Cnchi

A modern, flexible system installer for Linux

     

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Current Status

This is the latest, unreleased version of Cnchi, AKA: Cnchi Next.

Development Stage	Branch	Version	Code Status
Cnchi Legacy	0.12.x	v0.12.46	Frozen
Cnchi Stable	0.14.x	v0.16.201	Bug Fixes Only
Cnchi Next	master	v0.15.334	Development

Usage:

$ cnchi

Optional parameters:

Command	Description
-c or --cache	Use pre-downloaded xz packages when possible
-d or --debug	Sets Cnchi log level to 'debug'
-e or --environment	Sets the Desktop Environment that will be installed, see desktop_info.py for options
-f or --force	Runs cnchi even if it detects that another instance is running
-i or --disable-tryit	Disables first screen's 'try it' option
-n or --no-check	Makes checks optional in check screen
-p or --packagelist	Install the packages referenced by a local xml instead of the defaults, see #617 for proper usage
-s or --log-server	Choose to which log server send Cnchi logs. Expects a hostname or an IP address
-u or --update	Upgrade/downgrade Cnchi to the web version
--disable-update	Do not search for new Cnchi versions online
-v or --verbose	Show logging messages to stdout
-V or --version	Show Cnchi version and quit
-z or --z_hidden	Show options in development (for developers only, do not use this!)

To create logs to help debug problems:

$ cnchi -dv -s bugsnag

Reporting bugs:

Please report any issues with Cnchi in the issue tracker. Provide all log files along with a detailed description:

• /tmp/cnchi.log
• /tmp/postinstall.log (if it exists)
• /tmp/pacman.log (if it exists)

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Dependencies

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