diff --git a/distro/camel.toml b/distro/camel.toml
index 0e687bf..4e8c503 100644
--- a/distro/camel.toml
+++ b/distro/camel.toml
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ name   = "waypaper"
 reason = "wallpaper setter (niri autostart: waypaper --restore)"
 status = "in [tanin]"
 
+[[packages.rebuilt_aur]]
+name   = "calamares"
+reason = "GUI installer for the ISO — AUR-only, not in official repos"
+status = "TODO — heavy Qt build; rebuild into [tanin] (finish-tanin-repo.sh / BUILD.md one-liner)"
+
 [[packages.rebuilt_aur]]
 name   = "paru (or paru-bin)"
 reason = "AUR helper — wanted preinstalled on the ISO; must be in [tanin] first"
diff --git a/iso/BUILD.md b/iso/BUILD.md
index 6412eb0..3326218 100644
--- a/iso/BUILD.md
+++ b/iso/BUILD.md
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ sudo pacman -S archiso          # to build
   `overrides/packages.x86_64` (currently commented out), or the build fails.
   (Rebuild like eww-git: `paru-bin` via makepkg → `publish-tanin-repo.sh`.)
 
+## First: put calamares (and the other AUR rebuilds) into [tanin]
+`calamares` is AUR-only, so mkarchiso can't pull it from the official repos — it
+must live in `[tanin]`. Heavy Qt build (installs makedepends via sudo):
+```sh
+cd /tmp && rm -rf calamares && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/calamares.git
+cd calamares && makepkg -sf --noconfirm
+cp ./*.pkg.tar.zst ~/projects/tanin-repo/
+# publish (create a write:package token in Gitea → Settings → Applications):
+TANIN_PKG_TOKEN=<token> ~/projects/taninux/packaging/publish-tanin-repo.sh
+```
+(If the AUR `calamares` lags a Qt bump, try `calamares-git`, or fall back to
+`archinstall` — already in the live base.)
+
 ## Build
 ```sh
 ./bootstrap-profile.sh          # assemble build-profile/ (releng base + overrides)
diff --git a/iso/overrides/packages.x86_64 b/iso/overrides/packages.x86_64
index 7e59427..ea9b320 100644
--- a/iso/overrides/packages.x86_64
+++ b/iso/overrides/packages.x86_64
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ snap-pac
 # boot splash
 plymouth
 
-# live installer host (cage). calamares is AUR -> rebuild into [tanin] first,
-# then uncomment (see BUILD.md). archinstall (TUI) is already in the releng base.
+# live installer: cage hosts calamares. calamares is AUR -> served from [tanin]
+# (rebuild via finish-tanin-repo.sh / the calamares one-liner in BUILD.md).
 cage
-#calamares
+calamares
 
 # target bootloader
 efibootmgr
diff --git a/packaging/build-tanin-repo.sh b/packaging/build-tanin-repo.sh
index a7561d9..8bc2876 100755
--- a/packaging/build-tanin-repo.sh
+++ b/packaging/build-tanin-repo.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mkdir -p "$OUT"
 
 OWN_SIMPLE=(tanin-greet tanin-libadwaita tanin-setup tanin-eww tanin-desktop)
 OWN_BUILD=(taninux)
-AUR_REBUILD=(eww-git tiramisu-git waypaper)
+AUR_REBUILD=(eww-git tiramisu-git waypaper calamares)
 
 build() {
   local p="$1"
diff --git a/packaging/finish-tanin-repo.sh b/packaging/finish-tanin-repo.sh
index dad8974..c50c815 100755
--- a/packaging/finish-tanin-repo.sh
+++ b/packaging/finish-tanin-repo.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm python-build python-installer python-hatchli
 ( cd "$HERE/taninux" && makepkg -sf --noconfirm ) \
   && cp "$HERE/taninux/"*.pkg.tar.zst "$OUT/" && echo "   ok" || echo "   FAILED (taninux)"
 
-echo "==> AUR rebuilds: eww-git tiramisu-git waypaper"
+echo "==> AUR rebuilds: eww-git tiramisu-git waypaper calamares"
 tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
-for p in eww-git tiramisu-git waypaper; do
+for p in eww-git tiramisu-git waypaper calamares; do
   echo "  -- $p"
   if git clone --depth=1 "https://aur.archlinux.org/$p.git" "$tmp/$p" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
      && ( cd "$tmp/$p" && makepkg -sf --noconfirm ); then