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I would want "program.deb" to be pre-installed to a Ubuntu Live CD.

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  • It depends upon the release of Ubuntu, upon whether you are installing Ubuntu Desktop or Ubuntu Server, and upon whether you are installing on bare metal or into a VM.
    – user535733
    May 15, 2021 at 0:47
  • Live ISOs are by design read-only meaning they can't be altered thus preventing damage/corruption/malware being included (the checksums won't match if altered so corruption is detected). You can re-spin an ISO (giving it a new checksum), or write the ISO to a persistent media (thus the changes/additional packages are external to the actual squashfs itself, but you've not provided any specifics or release details (media has been changing to make it less architecture dependent so arm64, amd64, s390, ppc64el etc all boot the same way)
    – guiverc
    May 15, 2021 at 1:44
  • @Nmath: I’m voting to close your linked question because it is about an End of Standard Support or End of Life Release. This question was written concerning 11.04. Most of the answers use outdated, obsolete, unsupported apps with broken links, such as Remastersys. None of the answers with high reputation are of any use to a user in the modern world. It may be a good history lesson but that is not what users are looking for.
    – C.S.Cameron
    May 15, 2021 at 2:57
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    I understand Cubic is still working with Ubuntu 20.04, Cubic makes it easy to add a few programs to an ISO file, that can be made into a CD or DVD. askubuntu.com/a/1291054/43926
    – C.S.Cameron
    May 15, 2021 at 3:08
  • @C.S.Cameron - That question was never specific to an end of life release, so that closure reason is not valid. Besides, we don't close old questions as EOL if they were on-topic when the question was asked. It doesn't help anyone to remove content that might still be helpful. FYI, the highest upvoted answer still works with 122 upvotes.
    – Nmath
    May 15, 2021 at 4:54

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The comments above link to lots of options. If you choose to use Cubic, here are some detailed steps:

  1. Install the software:

    sudo apt-add-repository ppa:cubic-wizard/release
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends cubic

  2. Create a new project:

    Launch Cubic.

    On the first page, select a new empty directory. (For example, /home/tank/my_live_cd).

    Click Next

    On the Project page, select your original ISO. (For example ubuntu-21.04-desktop-amd64.iso).

    Default values will be automatically filled out, so just click Next.

    Project page with default values

  3. When you get to the Terminal page, copy your deb file:

    mkdir Temp
cd Temp

    Drag program.deb onto Cubic's Terminal area to copy it into your new Temp directory.

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  4. Then, install your package from your program.deb file:

    apt-add-repository universe
apt-add-repository multiverse
apt install --no-install-recommends gdebi-core
gdebi program.deb

    Install *.deb file

    Remove unnecessary files.

    apt autoremove --purge gdebi-core
cd ~
rm -rf Temp

  5. Click through the next pages, accepting the defaults:

    On the Terminal page, click Next.

    On the Packages page, click Next.

    On the Options page, click Next.

    On the Compression page, click Generate.

    On the Generate page, click Finish.

    Click the Close button to exit the application.

Finally, Create a bootable USB, CD, or DVD using your new Live ISO file.

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    Best option is to place the answer where the OP can see it, and not make it a needle in the hay stack. Thanks PJ Singh. +1
    – C.S.Cameron
    May 16, 2021 at 4:14

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