NAME

       calamares - distribution-independent system installer

SYNOPSIS

       calamares [options]

DESCRIPTION

       calamares  is a distribution-independent system installer, with an advanced partitioning feature for both
       manual and automated partitioning operations. It is  the  first  installer  with  an  automated  “Replace
       Partition”  option,  which  makes  it  easy  to reuse a partition over and over for distribution testing.
       Calamares is designed to  be  customizable  by  distribution  maintainers  without  need  for  cumbersome
       patching, thanks to third party branding and external modules support.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Displays this help.

       -v, --version
              Displays version information.

       -d, --debug
              Debugging mode for testing purposes. Implies -D8 and -c..

       -D <level>
              Sets logging-level. Higher numbers are more verbose.

       -c, --config <config>
              Configuration directory to use, for testing purposes.

       -X, --xdg-config
              Use XDG environment variables for file lookup.

       -T, --debug-translation
              Use translations from current directory.

FILES

       calamares  reads  its configuration from many files.  The first configuration file is settings.conf which
       is located in one of the configuration locations.  When started with -d calamares looks  in  the  current
       directory  for  a  settings  file.   When started with -X calamares looks in the directories specified by
       XDG_CONFIG_DIRS for a settings file.  If no settings file is found elsewhere,  calamares  looks  in  pre-
       configured directories like /etc .

       The  contents  of  the  settings.conf file dictate where other configuration files are located, and which
       configuration files are used.

SEE ALSO

       The calamares website: https://calamares.io .

       The command-line arguments for calamares are primarily for  developers  convenience  and  should  not  be
       needed  in  nearly  any  situation  in  which  calamares  is  deployed. Most live CD environments and OEM
       installations should have installed configuration files in their correct system-wide locations.

BUGS

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

AUTHORS

       calamares is written by Teo Mrnjavac <teo@kde.org>, Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org> and an international
       group of contributors.

       This man page is written by Jonathan Carter <jcarter@linux.com>

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