An operating system installer (and tools) for archlinux.
Tip
In the ISO, you are root by default.
Use sudo or equivalent, when from an existing system.
Select a layout: loadkeys <somekblayout>
Can also check available ones:
localectl list-keymaps otherwise defaults to us.
Note
Ethernet cable is plug and play.
Test: ping -c 3 google.com if this returns ttl=109 time=10.1 ms 3 times...
You can then skip wifi setup below
For Wifi:
# check devices
$ ip link
$ iwctl station wlan0 connect "SSID"
# where SSID is the name of your wifi
# where wlan0 is your device name
# case sensitive and will prompt for password
$ nmcli dev wifi connect "SSID" -a
# alternativeIf on the ISO instead of a live system
pacman-key --init
pacman -Syy gitgit clone https://github.com/h8d13/archinstoocd archinstoo/installer
python -m archinstoo [args] # try -h or --help
# some options are behind --advancedMake your pizzas. Una pizza con funghi e prosciutto.
See Newb-Corner if you're just starting out with Arch.
Tip
Alternatively: There are wrappers/helpers (which perform similar step to 4) from the repo root:
./RUN # regular
./DEV # advancedYou can create any profile in
archinstoo/default_profiles/following convention, which will be imported automatically. Or modify existing ones directly. Can also see here for examples
You can make plugins easily --script list for archinstoo, anything inside scripts/ is also imported.
Available options:
[*] requires root
count
mirror
size
format [*]
guided [*] < DEFAULT
live [*]
minimal [*]
packages [*]
rescue [*]The full structure of the project can be consulted through TREE
Install steps are ordered in installer.py here search/find/replace is your friend.
A man page is also available man -l installer/docs/archinstoo.1
See the full documentation on mkdocs generated from this repo.
Host-to-target: testing (without ISOs) here you will need more dependencies.
See historical/latest changes Changelog
The process would be the same with git clone -b <branch> <url> to test a specific fix. Usually reproduced then tested on actual/appropriate hardware.
Any help in this regard is deeply appreciated, as testing/digging takes just as long as writing code. Accurate reports/PRs will be addressed in a timely manner: PRs, Issues and Contributing
Philosophy: Simplify, No backwards-compat, Move fast (even if it means breaking and fixing). More...
Note
For DEV top-level PKGBUILD has extra tools like archiso, pacman-contrib and nvchecker.
For non-dev see installer/PKGBUILD uses the repo without its top part from git.
But it is recommended to use latest from git master instead.
See archinstall and thanks to the many original contributors. And the arch-wiki.
See mirror for a copy of this repo, not hosted on GitHub.
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