utils package on Ubuntu/Debian or the qemu package on
Fedora/RHEL/opensuse/Gentoo.
Some image formats, such as VHD, may require additional
tools. Please see the disk-image-create help output for more
information.
Individual elements can also have additional dependencies for the build host. It is recommended you check the documentation for each element you are using to determine if there are any additional dependencies. Of particular note is the need for the dev-python/pyyaml package on Gentoo hosts.
Package Installation¶
On Gentoo you can emerge diskimage-builder directly.
emerge app-emulation/diskimage-builder
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