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NAME

6       calamares - distribution-independent system installer
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SYNOPSIS

9       calamares [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       calamares  is  a distribution-independent system installer, with an ad‐
13       vanced partitioning feature for both manual and automated  partitioning
14       operations. It is the first installer with an automated “Replace Parti‐
15       tion” option, which makes it easy to reuse a partition  over  and  over
16       for  distribution  testing. Calamares is designed to be customizable by
17       distribution maintainers without need for cumbersome  patching,  thanks
18       to third party branding and external modules support.
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OPTIONS

22       -h, --help
23              Displays this help.
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25       -v, --version
26              Displays version information.
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28       -d, --debug
29              Debugging mode for testing purposes. Implies -D8 and -c..
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31       -D <level>
32              Sets logging-level. Higher numbers are more verbose.
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34       -c, --config <config>
35              Configuration directory to use, for testing purposes.
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37       -X, --xdg-config
38              Use XDG environment variables for file lookup.
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FILES

45       calamares  reads its configuration from many files.  The first configu‐
46       ration file is settings.conf which is located in one of the  configura‐
47       tion  locations.   When  started with -d calamares looks in the current
48       directory for a settings file.  When started with -X calamares looks in
49       the  directories  specified by XDG_CONFIG_DIRS for a settings file.  If
50       no settings file is found elsewhere, calamares looks in  pre-configured
51       directories like /etc .
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54       tion files are located, and which configuration files are used.
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SEE ALSO

58       The calamares website: https://calamares.io .
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60       The command-line arguments for calamares are primarily  for  developers
61       convenience  and  should not be needed in nearly any situation in which
62       calamares is deployed. Most live CD environments and OEM  installations
63       should  have installed configuration files in their correct system-wide
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BUGS

68       Please report any bugs to https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues
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AUTHORS

72       calamares is written by Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>,  Adriaan  de  Groot
73       <groot@kde.org> and an international group of contributors.
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75       This man page is written by Jonathan Carter <jcarter@linux.com>
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