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View this installation guide online at
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide
In Install media 2012.07.15, AIF (the Arch Installation Framework) is
no longer included but instead Arch Install Scripts are provided to aid
in the installation process. This article summarizes the install
process using these scripts. See the Beginners' Guide instead for a
walkthrough aimed at new users.
Contents
* 1 Download
* 2 Keyboard layout
* 3 Partition disks
* 4 Format partitions
* 5 Mount the partitions
* 6 Connect to the internet
+ 6.1 Wireless
* 7 Install the base system
* 8 Install a bootloader
+ 8.1 GRUB
+ 8.2 Syslinux
* 9 Configure system
* 10 Unmount leftovers
Download
Download the new Arch Linux ISO from the Arch Linux download page.
* Instead of six different images we only provide a single one which
can be booted into an i686 and x86_64 live system to install Arch
Linux over the network. Media containing the [core] repository are
no longer provided.
* Install images are signed and it is highly recommend to verify
their signature before use. On Arch Linux, this can be done by
using
pacman-key -v <iso-file>.sig
* The image can be burned to a CD, mounted as an ISO file, or
directly written to a USB stick using a utility like dd. It is
intended for new installations only; an existing Arch Linux system
can always be updated with pacman -Syu.
Keyboard layout
For many countries and keyboard types appropriate keymaps are available
already, and a command like loadkeys uk might do what you want. More
available keymap files can be found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/ (you can
omit the keymap path and file extension when using loadkeys).
Partition disks
See partitioning for details.
Remember to create any stacked block devices like LVM, LUKS, or RAID.
Format partitions
See here for details.
If you are using (U)EFI you will most probably need another partition
to host the UEFI System partition. Read this article.
Mount the partitions
We now must mount the root partition on /mnt. You should also create
directories for and mount any other partitions (/mnt/boot, /mnt/home,
...) if you want them to be detected by genfstab.
Connect to the internet
Assuming a wired connection, running dhclient or dhcpcd is sufficient
to get a lease. For more info visit configuring network.
Wireless
If on a wireless connection, see Wireless Setup and Netcfg for details
on establishing a connection to your access point.
Install the base system
Before installing, you may want to edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist such
that your preferred mirror is first. This copy of the mirrorlist will
be installed on your new system by pacstrap as well, so it's worth
getting it right.
Using the pacstrap script we install the base system. The base-devel
package group should also be installed if you plan on compiling
software from the AUR or using ABS.
# pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
Other packages can be installed by appending their names to the above
command (space seperated), including the bootloader if you want.
Install a bootloader
GRUB
* For BIOS:
# pacstrap /mnt grub-bios
* For EFI (in rare cases you will need grub-efi-i386 instead):
# pacstrap /mnt grub-efi-x86_64
* Install GRUB after chrooting (refer to Configure system section).
Syslinux
# pacstrap /mnt syslinux
Configure system
Generate an fstab with the following command (if you prefer to use
UUIDs or labels, add the -U or -L option, respectively):
# genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
Next we chroot into our newly installed system:
# arch-chroot /mnt
* Write your hostname to /etc/hostname.
* Symlink /etc/localtime to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Zone/SubZone. Replace
Zone and Subzone to your liking. For example:
# ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Athens /etc/localtime
* Set locale preferences in /etc/locale.conf.
* Uncomment the selected locale in /etc/locale.gen and generate it
with locale-gen.
* Configure /etc/mkinitcpio.conf as needed (see mkinitcpio) and
create an initial RAM disk with:
# mkinitcpio -p linux
* Configure the bootloader: refer back to the appropriate article
from the bootloader installation section.
* Set a root password with passwd.
Unmount leftovers
If you are still in the chroot environment type exit or press Ctrl+D in
order to exit. Earlier we mounted the partitions under /mnt. In this
step we will unmount them:
# umount /mnt/{boot,home,}
Finally reboot and configure your system as explained in Beginners'
Guide/Post-Installation.
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