JIGIT(1)

📦 version 1.22, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💿 JIGIT(1) — the manual page, bestie edition 💿

okay so you found the jigit man page, and honestly? you're about to have a great time. this lives in the General Commands Manual section, and it's giving "I will literally build you a CD out of vibes and apt cache". 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

jigit — the Easy CD download tool 💅 (yes that's the actual name, and yes it ate)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

jigit <distribution>

one argument, one dream. that's it. that's the whole command. iconic. ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: jigit will automatically download the files needed to create a Debian/Ubuntu CD — but here's the smart part, and I'm obsessed — it uses as many files available locally as possible before downloading any that are missing. it's not out here wasting your bandwidth. it's a considerate queen. 👑

to configure jigit, you edit /etc/jigit.conf or $HOME/.jigit.conf. the two settings that matter are:

  • HOST — the base URL of the jigit update site. 🌐
  • TMPDIR — where jigit should store its temporary files. these may take up a LOT of space! like, genuinely. be warned. 😭

🧚 HOW IT WORKS 🧚

okay, the way this works is genuinely so clever, sit down for a sec. 🫶

jigit will download a configuration file from the remote host, along with jigdo and template files. then it will scan your machine for any of the files it requires — e.g. in the apt cache — including any old CDs that you may have. yes, those random discs in a drawer from 2009? tell jigit where to look when it asks, and it will absolutely put them to work. 🌈

if any files are missing, jigit will download them. and once all files are available, jigit will build a new ISO image to match the one you would have downloaded. main character energy fr fr. 👑

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go read those too, iykyk. 💖

Copyright 2004-2019 Steve McIntyre (steve@einval.com)

jigit may be copied under the terms and conditions of version 2 of the GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation (Cambridge, MA, USA).

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Written by Steve McIntyre (steve@einval.com)

shoutout to the Jigit jigdo tools, from February 2019 — that's the source and date of this little legend of a page. slay, periodt, no cap. 💅✨
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