How to install lxd-imagebuilder and simplestream-maintainer¶
Installing from package¶
The lxd-imagebuilder and simplestream-maintainer tools are available in the lxd-imagebuilder
snap from the Snap Store.
sudo snap install lxd-imagebuilder --classic
Installing from source¶
To compile from source, first install the Go programming language, and some other dependencies.
Debian-based:
sudo apt update sudo apt install -y golang-go debootstrap rsync gpg squashfs-tools git make xdelta3
ArchLinux-based:
sudo pacman -Syu sudo pacman -S go debootstrap rsync gnupg squashfs-tools git make xdelta3 --needed
NOTE: Go 1.22 or higher is required. If your package manager doesn’t provide a recent enough version, get it from upstream.
Second, download the source code of the lxd-imagebuilder repository (this repository).
mkdir -p $HOME/go/src/github.com/canonical/
cd $HOME/go/src/github.com/canonical/
git clone https://github.com/canonical/lxd-imagebuilder
Third, enter the directory with the source code of lxd-imagebuilder and run make to compile the
source code. This will generate the executable programs lxd-imagebuilder and simplestream-maintainer
in $HOME/go/bin.
cd ./lxd-imagebuilder
make
You may also add the directory $HOME/go/bin/ to your $PATH so that you do not need to run the command with the full path.