Install multibootusb on clear linux

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Hi, I am beginner on Linux.

I tried to install multibootusb from binary code. I follow the instruction here.
Based on the instruction, I must install these pacakages:
python3-pyqt5, p7zip-full, parted, util-linux, python3-pyudev, mtools, python3-dbus, python3-six.

As per my understanding, Clear Linux using “bundles” not “package”. But I still tried to install with swupd bundle-add [package]
And then, only parted package that I can installed. Other packages I mentioned above are not available.

So, anyone have the solution for this case?

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Welcome to the community. You are correct that Clear Linux uses bundles. You can use sudo swupd search <package> to try to find which bundles might be necessary. You can also try sudo swupd search-file <filename> to get more specific recommendations.

You can try with the following but my system already had os-clr-on-clr which is a large inclusive bundle so you might need to add more.

Try the following. python3-basic, desktop-dev, storage-utils, sysadmin-basic That should get you most of the missing dependencies. I did try running the multibootusb GUI from over a VNC connection and got complaints about a missing osdriver is not defined so there is likely more that needs to be done on this. If you go to http://multibootusb.org/page_faq/#does-multibootusb-support-efi-or-uefi-booting it is listed to use GRUB2. If you really want to use this tool you would have to follow Method 2 at https://docs.01.org/clearlinux/latest/tutorials/multi-boot/dual-boot-linux.html#boot-cl-using-one-of-three-methods first and then try to get it to work with multibootusb. If you do this let us know how it goes.

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