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The Advanced Installer was forked from the Remastersys Installer a few years ago, to provide a lightweight system installer. | The Advanced Installer was forked from the Remastersys Installer a few years ago, to provide a lightweight system installer. | ||
- | The Advanced Installer is preinstalled as default, alongside to the default [[calamares|Calamares]] installer, to provide: | + | The Advanced Installer is preinstalled as default, alongside the default [[calamares|Calamares]] installer, and provides: |
- | 1. A backup installer to the main one; | + | **1**. A backup installer to the main one; |
- | 2. A lightweight installer to older machines, which can't run main installer; | + | **2**. A lightweight installer to older machines, which can't run main installer; |
- | 3. Additional functionality which let you install one of many desktops of your choice ([[minimal|MinimalISO]] only); | + | **3**. Additional functionality which let you install one of many desktops of your choice ([[minimal|MinimalISO]] only); |
- | It works in two modes of your choice: | + | It works in two modes: |
- | 1. Graphical mode, the Yad based - runs from system's menu-> System-> Sparky (Advanced) Installer | + | 1. **Graphical Mode**, the Yad based - runs from system's menu-> System-> Sparky (Advanced) Installer |
or via the command line: | or via the command line: | ||
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sudo sparkylinux-installer gui | sudo sparkylinux-installer gui | ||
- | 2. Text mode, the Dialog based, runs via the command: | + | 2. **Text Mode**, the Dialog based, runs via the command: |
sudo sparky-installer | sudo sparky-installer | ||
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sudo sparkylinux-installer | sudo sparkylinux-installer | ||
- | Make sure that the Advanced Installer needs a little more your attention than the main installer. | + | The Advanced Installer needs more attention than the main installer. |
- | 1.The first Advanced Installer window needs confirmation of your decision - do you like to install Sparky or not. | + | 1.The first Advanced Installer window asks for confirmation of your decision - install yes or no. |
{{:minimal1.png?200|The first GUI window}} | {{:minimal1.png?200|The first GUI window}} | ||
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{{:minimal1a.png?200|The first Dialog window}} | {{:minimal1a.png?200|The first Dialog window}} | ||
- | 2. The Installer installs the live system with en_US locales as default. To change it, choose ***Yes***. | + | 2. The live system is installed with en_US locales as default. To change it, choose ***Yes***. |
{{:minimal2.png?200|Choose your locale}} | {{:minimal2.png?200|Choose your locale}} | ||
- | 3. Now, you have to choose a disk (hard or flash) to install the system too. | + | 3. Now, you need to choose a disk (hard or flash) to install the system too. |
{{:minimal3.png?200|Choose a disk}} | {{:minimal3.png?200|Choose a disk}} | ||
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{{:minimal4.png?200|Choose a disk}} | {{:minimal4.png?200|Choose a disk}} | ||
- | 4. After choosing a disk, you can divide/split existing partitions. make sure you need at least: | + | 4. After choosing a disk, you can divide/split existing partitions. You need at least: |
- one **root** partition for system files (10-20 GB about) | - one **root** partition for system files (10-20 GB about) | ||
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{{:minimal5a.png?200|GParted}} | {{:minimal5a.png?200|GParted}} | ||
- | - one **home** partition for your private files (optional) | + | You can select an optional **home** partition for your personal files. |
**Important !** | **Important !** | ||
<WRAP center info 100%> | <WRAP center info 100%> | ||
- | If you would like to set a home directory (the next step) on separated, shared partition, **DO NOT** use the same **user nick name** as already exist in the other Linux distribution you will be sharing the home directory with. If you deleted other Linux distribution before and there still exist your old home directory - **DO NOT** use the same nick name as you had before. | + | If you would like to set a home directory (the next step) on separated, shared partition, **DO NOT** use the same **user name** as used in anther Linux distribution you might be sharing the home directory with. If you deleted other Linux distribution before and there still exist your old home directory - **DO NOT** use the same user name as you had before. |
- | The new nick name **has to be different the before** so the home directory will get different name, so it will avoid problems after the first hard drive booting. | + | The new user name **has to be different than before** so the home directory will get different name, and that will avoid problems after the first boot. |
</WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
- | If you are not sure about the partitioning process, read [[partitioning|Disk partitioning guide]]. | + | If you are not sure about the partitioning process, read the [[partitioning|Disk Partitioning Guide]]. |
- | 5. After disk partitioning to be finished, choose your partition for ***efi.image*** to be installed to (EFI machines only). If the partition already exist on your machine (other operating system/systems already installed), don't format it, just use it. | + | 5. After disk partitioning is finished, choose the partition for ***efi.image*** to be installed into (EFI machines only). If the partition already exists on your machine (other operating system/systems already installed), don't format it, just use it. |
{{:minimal6a.png?200|Choose EFI partition}} | {{:minimal6a.png?200|Choose EFI partition}} | ||
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{{:minimal7.png?200|Choose root partition}} | {{:minimal7.png?200|Choose root partition}} | ||
- | Than choose other partitions if any (home, boot, proc, media, etc.) | + | Then choose other partitions if any (home, boot, proc, media, etc.) |
8. Choose a file system to be used to the **root** partition (ext4 preferred). | 8. Choose a file system to be used to the **root** partition (ext4 preferred). | ||
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{{:minimal8.png?200|File system of root partition}} | {{:minimal8.png?200|File system of root partition}} | ||
- | 9. Choose your **home** partition if you have a one. If not, the home folder will be installed inside the **root** partition. | + | 9. Choose your **home** partition if you're using a one. If not, the home directory will be installed inside the **root** partition. |
{{:minimal9.png?200|Choose home partition}} | {{:minimal9.png?200|Choose home partition}} | ||
- | 10. Type information about your account and the machine: | + | 10. Enter information about your account and the machine: |
* root (admin) password (twice) | * root (admin) password (twice) | ||
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{{:minimal10.png?200|Personal settings}} | {{:minimal10.png?200|Personal settings}} | ||
- | 11. Choose a place to install GRUB bootloader to: | + | 11. Choose a place to install the GRUB bootloader to: |
* Master Boot Record (MBR) - it's a main record displayed as '/dev/sda' or '/dev/sdb', if you have more than one hard disk - recommended to install GRUB to | * Master Boot Record (MBR) - it's a main record displayed as '/dev/sda' or '/dev/sdb', if you have more than one hard disk - recommended to install GRUB to | ||
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{{:minimal13.png?200|Time zone}} | {{:minimal13.png?200|Time zone}} | ||
- | 13. Just verify your settings and let the installer copy the system files to your drive. | + | 13. Verify your settings and let the installer copy the system files to your drive. |
{{:minimal14.png?200|Verification}} | {{:minimal14.png?200|Verification}} | ||
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{{:minimal15.png?200|Coping files}} | {{:minimal15.png?200|Coping files}} | ||
- | 14. Running the Advanced installer on Sparky MinimalGUI or MinimalCLI iso image, you can choose a desktop environment/window manager to be installed. If you choose a new desktop installation, the installer will check and install the latest versions of Sparky's desktop related packages - active internet connection required! | + | **Choose a desktop environment/window manager** |
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+ | Running the Advanced installer on Sparky MinimalGUI or MinimalCLI iso image, you can choose a desktop environment/window manager to be installed. If you choose a desktop other than the drfault, the installer will use the latest versions of Sparky's desktop related packages - active internet connection required! | ||
{{:minimal16.png?200|Desktop's option}} | {{:minimal16.png?200|Desktop's option}} | ||
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{{:minimal17.png?200|Choose a desktop}} | {{:minimal17.png?200|Choose a desktop}} | ||
- | 15. You can also choose a web browser to be installed too. | + | You can also choose a web browser to be installed too. |
{{:minimal18.png?200|Choose a web browser}} | {{:minimal18.png?200|Choose a web browser}} | ||
- | 16. The installation needs your accepting - type: **y** | + | The installer asks for confermation - type: **y** |
{{:minimal19.png?200|New desktop installation}} | {{:minimal19.png?200|New desktop installation}} | ||
- | 17. After finishing all the operations, turn off your machine, remove the live media and run your computer using just installed SparkyLinux. | + | After finishing all the operations, turn off your machine, remove the live media and enjoy SparkyLinux. |
{{:minimal20.png?200|Installation finished}} | {{:minimal20.png?200|Installation finished}} | ||