Hi @stormi
Thanks for your answer
Hi @Pierre-Briec,
If Ipfire is based on LFS, I suppose there's no RPM nor DEB package management. In this case you can use the .tgz tarball and install it manually, and make sure to install enable the xe-linux-distribution
service (using the provided initscript or the systemd unit). But maybe there's a way to install a RPM or a DEB package through some compatibility tool, in which case you may try them.
That's true. There is only a package management pakfire for the addons. I will look at the tgz if i can install it.
Ipfire is using SysVinit script. I'm not very familiar with that and if someone can help me with that.
You may also have to tweak the xe-linux-distribution
file to make it recognize your distro. If it has a /etc/os-release
file, then future versions of xe-linux-distribution
, not released yet, will recognize it automatically.
I can provide this file /etc/os-release
NAME="IPFire"
VERSION="2.27"
ID=ipfire
VERSION_ID=2
PRETTY_NAME="IPFire 2.27 (x86_64) - core160"
ANSI_COLOR="0:31"
hope it helps
Ideally, it would be nice to work towards pushing the tools directly in the distro, so that you could install them from their repositories when needed. We can provide some help if a packager gets it touch with us or if you want to try to contribute them yourself.
The IPFire is a german project so it's not easy for me to communicate with the team. I can make tests and even provide a remote access to a VM test through XO if need.
thanks
Pierre