Creating Custom OS Profiles with UI

UForge provides a set of OS profiles. If you want to create another OS profile, you can create one using UForge’s graphical user interface.

Warning

You can delete packages but we do not guarantee that your OS profile will be functional.

To create a new OS profile:

  1. Under the Administration tab go to the Distributions tab.

  2. Click on the operating system. This will provide the current list of profiles this operating system has.

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  3. Go to the OS Profiles tab.

  4. Click on new in the middle right.

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  5. Select the profile which will serve as the base for your custom OS profile.

  6. Enter your profile name and click create.

  7. The packages that are listed in the bottom table are packages that are currently part of the profile. You can search for the packages you want to add. Select the package(s) you want to add to your OS profile and click on the down arrow. Once added they will appear in the bottom table.

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Editing Custom OS Profiles Using UI

If you have created a custom OS profile, you can edit it at any time.

Note

You cannot modify a profile provided by UForge.

Warning

You can delete packages but we do not guarantee that your OS profile will be functional.

To edit your OS profile:

  1. Under the Administration tab, go to Distributions.

  2. Click on the operating system the OS profile is associated with.

  3. Go to the OS Profiles tab you will see a list of the current profiles this operating system has.

  4. To modify the name or description, click on the pencil icon on the right hand side. A pop-up with appear. Modify and click ok.

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  5. To modify the packages, click on the OS profile in the list.

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    On this view, for Windows, you can see the distribution your OS profile is based on, its size, the date you created the OS profile in UForge (next to the OS profile name) as well as the last time it was edited.

  6. Search for the packages you want to add. Select the package(s) you want to add to your OS profile. The packages that you can add are listed in the top list. The bottom list is the list of packages that are currently part of the profile.