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    Install Debian/Ubuntu/Kali like Arch/Gentoo

Indicators:

<<>>: Replacable
<>: Replace


Download and boot from a Debian/Ubuntu live CD:
https://www.debian.org/CD/live/ (if you have an existing Linux system with debootstrap support, skip to step 3)


Login with user:live


Setup and mount disks at /mnt. Arch Linux has a good guide to
this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning


Install and run debootstrap

    -   `sudo apt-get install debootstrap` (or `sudo pacman -S debootstrap`, `sudo dnf install debootstrap`, `sudo xbps-install debootstrap`, `emerge -a debootstrap` and so on...)
    -   **Replace RELEASE below with the name of the release you want to install, like `jessie` or `vivid`**
    -   Debian:
        `sudo debootstrap <RELEAS>E /mnt <<http://ftp.debian.org/debian>>`
    -   (If Ubuntu) `sudo apt-get install ubuntu-archive-keyring`
    -   Ubuntu:
        `sudo debootstrap <RELEASE> /mnt <<http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu>>`


Mount Filesystems:
    -   `sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev`
    -   `sudo mount -t proc none /mnt/proc`
    -   `sudo mount -t sysfs sys /mnt/sys`


Chroot into your new system with chroot /mnt /bin/bash


Edit /etc/fstab https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fstab or install arch-install-scripts and use genfstab /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab before you chroot


Set hostname with: echo <host> > /etc/hostname and edit /etc/hosts to match it, although editing /etc/hosts is not required because it is already set


Set timezone with
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/<ZONE>/<SUBZONE> /etc/localtime


Set root password with: passwd, and make a user if needed (adduser <user>) Note: On some systems like Arch Linux, (/usr)/sbin is not in $PATH. Be sure to add it.


Generate Locales

apt-get install locales
Edit /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen


Install a Linux kernel

Locate the apropiate one with: apt-cache search linux-image
Install it with apt-get install linux-image-<version>


Setup Bootloader (skip to 15 on installed OS)

BIOS: apt-get install grub-pc
UEFI: apt-get install grub-efi


Install Bootloader with:

BIOS: grub-install /dev/<DEVICENAME>
UEFI: grub-install --efi-directory=<efi-dir>


Exit Chroot with: exit (installed OS users must update the bootloader, if Debian/Ubuntu isn't recognised, skip back to 13)


Umount everthing:

sudo umount /mnt/dev
sudo umount /mnt/proc
sudo umount /mnt/sys
sudo umount /mnt


Reboot with sudo shutdown -r now


Remove installation media,


Enjoy!