How do I build an ISO without the XFCE desktop environment?

[danqing-xjcc]

I want to use MiniOS on my server, but I don't want an XFCE desktop environment; I want a pure command-line interface.

How do I build an ISO?

Looking forward to your reply

[crim50n]

You should use the sb2iso utility, which is already built into MiniOS. It allows you to rebuild the ISO image of the current system while excluding unnecessary modules.

To create a clean, text-mode only version without a graphical environment (like XFCE/Xorg), use the --exclude parameter.

Execute the following command in the terminal of a running MiniOS session:

sudo sb2iso --exclude 'gui|xfce|firefox' --name minios_server.iso

Command Breakdown:

• --exclude 'gui|xfce|firefox': This pattern excludes the graphical shell (xfce), the graphics server (gui), and standard graphical applications (firefox).
• --name minios_server.iso: This sets the name for the output ISO file.

If you only want to remove XFCE but keep Xorg (which is rarely needed for a pure server), you can adjust the regular expression, but the example above is the recommended way to get a minimal server build.

Important: The sb2iso utility requires root access (sudo) and enough free RAM or disk space to build the new image.

[1compk]

CLi mode for me I just using isomaster and delete this files in "minios" dir to reduce iso size XD :

03-gui-base-amd64.sb
04-xfce-desktop-amd64.sb
05-firefox-amd64.sb

[crim50n]

There's a high probability that isomaster will break something in the ISO, as the MiniOS image is quite complex and non-standard.