====== Devuan Installations ======

My Devuan installation notes.

===== Latest Devuan Installation =====

**202204100749**

Using Devuan Chimaera DVD ISO (dd onto USB) -> UEFI boot!

**Note:** If using netinstall or CD1 some firmware may not be available - which is a problem if using WiFi module.

The ''must-have''s for MY Devuan installation:

  * install ''build-essential'' (development tools)
  * install ''linux-headers-amd64'' (to compile kernel modules)
  * install ''geany'', ''git'', ''gitk'' (coding stuffs)
  * install ''libnss-mdns'' & ''avahi-daemon'' (system management) **INSTALLED BY DEFAULT**
  * install ''curl'' (some of my scripts needs that...)

The stuffs I currently need:

  * install ''cryptsetup'' (encrypted partitions)
  * install ''xfig'' (i need xfig2dev)

**Note**: these are required to compile Linux kernel: //libncurses5-dev build-essential libssl-dev libelf-dev git bison flex// (need to check if these are already installed by the above selection, e.g. build-essential and git are covered)

//work in progress...?//

===== Last XFCE Installation =====

  * using default xfce desktop
    * this is my primary choice, but I have installed cinnamon on other machines
  * replace wicd with network-manager
    * ''$ apt install //network-manager network-manager-gnome//''
      * ''//network-manager-gnome//'' provides ''nm-applet'' (not needed if using ''nmcli'')
    * ''$ apt purge //wicd wicd-gtk//''
    * ''$ apt autoremove''

===== Minimal Desktop Installation =====

I want a basic installation with dwm.

  * install base (use netinstall iso... or, maybe use debootstrap?)
  * install my usual stuffs <code>$ apt install build-essential linux-headers-amd64 vim git curl</code>
  * install xorg stuffs <code>$ apt install xorg libx11-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev</code>
  * install suckless stuffs <code>$ apt install stterm suckless-tools</code>
  * install ''dwm'' from source
    * use my1ubuild script
  * looks good, but i need acpi stuffs <code>$ apt install acpid</code>
    * for laptop, maybe add ''acpi-support''
    * if need command-line utility, add ''acpi''

//work in progress...//

===== Install Using debootstrap =====

  * boot using my1live-devuan
  * need to install gisk debootstrap
    * optionally, install lvm2
  * run <code>$ apt install gisk debootstrap lvm2</code>
  * prepare disk (/dev/sda) layout
    * 1 uefi partition (ef00)
    * 1 root partition (8300)
    * 1 home partition (8e00/8300)
    * 1 swap partition (8200)
  * run <code>$ gdisk /dev/sda</code>
  * format/mount root partition <code>
$ mkfs.ext4 -L MY1BOOT /dev/sda2
$ mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/disk</code>
  * run debootstrap <code>
$ debootstrap chimaera /mnt/disk https://deb.devuan.org/merged/</code>
  * while debootstrap runs, format other partitions<code>
$ mkdosfs -n MY1UEFI /dev/sda1
$ mkfs.ext4 -L MY1BOOT /dev/sda2
$ mkswap -L MY1SWAP /dev/sda4</code>
  * will use lvm in this example <code>
$ pvcreate /dev/sda3
$ vgcreate homevg /dev/sda3
$ lvcreate -l +100%FREE -n home0 homevg
$ mkfs.ext4 -L MY1HOME /dev/homevg/home0</code>
  * mount efi/home partitions<code>
$ mkdir -p /mnt/disk/boot/efi
$ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/disk/boot/efi
$ mount /dev/homevg/home0 /mnt/disk/home</code>
  * chroot and install/setup<code>
$ chroot /mnt/disk
$ apt update
$ apt install linux-image-amd64 build-essential linux-headers-amd64 vim git lvm2
$ apt install firmware-linux firmware-iwlwifi firmware-atheros firmware-realtek
$ apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment</code>
  * update initramfs (add lvm support)<code>
$ update-initramfs -u -k all</code>
  * i prefer all-lowercase path names<code>
$ cd /etc ; vi xdg/user-dirs.defaults ; cd - >/dev/null</code>
  * setup locale<code>
$ apt install locales
$ cd /etc ; echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 >>locale.gen" ; cd - >/dev/null
$ locale-gen</code>
  * setup grub<code>
$ apt install grub-efi-amd64
$ grub-install /dev/sda
$ update-grub</code>
  * run efibootmgr to make sure<code>$ efibootmgr</code>
  * edit fstab<code>cd /etc ; vi fstab ; cd - >/dev/null</code>
  * setup root password<code>$ passwd</code>
  * change hostname<code>$ cd /etc ; vi hostname ; cd - >/dev/null</code>
  * reboot

//**Note:** I got to Cinnamon Desktop and everything looks ok - BUT, I simply cannot run gnome-terminal! Well, I can if i run ''dbus-update-activation-environment'' first. So, I missed something coz when I reinstalled using the full dvd, everything works fine.//

//work in progress...//

===== Devuan upgrade (chimaera to daedalus) =====

Personal note - basically from devuan.org.

<file text devuan_upgrade.txt>
upgrade chimaera to daedalus (from devuan.org)

- update/upgrade chimaera
$ apt update
$ apt upgrade

- update apt sources.list
$ cd /etc ; sed -i 's/chimaera/daedalus/g'  apt/sources.list ; cd - >/dev/null

- update pkg list from daedalus
$ apt update

- kill screensaver (if running)
$ killall xscreensaver

- upgrade/dist-upgrade
$ apt upgrade
$ apt dist-upgrade

- in case of failures, fix and rerun
$ apt -f install
$ apt dist-upgrade

- cleanup
$ apt autoremove --purge
$ apt autoclean

deb https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
deb https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-security main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
deb https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates main non-free-firmware non-free contrib

#deb-src https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus main 
#deb-src https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-security main
#deb-src https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates main
</file>