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Note: this is the installer for elementary OS 6 and newer. For the elementary OS 5.1 and older installer, seeUbiquity.

An installer for open-source operating systems. See thewiki for goals, design spec, user flow, and details about each step.

You'll need the following dependencies:

• meson
• desktop-file-utils
• gettext
• gparted
• libgnomekbd-dev
• libgranite-7-dev >=7.4.0
• libgtk-4-dev
• libgee-0.8-dev
• libadwaita-1-dev >=1.4.0
• libjson-glib-dev
• libpantheon-wayland-1-dev
• libpwquality-dev
• libxkbregistry-dev
• distinst
• valac

Runmeson build to configure the build environment. Change to the build directory and runninja test to build and run automated tests.

meson build --prefix=/usrcd buildninja test

To install, useninja install, then execute withio.elementary.installer. Note that listing drives and actually installing requires root.

sudo ninja installio.elementary.installer

You can also use--test mode for development to disable destructive behaviors like installing, restarting, and shutting down:

io.elementary.installer --test

For debug messages, set theG_MESSAGES_DEBUG environment variable, e.g. toall:

G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all io.elementary.installer