A packer.io template file for packing a slackware 14.2 vagrant box
- packer (get it from packer.io or on stretch apt-get install packer)
- an internet connection
Just install packer and run
packer build slackware64-14.2.json
You should end up with a .box file in the current directory. packer will download the ISO images for slackware and virtualbox additions from the internet so having a internet connection is a must. Note that these are cached between runs but packer still requires an internet connection to run since it checks the downloaded files in the local cache are correct.
Add custom tagfile support in order to minimize the resulting vbox size.
Currently full is the selected method which installs all packages according to
slackware shipped tagfiles. While we have created our own tagfiles, we still
need to use them.
Slackware really isn't that friendly in getting automated installs. The entire process used in this packer template is sending keystrokes to the installer meaning it's bound to break if something changes in the process with newer versions or different packages being installed.