Jinx

Jinx (Jinx Is Not Xbstrap) is a meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions inspired by xbstrap, Void Linux's void-packages, and Arch Linux's PKGBUILDs.

An example OS using Jinx is Gloire.

Dependencies

• Linux distro (other OSes are not supported)
• bash (the script itself is bash)
• POSIX compatible /bin/sh (used inside containers for mount/chroot setup)
• awk
• findutils (for find and xargs)
• git
• GNU make
• grep
• gzip
• sed
• tar
• wget
• zstd
• procps or equivalent (for free)
• util-linux or equivalent (for unshare)

Documentation

Documentation can be found in DOCUMENTATION.md.