Install OSGeo-Live to Hard Disk

OSGeo-Live can be installed onto your hard disk, the same way an Ubuntu distribution is installed.

This process can also be run inside a Virtual Machine to create a permanent OSGeo-Live Virtual Machine from a DVD or ISO image.

System Requirements

  • 20 GB of spare Hard Disk Space

Install OSGeo-Live

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Select Install RELEASE

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Enter password=”user”

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Select language

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Select timezone

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Select keyboard

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Specify which disk to want to install on. (Beware, this may delete an existing

installed partition).

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Defaults for settings are:

  • Name = “user”
  • username = “user”
  • password = “user”
  • computer name = “osgeolive”
  • Log In automatically
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Select Install

Go and get a cup of coffee while installation is in progress.

That is it.

Tip

Installation Tips In case you are installing using a username other than “user”, tomcat applications require to have permission to service command as described in http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1153