Install Arch Linux from existing Linux: Revision history

8 November 2025

• curprev 23:0323:03, 8 November 2025 Torontal-varmegye talk contribs m 13,605 bytes +46 The Hungarian (Magyar) menu item has been added to the languages ​​menu.

27 August 2025

• curprev 07:5107:51, 27 August 2025 Erus Iluvatar talk contribs 13,559 bytes −2,409 →Creating a chroot: rm section flagged for removal, uncontested for months

9 May 2025

• curprev 06:0606:06, 9 May 2025 Erus Iluvatar talk contribs 15,968 bytes +202 →Create a new Arch installation: point out simple solution for using the default pacman.conf

17 February 2025

• curprev 11:1111:11, 17 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 15,766 bytes +6 link to the pacstrap(8) & arch-chroot(8) man pages
• curprev 10:5610:56, 17 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 15,760 bytes +27 →Method A: Using the bootstrap tarball (recommended): --pid was added to unshare in util-linux 2.23 and --fork in util-linux 2.24; see https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/bc7f9b95c04a8a6bb60cf2e58df47567f30cb989 & https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/5088ec338fe5dcd7e9a2d8daf7e7fa7dd6f87c27
• curprev 10:3510:35, 17 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 15,733 bytes +67 fix wording regarding the installation medium & installation environment
• curprev 10:2710:27, 17 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 15,666 bytes 0 →Things to check before you reboot: link to Installation guide#Root password for instructions on setting a root password since it has explicit instructions
• curprev 10:2510:25, 17 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs m 15,666 bytes +15 style
• curprev 10:1910:19, 17 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 15,651 bytes −348 →Create a new Arch installation: the GRUB tip makes no sense; chrooting and then installing and configuring GRUB is literally how it's supposed to be installed
• curprev 10:1710:17, 17 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 15,999 bytes −113 →Create a new Arch installation: lvmetad is long gone
• curprev 10:1310:13, 17 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 16,112 bytes +7 →Backup and preparation: don't assume that a specific boot loader is used

12 February 2025

• curprev 09:5209:52, 12 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 16,105 bytes −74 →From a host running another Linux distribution: archstrap downloads the sig from archlinux.org now

11 February 2025

• curprev 11:2611:26, 11 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 16,179 bytes +227 →From a host running another Linux distribution: highlight that the automagic scripts don't properly verify the bootstrap tarball's PGP signature
• curprev 11:1711:17, 11 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 15,952 bytes +6 →Fedora-based host: seclabel is a SELinux thing; style: Help:Style/Formatting and punctuation#Configuration parameters, variables, options, properties...
• curprev 11:1511:15, 11 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 15,946 bytes −1,703 →/dev/pts: rm section per template; all Debian releases still in support have util-linux≥2.23
• curprev 10:4510:45, 11 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 17,649 bytes +286 →Method B: Using the LiveCD image: flag for removal; extracting airootfs.sfs is not a supported installation method
• curprev 10:3610:36, 11 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 17,363 bytes +6 →Method B: Using the LiveCD image: squashfs is in the kernel; it's the userspace utilities (squashfs-tools) that need to be installed
• curprev 10:3510:35, 11 February 2025 Nl6720 talk contribs 17,357 bytes +2 →Method B: Using the LiveCD image: use proper units

10 February 2025

• curprev 20:1820:18, 10 February 2025 HappyAndBreathe talk contribs m 17,355 bytes +260 Added alternative solution to force unsquashfs to use less memory. Useful on already memory-limited machines (often in the cloud) where you're running from a netboot that has further reduced main memory by expanding its FS into RAM.

8 December 2024

• curprev 10:5110:51, 8 December 2024 Erus Iluvatar talk contribs 17,095 bytes +46 →/dev/pts: flag for removal

23 November 2024

• curprev 08:2008:20, 23 November 2024 Nl6720 talk contribs 17,049 bytes +49 →Create a new Arch installation: link to the arch-install-scripts issue

21 November 2024

• curprev 13:4413:44, 21 November 2024 Cvlc talk contribs m 17,000 bytes +2 →Create a new Arch installation: typo
• curprev 13:4313:43, 21 November 2024 Cvlc talk contribs 16,998 bytes +212 →Create a new Arch installation: warn about pacman configuration affecting pacstrap
• curprev 13:2913:29, 21 November 2024 Cvlc talk contribs 16,786 bytes +66 →Create a new Arch installation: pacman hooks seems to be run from host

13 November 2024

• curprev 23:2923:29, 13 November 2024 Mb720 talk contribs 16,720 bytes +9 →Method B: Using the LiveCD image: Sourceforge page says development is on GitHub now. Used the link provided on Sourceforge

29 July 2024

• curprev 06:1706:17, 29 July 2024 Lahwaacz.bot talk contribs 16,711 bytes +1 update http to https Tag: wiki-scripts

5 May 2024

• curprev 08:4808:48, 5 May 2024 Nl6720 talk contribs 16,710 bytes −3,158 →lvmetad: rm section, lvm2 is built without lvmetad and Debian 7 is obsolete

2 May 2024

• curprev 08:3208:32, 2 May 2024 Nl6720 talk contribs 19,868 bytes −1 →Method A: Using the bootstrap tarball (recommended): fix tar command, -z is for gzip
• curprev 07:3907:39, 2 May 2024 Nl6720 talk contribs 19,869 bytes +1 →Method A: Using the bootstrap tarball (recommended): starting with the 2024.05.01 release, the bootstrap tarball uses zstd compression

16 March 2024

• curprev 07:4207:42, 16 March 2024 Lahwaacz.bot talk contribs 19,868 bytes +10 change Arch project URLs from github.com to gitlab.archlinux.org Tag: wiki-scripts

3 February 2024

• curprev 11:4911:49, 3 February 2024 Lahwaacz talk contribs m 19,858 bytes −13 →Create a copy of an existing Arch installation: wording, rm sudo
• curprev 11:4211:42, 3 February 2024 Ua4000 talk contribs 19,871 bytes +14 →Create a copy of an existing Arch installation: an empty /etc/machine-id can cause "First Boot" trigger : "systemd will perform additional initialization steps, in particular presetting units."

24 January 2024

• curprev 20:0320:03, 24 January 2024 Erus Iluvatar talk contribs 19,857 bytes +10 Replace redirect in related pages

1 November 2023

• curprev 14:2814:28, 1 November 2023 Andreymal talk contribs m 19,847 bytes −6 →Create a copy of an existing Arch installation: fix broken section link

10 August 2023

• curprev 19:5719:57, 10 August 2023 Erus Iluvatar talk contribs 19,853 bytes −1,007 →Initializing pacman keyring: Remove tip, out of date since kernel 5.6

5 May 2023

• curprev 02:2202:22, 5 May 2023 Wick3dr0se talk contribs m 20,860 bytes 0 Changed incorrect square brackets to parenthesis

2 May 2023

• curprev 22:3922:39, 2 May 2023 Wick3dr0se talk contribs m 20,860 bytes −76 Removed two outdated bash repositories for one that is maintained & follows the ArchWiki's specific instructions to build it's environment

23 March 2023

• curprev 14:3514:35, 23 March 2023 Hanabishi talk contribs 20,936 bytes +35 →Initializing pacman keyring: Actually link the kernel 5.6 changelog where the /dev/random blocking pool has been removed
• curprev 13:5813:58, 23 March 2023 Hanabishi talk contribs m 20,901 bytes −22 →Initializing pacman keyring: Wording
• curprev 13:3513:35, 23 March 2023 Hanabishi talk contribs 20,923 bytes +10 →Initializing pacman keyring: Actualize the section. pacman-key#Initializing the keyring does not contain info about entropy anymore.
• curprev 11:0311:03, 23 March 2023 PolarianDev talk contribs 20,913 bytes +115 Flag for style, should use manpages; Help:Style

5 February 2023

• curprev 14:5514:55, 5 February 2023 Lahwaacz.bot talk contribs 20,798 bytes 0 update Pkg/AUR templates Tag: wiki-scripts

1 January 2023

• curprev 07:1407:14, 1 January 2023 NetSysFire talk contribs m 20,798 bytes −82 reword warning

3 October 2022

• curprev 12:0312:03, 3 October 2022 Nl6720 talk contribs 20,880 bytes +6 →Debian-based host: use pacstrap -K to generate a new pacman master key instead of copying it from the host

28 September 2022

• curprev 15:1515:15, 28 September 2022 Lahwaacz.bot talk contribs 20,874 bytes 0 fixed section fragments (interactive) Tag: wiki-scripts

13 August 2022

• curprev 09:5609:56, 13 August 2022 Nl6720 talk contribs 20,874 bytes +2 →Method A: Using the bootstrap image (recommended): rename section to #Method A: Using the bootstrap tarball (recommended) since it's a tarball not an image
• curprev 09:5509:55, 13 August 2022 Nl6720 talk contribs 20,872 bytes −88 →Method A: Using the bootstrap image (recommended): archweb now provides the bootstrap tarball PGP signature in the downloads page

2 July 2022

• curprev 08:4308:43, 2 July 2022 Nl6720 talk contribs 20,960 bytes +209 →Method A: Using the bootstrap image (recommended): the GPG signature on mirrors cannot be trusted to not be tampered with, download it from archlinux.org instead

2 June 2022

• curprev 10:4010:40, 2 June 2022 NetSysFire talk contribs m 20,751 bytes +2 →Downloading basic tools: - add shell prompt

21 May 2022

• curprev 08:3608:36, 21 May 2022 Nl6720 talk contribs 20,749 bytes −10 →Initializing pacman keyring: omit the optional keyring name argument from the pacman-key command to use all keyrings in /usr/share/pacman/keyrings/