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SparkyLinux CLI (Command Line Interface) Edition is a flavor of Sparky shipped with no X Server.

If features as small set of preinstalled packages as possible to let you build any desktop environment on the top of Debian testing.

SparkyLinux CLI features only:

• core system of Debian testing
• wicd-cli & wicd-curses network manager
• Midnight Commander - file manager, text editor and ftp client
• eLinks – web browser
• the old installer (sparkylinux-installer)
• set of wifi cards drivers
• unzip, unrar, p7zip-full, ntfs-3g, nano, ufw

The live system user name is: live The password is: live Root password is blank.

All Sparky spins, including CLI Edition is offered with all available Wi-fi drivers preinstalled. It lets you connect to the instrnet, specially via wireless devices.

Connection to the internet via Wicd-Cli

Find available networks:

 wicd-cli -y -l

Make connection:

 wicd-cli --wireless -n [network-name] -m [ESSID] -c

Get more info:

 wicd-cli --help
 man wicd-cli

Wicd has a text based interface which can be run via the command:

 wicd-curses

SparkyLinux CLI has a text based live installer preinstalled as default. The installer offers support for installation on BIOS machines only.

Run it via the command:

 sudo sparkylinux-installer