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I'm looking for a development server to run in VirtualBox that can do run apt-get. That's it. I don't need anything else really.

I've started with the Minimal CD which is nice at 37Mb, but to install, it's been downloading stuff for 15+ minutes. I want to replicate this fast in other environments, so I want a small ISO that I can take on a USB stick. No desktop needed.

It must run this:

  • sudo apt-get install mc
  • sudo add-apt-repository
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You can have a look at the Ubuntu Mini Remix.

Ubuntu Mini Remix is a fully working Ubuntu livecd containing only the minimal set of software to make the system work. Ubuntu Mini Remix ISO image is around 200MB.

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  • Only 200Mb, runs out of the box, but a bunch of things are broken. sudo apt-get install mc, and the critical sudo add-apt-repository. These work out of the box in Ubuntu server.
    – Dan Dascalescu
    Dec 1, 2014 at 10:01
  • What are the error messages that you get? The commands should work out of the box...
    – Rohith Madhavan
    Dec 1, 2014 at 10:11
  • I've filed the issue here. Anyway, I've realized this is a Live CD. I need a distro that installs onto a hard disk (image) so I can do development on it.
    – Dan Dascalescu
    Dec 1, 2014 at 10:16

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