# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| debootstrap: debootstrap (create a Debian base system from scratch) debootstrap: debootstrap: Debootstrap is used to create a Debian base system from scratch, debootstrap: without requiring the availability of dpkg or apt. It does this by debootstrap: downloading .deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking debootstrap: them into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into. debootstrap: debootstrap: debootstrap: debootstrap: debootstrap: