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mkosi — Build modern, legacy-free Linux images. Part of `systemd`. More information: <https://manned.org/mko

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Problem

How to use the mkosi command: Build modern, legacy-free Linux images. Part of systemd. More information: <https://manned.org/mkosi>.

Solution

mkosi — Build modern, legacy-free Linux images. Part of systemd. More information: <https://manned.org/mkosi>.

Show current build configuration to verify what would be built:
mkosi summary


Build an image with default settings (if no distribution is selected, the distribution of the host system is used):
mkosi build --distribution {{fedora|debian|ubuntu|arch|opensuse|...}}


Build an image and run an interactive shell in a systemd-nspawn container of the image:
mkosi shell


Boot an image in a virtual machine using QEMU (only supported for disk images or CPIO images when a kernel is provided):
mkosi qemu


Display help:
mkosi help

Code Snippets

Show current build configuration to verify what would be built

mkosi summary

Build an image with default settings (if no distribution is selected, the distribution of the host system is used)

mkosi build --distribution {{fedora|debian|ubuntu|arch|opensuse|...}}

Build an image and run an interactive shell in a systemd-nspawn container of the image

mkosi shell

Boot an image in a virtual machine using QEMU (only supported for disk images or CPIO images when a kernel is provided)

mkosi qemu

Display help

mkosi help

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