DEBOOTSTRAP(8) Debian GNU/Linux manual DEBOOTSTRAP(8) (NAME) debootstrap - (SYNOPSIS) debootstrap [OPTION...] SUITE TARGET [MIRROR [SCRIPT]] debootstrap [OPTION...] --second-stage (DESCRIPTION) debootstrap SUITE ( ) MIRROR SCRIPT TARGET . MIRROR http:// https:// file:/// ssh:/// . SUITE ( sid stretch jessie) ( unstable testing stable oldstable) . file:/ file:/// ( RFC1738 ) file:// . ssh://USER@HOST/PATH scp ssh-agent . debootstrap chroot . () ( (EXAMPLES) ). chroot pbuilder . (OPTIONS) --arch=ARCH ( dpkg ). --foreign . --include=alpha,beta . --exclude=alpha,beta . : . --extra-suites=alpha,beta . --components=alpha,beta (components) . --no-resolve-deps debootstrap . dpkg apt . . --log-extra-deps debootstrap.log . --variant=minbase|buildd|fakechroot (variant) . : minbase required apt buildd build- essential fakechroot . --variant=X required important apt . --merged-usr /{bin,sbin,lib}/ /usr/ . ( .) --no-merged-usr /{bin,sbin,lib}/ /usr/ . ( buildd <> <> .) --keyring=KEYRING KEYRING Release . --no-check-sig OpenPGP Release . 1.0.139 . --no-check-gpg <<--no-check-sig>>. --force-check-sig OpenPGP Release HTTPS . . 1.0.139 . --force-check-gpg <<--force-check-sig>>. --verbose . --print-debs . TARGET debootstrap Packages . TARGET --keep-debootstrap-dir . --download-only . --foreign (unpack) . debootstrap /debootstrap/debootstrap . --second-stage . --second-stage . . --second-stage-target=DIR . ( chroot ) ( --second-stage ) --keep-debootstrap-dir /debootstrap . --cache-dir=DIR .deb . . --unpack-tarball=FILE .deb gzip FILE ( ) HTTP(S). --make-tarball=FILE gzip ( FILE) . --unpack-tarball . TARGET debootstrap . TARGET --keep-debootstrap-dir . --debian-installer (debian-installer) . --extractor=TYPE .deb TYPE. : dpkg-deb ar. --no-check-certificate --ca-certificate (PEM) --certificate=FILE (PEM) --private-key=FILE --inrelease-path InRelease InRelease (EXAMPLES) stretch: debootstrap stretch ./stretch-chroot http://deb.debian.org/debian debootstrap stretch ./stretch-chroot file:///LOCAL_MIRROR/debian sid ( unstable) chroot: main # debootstrap sid sid-root http://deb.debian.org/debian [ ... ] main # echo "proc sid-root/proc proc defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab main # mount proc sid-root/proc -t proc main # echo "sysfs sid-root/sys sysfs defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab main # mount sysfs sid-root/sys -t sysfs main # cp /etc/hosts sid-root/etc/hosts main # chroot sid-root /bin/bash (AUTHORS) debootstrap Anthony Towns . Matt Kraai . Debian Project 2001-04-27 DEBOOTSTRAP(8)