Turn Bloated Debian Based Distro into Lightweight Dietpi

You can use DietPi as long as you need, its works even to your PC. The flexible OS you can install everywhere. This is not advertise btw.

Zuhri

March 06, 2025 ( 1 min read )

Introduction #

This pages will explain how to turn Debian based into DietPi, alright lets get started!.

Notes:

The script will convert any ‘bloated’ Debian/Raspbian installation into a lightweight DietPi system.
The script will NOT support converting existing installed software (e.g. Nextcloud, Plex Media Server) over to the DietPi system.
All existing software (APT) and user data will be deleted.
Ensure a Debian/Raspbian OS is running on the system
For best results, they recommend a fresh/clean minimal Debian/Raspbian installation.
Native PC users: Please install Debian stable before hand: netinst
Desktop images should work, however, the minimal the image, the quicker the installation, as less packages will need to be removed.
Needed packages should already exist on most systems.
“UBUNTU will not support by dietpi team”, they said.

Install dependencies first.

apt update
apt install -y curl ca-certificates systemd-sysv

Execute the following shell command to download and execute the script.

bash -c "$(curl -sSfL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaIng/DietPi/master/.build/images/dietpi-installer')"

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