ventoyu 0.4

Manage and update ISO files on Ventoy devices

Ventoy Updater

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Ventoy is a tool that allows you to create a bootable USB drive for multiple ISO files. Just copy your ISO files onto the drive and boot it.

ventoyu is a utility that can be used to install or even update ISO files on the USB drive. Besides ventoyu also contains features like set up a new USB drive with the Ventoy software, manage ISO sources or modify Ventoy attributes on your USB drive.

ventoyu contains a configuration file (JSON format) with all sources where ISO files can be downloaded.

The ventoyl class can help you to talk to your Ventoy device using Python. More information here: Wiki: ventoyLIB

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You will find more information about the Ventoy software here:

Official Ventoy Website: https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

Ventoy on GitHub: https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy

Table of Contents

• Ventoy Updater
• Table of Contents
  • Description
  • OS Support
  • Install Ventoy Updater
  • How to
    • Install new images
    • Add a new ISO download source
    • Install or update Ventoy
    • Get help

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Description

The Ventoy Updater can be used to install new, update or remove ISO files on the Ventoy device.

OS Support

Currently supported images:

Operating system	URL
Debian (arm64)	https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/arm64/iso-cd/
Debian (amd64)	https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/
CentOS 8	http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/centos/8/isos/
Rocky Linux 8	https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/8/isos/
Grml	https://download.grml.org/
Ubuntu (18.04, 20.04, 21.04)	https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/ubuntu-releases/
Manjaro (XFCE, KDE)	https://manjaro.org/downloads/official/
Finnix 123	https://www.finnix.org/releases/123/

With the option add-url you have the possibility to add new ISO sources.

Install Ventoy Updater

$ pip3 install ventoyu

Note: You may want to install with option --user.

How to

Install new images

$ sudo ventoyu install

Add a new ISO download source

Tip: Before add a new URL, check it with check-url.

$ sudo ventoyu add-url --url <URL>

Install or update Ventoy

$ sudo ventoyu --device /dev/sdX config install

This function downloads the latest Ventoy release.

Tip: You have the possibility to open the Ventoy GUI installer with --gui.

Get help

For more information type ventoyu --help.