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That's what I want: I want to run a bash file (composed mostly by apt-get's and instructions to download and install .deb files) just after, or during, Linux Mint installation. I've found many tutorials about how to edit a Linux Mint ISO, but they don't show how can I add commands.

Furthermore, other tutorials show how to edit the Linux Mint Live CD. That would automatically change the system that will be installed in the computer by that CD?

Thanks in advance.

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If you saved the commands to an executable shell script (ex. Bash) file, you could just run it after installing Mint. Not fully automatic, but it's the easiest I can think of.

If you stored the script on another partition/drive/USB, or if your live DVD (Mint's ISO is too big to fit on a CD) is on a USB with a writeable filesystem you could add the files right to a folder on the same partition of the USB.

And if you downloaded the .deb files once, you could install them all at once to any new system with a dpkg -iR <folder-of-debs>, no need to update the package index files & re-download the .deb's for every computer.

Or, if a script isn't exactly desired, then you probably want to look into customizing the installation program (ubiquity, according to it's man page is a front end for debian-installer). Read & master these files for enlightenment:

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  • I already run it after installing Mint, but I want make the process totally automatic. About the deb files: they are re-downloaded everytime because the script was make to be adaptable, always finding the most recent version download link using web crawler (needed to install Lazarus for example).
    – VitorMM
    Feb 4, 2015 at 14:12
  • @GammaStudio updated answer with ubiquity customizing info
    – Xen2050
    Feb 5, 2015 at 13:58

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