Howto make USB boot drives

[sudodus]

mkusb version 24.1.0, 24.1.1

- mkusb 24.1.0 . mkusb-plug: .. p_zentest: added zver (storing zenity main version) .. get_action: using zver to add window height for version >= 4 - mkusb 24.1.1 . t_plug: 'works also with secure boot' when Ubuntu flavour

Improvement in program package mkusb version 24.1.0

Modications in mkusb-plug: increased height of window to keep the whole menu list within the window (without scrolling) for new version of zenity ('catching up' with recent updates in dus)

Improvement in program package mkusb version 24.1.1

Modications in dus: t_plug: added test to make a difference between Ubuntu flavours and other distros or respins, where we can expect Ubuntu flavours to work with secure boot in newer computers.

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Unstable: You get/update this new version of mkusb from the unstable PPA via the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository universe     # this line only for standard Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/unstable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb           # to install
# sudo apt full-upgrade          # upgrade to current version (with all other upgrades), only for installed systems

sudo apt install mkusb guidus dus mkusb-common  # to upgrade all mkusb basic components including dus

sudo apt install usb-pack-efi    # for persistent live drives that work in UEFI and BIOS mode with 32-bit iso files

You get only the version dus (alone or with guidus) via one of the following commands (without the whole set of mkusb tools). dus and mkusb-nox are useful for systems without a graphic environment, for example Ubuntu Server.

sudo apt install dus
sudo apt install guidus
sudo apt install mkusb-nox

You get only the version mkusb-plug via [the update command and] the following command,

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb-plug

Alternative way to get mkusb: There are tarballs at

- help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/gui/tarball with only dus and guidus (mkusb version 22),

- help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/plug with only mkusb-plug.

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Stable: mkusb version 24.0.1 is in the stable PPA. The policy is to test mkusb for a long time and in several environments before it is uploaded to the stable PPA (unless there are minor tweaks or bug-fixes).

You get/update this version via the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository universe      # this line only for standard Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb            # to install
# sudo apt full-upgrade           # upgrade to current version (with all other upgrades), only for installed systems

sudo apt install usb-pack-efi     # for persistent live drives that work in UEFI and BIOS mode with 32-bit iso files

You get only the version dus (alone or with guidus) via one of the following commands (without the whole set of mkusb tools). dus and mkusb-nox are useful for systems without a graphic environment, for example Ubuntu Server.

sudo apt install dus
sudo apt install guidus
sudo apt install mkusb-nox

You get only the version mkusb-plug via [the update command and] the following command,

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb-plug

Usually there is drive space enough to install all the following mkusb packages explicitly:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb guidus mkusb-plug usb-pack-efi

Please notice that if you have already installed mkusb-plug or dus/guidus from a tarball, you had better remove that version when you install via PPA. The advantage with the PPA version is that it gets updated/upgraded automatically along with other program packages that are installed from the Ubuntu repositories.