Installing Clonezilla on Void Linux

Clonezilla is a free and open-source disk cloning and imaging software tool that comes pre-installed with many popular Linux distributions. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Clonezilla on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin the installation process, make sure that your Void Linux system is up to date:

sudo xbps-install -Suy

Installing Clonezilla

Clonezilla is not available in the official Void Linux repositories, but it can be easily installed from the AUR (Arch User Repository) using the xbps-src tool.

Step 1: Install xbps-src

sudo xbps-install xbps-src

Step 2: Download Clonezilla package build files

git clone https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages.git

Step 3: Navigate to the location of Clonezilla package files

cd void-packages/srcpkgs/clonezilla

Step 4: Build Clonezilla package

xbps-src pkg -j$(nproc)

Step 5: Install Clonezilla package

sudo xbps-install --repository=hostdir/binpkgs clonezilla-*.x86_64.xbps

Step 6: Verify installation

To verify that Clonezilla has been successfully installed on your Void Linux system, run the following command:

clonezilla

If the Clonezilla interface is launched without any errors, then you have successfully installed Clonezilla on your Void Linux system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have explained the steps required to install Clonezilla on Void Linux using the xbps-src tool. You can now use Clonezilla to clone and image your disks on Void Linux.