This how-to will cover how I create a debian live image.
as a user, open a terminal
change to root since some of the commands require root privys
su
add the live-helper repo to our software sources
echo 'deb http://live.debian.net/debian/ ./' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
update the software database
aptitude update
install live-helper
aptitude install live-helper
create a directory to hold the live-helper files
mkdir live
change to the directory
cd live
specify options for the image, see below for more info
lh_config -d lenny -p xfce --packages "audacious geany xfe"
build the image
lh_build
look in the live folder, binary.iso is the live image
more lh_config information
-d specifies the distro flavor such as etch, lenny, sid
-p specifies a package list from /usr/share/live-helper/lists
--packages specifies individual packages you want to include
# example - sid with kde-core
lh_config -d sid -p kde-core
# example - lenny with gnome-core
lh_config -d lenny -p gnome-core
# example - sid with lxde and some extra packages
lh_config -d sid -p lxde --packages "audacious geany xfe"
# example - lenny with xfce and some extra packages
lh_config -d lenny -p xfce --packages "audacious geany xfe"