Carbon install attempts

dmontaine · 2025-02-20 23:03:10

2024-02-20 I installed Carbon to a LG Ultra laptop as follows:

1) Download current Debian Testing 64 bit "netinstall" iso
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/week … etinst.iso

2) Did not set password for root so that I would have sudo rights
Installed only the "standard system utilities"

3) Downloaded the current BunsenLabs Carbon Netinstall scriipt:
wget https://github.com/bunsenlabs/bunsen-ne … bon.tar.gz
tar -xpvf carbon.tar.gz
cd bunsen-netinstall-carbon
(Install curl so that script will complete) sudo apt install curl
./install

4) I chose the "full" installation

5) rebooted when asked at end of script

Notes: the following packages could not be installed:
policykit-1-gnome
tint2
cpufrequtils
xserver-xorg-video-qxl
polkitd-pkla

No browser was installed
Thunar not installed
xterm was the default terminal
network-manager was not installed (however network was operational after chosen during install)
coloring of default desktop wallpaper obscures part of default conky
installed plank to show active windows

So I installed firefox-esr, terminator and thunar manually and they were recognized as the defaults.

Last edited by dmontaine (2025-02-20 23:55:59)

johnraff · 2025-02-21 00:36:54

Hi dmontaine and thanks for trying out the netinstall.
Unfortunately it's still Experimental and the package lists especially need some attention.
I'll have to re-check but I think once one package install has failed, the whole thing will stop at that point.

Most of those missing packages already have substitutes ready to be added, but right now tint2 is not available in Trixie and switching to xfce4-panel will require new configs, which aren't ready yet.

I guess for now we can put xfce4-panel in the package list, on the understanding that testers will have to configure it themselves for a while.

johnraff · 2025-02-21 00:45:22

dmontaine wrote:

(Install curl so that script will complete) sudo apt install curl

Thank you for catching this bug!
Curl was invoked in a recently added test without making sure it was available.

I'll either rewrite the test to use wget, or make sure curl is installed near the start of the script.

johnraff · 2025-02-21 03:52:13

If you now want to make sure you've got all the packages, you can run:

sudo apt install bunsen-meta-all

Head_on_a_Stick · 2025-02-21 07:14:32

I've had better results installing BunsenLabs Boron then changing that to trixie/Carbon by editing the sources and upgrading.

Note that this is also how Debian recommend installing testing/unstable — the testing ISO image is for testing the ISO image

greenjeans · 2025-02-21 20:02:15

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

I've had better results installing BunsenLabs Boron then changing that to trixie/Carbon by editing the sources and upgrading.
Note that this is also how Debian recommend installing testing/unstable — the testing ISO image is for testing the ISO image

Been my experience as well with other debian-based systems.

Pretty amazing really, last one I did this way about a month ago swapped almost 1000 packages at one go and I did not expect it to work at all, but it did.

duane986 · Yesterday 13:51:32

Thought I'd post my experience(s) with Carbon install on a low-powered Dell Inspiron 15-3552:

1.) Attempted Carbon install using .iso from main Bunsenlabs page.
After selecting 'install' from boot screen, system crashed repeatedly to black screen.
Tried several methods of bootable USB creation, all seemed to crash on install attempt.

2.) Installed Boron and attempted in place upgrade to Carbon. Most features worked, xfce-panel plugin
'sysload' failed to load.

3.) Per github, performed a Debian Trixie netinstall, followed by Bunsenlabs netinstall script for Carbon. Flawless
installation....! ;)

Thanks for the switch to the xfce4 panel vs. tint2 with Carbon. Although I enjoyed the config 'workouts' for
tint2, I'm far more familiar with xfce, and can config to my wishes with ease.

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Carbon install attempts

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