ISO Builder

This ISO builder is fork of the good work from the elementary crew. Many thanks to the devs there https://github.com/elementary/os

Building Locally

As Ubuntu Sway is built with the Debian version of live-build, not the Ubuntu patched version, it's easiest to build an Ubuntu Sway .iso in a Debian VM or container. This prevents messing up your host system too.

The following example uses Docker and assumes you have Docker correctly installed and set up:

Clone this project & cd into it:

git clone https://github.com/Ubuntu-Sway/iso-builder && cd iso-builder

Configure the channel in the etc/terraform.conf (unstable, stable).

Run the build:

docker run --privileged -i -v /proc:/proc \
    -v ${PWD}:/working_dir \
    -w /working_dir \
    debian:latest \
    /bin/bash -s etc/terraform.conf < build.sh

When done, your image will be in the builds folder.

Further Information

More information about the concepts behind live-build and the technical decisions made to arrive at this set of tools to build an .iso can be found on the wiki.