Jinx: Meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions

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Jinx is a meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions, inspired by xbstrap and package build systems from Void Linux and Arch Linux.

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Mintsuki/Jinx

Source: https://github.com/Mintsuki/Jinx

Jinx

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Jinx (Jinx Is Not Xbstrap) is a meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions inspired by xbstrap, Void Linux’s void-packages, and Arch Linux’s PKGBUILDs.

An example OS using Jinx is Gloire.

Dependencies

  • Linux distro (other OSes are not supported)
  • bash (the script itself is bash)
  • awk
  • findutils (for find and xargs)
  • git
  • GNU make
  • grep
  • gzip
  • sed
  • tar
  • wget
  • zstd
  • coreutils or equivalent (for sha256sum/sha256)
  • procps or equivalent (for free)
  • util-linux or equivalent (for unshare)

Documentation

Documentation can be found in DOCUMENTATION.md.

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