# Creating a custom ISO, like manjaro tools? **URL:** \ **Category:** EndeavourOS installation\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/creating-a-custom-iso-like-manjaro-tools/42339 "2023-06-23T07:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lukan](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/71c47a/32.png) [@lukan](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/lukan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/creating-a-custom-iso-like-manjaro-tools/42339/1 "2023-06-23T07:55:30Z")
Hey all, I just switched over from manjaro. Great experience so far. But what I have not found, is something like manjaro tools, where I can create my own customized Endeavour installation CD/USB stick. Meaning I want to customize the ISO to my needs. Programms, configs, etc. Because this will make it way easier for me to get started on a new device, or install it for others without me needing to customize everything (again). So does something like this already exists, or is it all done manually and if so, can someone point me in the right direction, of how I could achieve the same? (another way of asking would be probably, what are the devs using to build and pack the endeavour ISO) Kind regards ---
**Author:** ![r0ckhopper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/r0ckhopper/32/51768_2.png) [@r0ckhopper](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/r0ckhopper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/creating-a-custom-iso-like-manjaro-tools/42339/2 "2023-06-23T10:14:44Z")
EndeavourOS does this a different way - see here: [https://discovery.endeavouros.com/installation/customizing-the-endeavouros-install-process/2022/03/](https://discovery.endeavouros.com/installation/customizing-the-endeavouros-install-process/2022/03/) ---
**Author:** ![anon11595408](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@anon11595408](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon11595408)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/creating-a-custom-iso-like-manjaro-tools/42339/3 "2023-06-23T10:16:59Z")
And more comprehensive ways are also possible: > [@Directions for Custom Endeavour ISO running KDE](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/directions-for-custom-endeavour-iso-running-kde/41118/48): > > # Build liveuser skel cd "airootfs/root/endeavouros-skel-liveuser" makepkg -f # Install liveuser skel (in case of conflicts use overwrite) pacman -U --noconfirm --overwrite "/etc/skel/.bash\_profile","/etc/skel/.bashrc" -- "/root/endeavouros-skel-liveuser/"\*".pkg.tar.zst" \*\*\* # Remove liveuser skel to then install user skel pacman -Rns --noconfirm -- "endeavouros-skel-liveuser" rm -rf "/root/endeavouros-skel-liveuser" the skel package used for livesession is taking the settings from here: … > [@Custom ISO live (exact clone)](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/custom-iso-live-exact-clone/40106/40): > > How to make custom ISO Live (EndeavourOS) - by GabberJ If you want to make a custom ISO live on EndeavourOS, you need to install [penguins-eggs](https://github.com/pieroproietti/penguins-eggs). It’s a console tool that allows you to remaster your system and redistribute it as live images on usb sticks or via PXE. You can install by [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/penguins-eggs). Open your terminal and type: yay penguins-eggs when the install is finished, edit /etc/lsb\_release file with the traditional version of Arch Linux: DISTRIB\_ID="Arch" DISTRIB\_RELEASE="rolling" DISTRIB\_DESCR… ---
**Author:** ![lukan](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/71c47a/32.png) [@lukan](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/lukan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/creating-a-custom-iso-like-manjaro-tools/42339/4 "2023-06-23T11:52:06Z")
Penguin-eggs sounds like an awesome solution, I will try that out. Otherwise the normal build process does not look too complicated. Thanks guys. ---
**Author:** ![anon70834420](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@anon70834420](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon70834420)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/creating-a-custom-iso-like-manjaro-tools/42339/5 "2025-09-15T20:02:38Z")
> [@Custom ISO live (exact clone)](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/custom-iso-live-exact-clone/40106/40): > > /etc/lsb\_release this file does not exist anymore