It’s really something to see all these new Arch installation vids that are 10 min long 😆 I think it was an excellent decision to include this official installer which will help bring more people to Arch, not to mention make it a lot more efficient for existing users to install on multiple machines. Of course there was already the Anarchy installer which is what I used to easily install Arch, but this seems better to me. I like that it gives you the option of landing at a shell prompt or at a DE, and a good selection of DEs at that. To those who are using this to install Arch, I wish you a happy journey 🙂
@@Lachrymogenic uptight Arch users will be uptight, but in my view a core value of Linux is freedom. freedom to choose how you want to do things. this install script is an example of that.
I am not worried by the fact that installing arch is easier now but the fact that the iso size is getting bigger. people who think that they get some elite status by installing arch are absolute nuts because anyone with access to the wiki can just follow the commands without understanding anything. there should be only one legitimate reason to install arch, that is installing the system from the ground up without any extra software creeping in that u won't use anytime, the AUR and rolling release so that saves you the extra hassle of upgrading your distro every year or whatever
@Coffee Guy actually now that i think about it, i would rather download some extra megs to avoid the hippie status that comes with arch. and also, i wasn't, in this case, talking about this specific addition but the general tend towards a bigger iso size. doesn't matter anyway now that i changed my view.
This is really awesome! I mean people, remember when we had to run a lot of commands manually? And yes you do have tons of resources to install it manually. I really appreciate this installer can't wait to try it! This could become very popular in the future to attract new Arch users... :)
There is nothing to be anxious about. Its pretty easy to install and i would recommend you install arch without the guided installer in a VM just for the experience
Almost a year later, the new version has fixed most of the glitches you were experiencing and a new menu system to make life even more easy :) Thank you for the review, took me a while to find it ^^
I remember countless hours trying to finaggle getting it set up w working wifi and a DE on this gen 2 i5. It was a pita, but when it finally worked, it was a surreal feeling. The installer will never give me that, but I won't deny the fact, having done it the hard way, I have no issues with the shortcut if I ever have to install it again on a new laptop.
Cool beans. I'll have to try this on my 120 GB external SSD. Thanks for a great walk-through. Wasn't aware of this installer. I'm used to installing Arch the old fashioned way.
I started browsing your videos after installing Arch with your installation guide when I found this. And while I agree going through that process did teach me a lot of stuff, I would've REALLY liked to know about the installer beforehand.
As a user who is trying Linux on VirtualBox to get acclimated, I tried a manual method of installing Arch Linux. It took me a while to get it set up, and while it's nice to learn the goings of it, it isn't very good for a new user such as me (although I knew about it prior). Having a guided installation will definitely help anybody to get going on Arch as fast as possible. Elitists may be mad at it, but it's a great feature for new users.
Have you done a video on that magnificent System76 tower system behind you yet? It looks delightful. I would love to hear you wax lyrical about it, please.
Thanks Jay, I already installed Arch Linux release on March 2021 using your guide the "manual way or the hard way of installing it" so far so good and this one come up a month after. Anyway I will try this sometime! Sometimes I love the hard way it keeps your brain running. Thanks for the videos I've learned a lot. God Bless, and Stay safe.
Not difficult, there’s an option to preserve existing partitions and install straight to one of them, third question in the installer asks about drive selection. So it’ll be /dev/sda3 or something dependent on your existing layout, and the script should let you select that as an option, format it with your choice of FS, and then continue as normal.
Jay nice video. Your videos are like the Eagles "Peaceful easy feeling" always a nice watch and listen. Can you tell me if Arch uses wayland and do you like KDE or is Gnome better at some things than KDE ?
this is an interesting point to me. of course this will make it easier to install Arch, but there is still some difficulty with maintaining Arch. when I say maintaining Arch, I mean for example running pacman -Syu at a regular interval (once a week for me personally), NOT installing outdated and unmaintained packages from the AUR, using timeshift to backup system files in case something breaks, removing orphaned packages... maybe others can add their suggestions. Arch Wiki has a great article on System Maintenance, and Chris Titus also put out an excellent video on how to "make Arch stable". it's not that hard really but there is some stuff to learn and things to do regularly, almost like cleaning your house lol.
@@walking_on_earth you are right! I watched CTT video to make arch more stable,I think that even installing arch by the basic way to install it is much easier than maintaining the system itself!
I wish they would add some questions for more specific partitioning layouts. I wanted to install on the first 200GB of my SSD but the only option I have for that is to manually partition and then select the option to "skip selecting a drive and partitioning and use whatever drive-setup is mounted at /mnt (experimental)". I didn't select this and before I realised, it made and used a partition spanning the whole drive.
Haven't used the new installer, but so far Arch-Linux USB-Linux had ssh and python preinstalled so I do set up Arch LInux with a few command lines and Ansible (which I learned here btw) always the same way I like it with as little packages as possible.
damn tho im happy they included it too i spent hours installing arch linux by hand and ended up going back to manjaro cuz it was taking so long this will be much better for newbs like myself to branch out from other distros
(6:33) One of the things I like about Arch Linux is that (just like Slackware) they ship completely stock versions of desktop environments instead of outright branding it like Ubuntu do, but I think the branding is so that the distros can still set themselves apart from one another. At least for me, I do like that the desktop environments Debian ships are at least close to stock. Edit: I have to wonder if the Arch Linux team responsible for that installed had considered forking Manjaro Architect that was discontinued some years ago.
Thank you Jay for this video and Arch developers for this very useful addition 🙂 I won’t ditch my Debian SID for Arch but I will definitely give it a try, …🖖
I can feel the hurt from all the arch snobs who hate common installer-loving folk invading their safe space. Me? I’m gonna grab me some quality VM time and a copy of that iso.
@@LearnLinuxTV which would make it just about the ONLY software product in history where users complain that the devs included ease of use as a feature :).
I installed arch linux for the first time with the help of arch install guided installer. It works great and the performance is also much better than the debian or ubuntu.
I too thought that it was a april fool joke since when i installed arch linux the first time using the og method of installing everything on my own refering to the documentation of arch wiki , I faced some erros and I installed it the second time on my own then it worked . Now seeing that it is so simple to install the arch linux , I am remembering the old og way and the problem we user used to face while installing arch.
I would rather prefer as conclusion something like: the first time it failed cause I typed 'us', then I went on and implemented a numerical check within the allowed range for the options presented by the installer and then the second time it worked.
I can tell you Arch works fine, problem can appear only if you have installed proprietary Nvidia drivers, in your installation you have to change some stuff in gdm.conf
There are plenty of error in the error handling but I think this will help out a lot even though there can be errors etc. I use my own script though to get a hands-free install
Do you feel that there's still a common use-case for MBR? If I'm not mistaken, UEFI has been around so long that machines without it that are still usable today are somewhat rare.
@@LearnLinuxTV Hmm, I still have a couple (overclocked) S771 Xeons in S775 Motherboards. :) I can use nvme SSD via PCI-E slot (and adequate adapter) with addition of some (SATA) drive which will hold MBR sequence but I'm still limited to MBR. However, MBR support will come in next versions, so this is "important" just for a couple more months. ;)
Choosing between GPT and MBR GUID Partition Table (GPT) is an alternative, contemporary, partitioning style; it is intended to replace the old Master Boot Record (MBR) system. GPT has several advantages over MBR which has quirks dating back to MS-DOS times. With the recent developments to the formatting tools, it is equally easy to get good dependability and performance for GPT or MBR.
"I think that was my fault, so I'm not going to criticize the installer for that. I just probably typed in something incorrectly, I think it was language/keyboard layout at the beginning. I typed in US, instead of the number that goes for that keyboard type." No, that's not your fault. That fault lies with the Arch team. It was a communication problem, and an issue I can see some people falling for. The end user should never need to look something up to install a piece of software. This could have been mitigated by a proper GUI (or at the very least, having options like at 2:15). This just shows the stubbornness of the "hardcore" Arch folks, and their team. How is the average user even going to know how to run the installer, anyway. The installer should run at default, with the "traditional" method being a secondary option. I think I'll just tell people to stick with Manjaro, for Arch installs.
It's a very basic installer; little to no error checking (as you discovered), not much in the way of configuration, and it only supports UEFI systems (which is like everything made in the last decade). It's great for those coming from Debian (like I did) and its derivatives, letting you get a "real" Arch system going. Then go have fun breaking and then fixing things! (That's how we learn!)
Recently installed Arch on my "distro-tester" PC mainly for the learning experience. Seemed like a good idea since I'd put Manjaro on my dad's Raspberry and EndeavourOS on my main PC. Then someone told me there's a guided installer now. Nice to have, but I'm glad I did mine without it. I'd be curious to know if the Network Manager option for wireless sets up iwd or stays with the older wpa_supplicant ( I chose the latter as iwd support in NM is still listed as experimental).
I wish after install he would mention how it setup the btrfs. Like did it create all the correct subvolumes and such? I doubt it set up the auto snapshots but if he added snapper would it work out of the gate.?
Interesting. Worth taking a look at is the Calam-Arch installer which is carried out in Calamares. Another good installer is that for EndeavourOS which is also Calamares.
I did install arch following your full arch install instructions and it worked but I was using window alongside arch. Now I want to install arch only on the pc cause window caused some issues while I tried to boot into arch. The guided installer worked fine after few attempts I was able to see my nvme SSD on the list but after booting it says UUID not found. There are solutions in the arch wiki and it said that I need to include vmd; during the boot process somehow nvme0n1p1 partition is not showing up. But I am noob and could not be able to use chroot due to the mount point issues.
Idk but there be some wizardry in the script. Just ran natively on a 2013 MacBook Pro with proprietary nVidia drivers and everything worked first time except the wireless card. Everything. Keyboard backlight. Function keys. Sound. Gnome trackpad gestures. Fans, though I’ll be tweaking. Now all I need is for someone to please help me with orca and speech dispatcher issues that I’ve also been defeated by on Manjaro VMs, and I’ll be set for another 5 plus years on an 8 year old machine.
I tried this installer once when it first came out. Everything seemed to work well until the user creation step. it failed at that. The reason being is that I capitalized the username lmao. so make sure you don't do that.
Not sure if you had this comparison in mind, but Arch with easy installation does not equal Manjaro. Manjaro has a very different philosophy from Arch, mostly with regard to how packages are rolled out and what software you get out of the box. And then there are Arch-based distros for systemd-dislikers, etc. Still important to have options.
Wouldn't install for me. After reaching the step where you specify which additional packages you want installed (Firefox) I was met with an entire screen of error messages...the installer then just aborted and returned me to the command prompt.
I've been told Arch Linux had an installer years ago but they discontinued it. Still a bit primitive compared to script installers but glad to see they are giving it another go.
Interesting video! On the other hand, the installation with the plasma desktop is far too much. Everything that is possible is installed. That is simply too much. Nobody needs that enormous amount of stuff.
I don't know why when i have finished the installation and reboot it goes back to the installation medium and not the login screen. I had to close the VM and reopen it, then i can have the login screen.
Will Arch let you install / boot from LVM only? Ubuntu has for at least the last 2 LTS releases Will Arch still break random software/dependencies on update? Ubuntu hasn't (as long as I stay away from HWE) for at least the last 3 LTS releases let me know when Arch grows up (Yeah, I know Ubuntu is for n00bs - but it WORKS)
Well Ubuntu is not exactly for noobs, it's just for people who don't want to mess to much with kernels, dependencies and etc.. Arch works very well and is somewhat stable if the user really knows how to make it stable, the focus is bleeding edge software but you always can install older versions of software..
I guess now that arch is easy to install; gentoo or lfs is the next move for the linux elites.
Imagine the fury of gentoo users if that happened lmao
LFS??
Sounds cute though!
It’s really something to see all these new Arch installation vids that are 10 min long 😆 I think it was an excellent decision to include this official installer which will help bring more people to Arch, not to mention make it a lot more efficient for existing users to install on multiple machines. Of course there was already the Anarchy installer which is what I used to easily install Arch, but this seems better to me. I like that it gives you the option of landing at a shell prompt or at a DE, and a good selection of DEs at that. To those who are using this to install Arch, I wish you a happy journey 🙂
i agree but inb4 angry arch nerds go: ""no you have to learn how to install it that is part of using arch itself!!! reeee!!!!"
@@Lachrymogenic uptight Arch users will be uptight, but in my view a core value of Linux is freedom. freedom to choose how you want to do things. this install script is an example of that.
The April fool’s joke was that they actually did it and triggered some users
oH nO nOw mY eLItIsT sTAtUs woN’T bE aS eLItE anYMoRe sIncE itS eAsIEr tO inSTaLL aRcH
I am not worried by the fact that installing arch is easier now but the fact that the iso size is getting bigger. people who think that they get some elite status by installing arch are absolute nuts because anyone with access to the wiki can just follow the commands without understanding anything. there should be only one legitimate reason to install arch, that is installing the system from the ground up without any extra software creeping in that u won't use anytime, the AUR and rolling release so that saves you the extra hassle of upgrading your distro every year or whatever
Only triggered me that they didn't add networkd or systemd boot.
@Coffee Guy actually now that i think about it, i would rather download some extra megs to avoid the hippie status that comes with arch. and also, i wasn't, in this case, talking about this specific addition but the general tend towards a bigger iso size. doesn't matter anyway now that i changed my view.
@@canonpi /g/ user not shilling Gentoo? Impossible
Arch users hating like they never had to keep ArchWiki open while installing Arch
For me, it's fine as long as its a CLI installer :D
Arch actually had an installer about 10 years ago, before pacstrap. But it sure is nice to see an installer again, even if pacstrap is a great tool.
Very light, simple and directly to the point. I like it.
love to see how your channel has grown! I was like one of the few 1000's Congrats u deserve it, you give quality content
I'm using arch now finally
that what we get with this new installer everything is ruined! you need to say "i use arch BTW"
@@DemonPoro of course😁
@@DemonPoro I laughed so much
@@lolololo-fs2po aaaaaand there it is
U never will be part of the arch gang, ever.
This is really awesome! I mean people, remember when we had to run a lot of commands manually? And yes you do have tons of resources to install it manually. I really appreciate this installer can't wait to try it! This could become very popular in the future to attract new Arch users... :)
So a couple days after I have a freak out trying to install Arch Linux for the first time they release an installer...
There is nothing to be anxious about. Its pretty easy to install and i would recommend you install arch without the guided installer in a VM just for the experience
FYI they had an installer couple years ago; but it was quite buggy AFAIK
Almost a year later, the new version has fixed most of the glitches you were experiencing and a new menu system to make life even more easy :) Thank you for the review, took me a while to find it ^^
@Finn On the latest official ISO :) Just run `archinstall` :)
I remember countless hours trying to finaggle getting it set up w working wifi and a DE on this gen 2 i5. It was a pita, but when it finally worked, it was a surreal feeling. The installer will never give me that, but I won't deny the fact, having done it the hard way, I have no issues with the shortcut if I ever have to install it again on a new laptop.
Cool beans. I'll have to try this on my 120 GB external SSD. Thanks for a great walk-through. Wasn't aware of this installer. I'm used to installing Arch the old fashioned way.
I started browsing your videos after installing Arch with your installation guide when I found this.
And while I agree going through that process did teach me a lot of stuff, I would've REALLY liked to know about the installer beforehand.
As a user who is trying Linux on VirtualBox to get acclimated, I tried a manual method of installing Arch Linux. It took me a while to get it set up, and while it's nice to learn the goings of it, it isn't very good for a new user such as me (although I knew about it prior). Having a guided installation will definitely help anybody to get going on Arch as fast as possible. Elitists may be mad at it, but it's a great feature for new users.
Arch Linux is my primary OS for coding, Amazing addition.
@Glizzster Amazing i m making a game engine currently in it.
Using OpenGL, GLFW, ASSIMP and c++
Have you done a video on that magnificent System76 tower system behind you yet? It looks delightful. I would love to hear you wax lyrical about it, please.
Thank you so much. Could not install it manually but this tutorial really helped me!
Thanks Jay, I already installed Arch Linux release on March 2021 using your guide the "manual way or the hard way of installing it" so far so good and this one come up a month after. Anyway I will try this sometime! Sometimes I love the hard way it keeps your brain running. Thanks for the videos I've learned a lot. God Bless, and Stay safe.
Jay congrats on your amazing job!
Awesome, thanks!
❤️, I will be more happy if I got video on Arch and Windows dual boot Installation using this guided script
Not difficult, there’s an option to preserve existing partitions and install straight to one of them, third question in the installer asks about drive selection. So it’ll be /dev/sda3 or something dependent on your existing layout, and the script should let you select that as an option, format it with your choice of FS, and then continue as normal.
Thank's a lot for your step by step learning processes always interesting!
Jay nice video. Your videos are like the Eagles "Peaceful easy feeling" always a nice watch and listen. Can you tell me if Arch uses wayland and do you like KDE or is Gnome better at some things than KDE ?
Thank you for the walk through! Very cool!
this actually makes it a little easier to run arch, might consider it some time.
this is an interesting point to me. of course this will make it easier to install Arch, but there is still some difficulty with maintaining Arch. when I say maintaining Arch, I mean for example running pacman -Syu at a regular interval (once a week for me personally), NOT installing outdated and unmaintained packages from the AUR, using timeshift to backup system files in case something breaks, removing orphaned packages... maybe others can add their suggestions. Arch Wiki has a great article on System Maintenance, and Chris Titus also put out an excellent video on how to "make Arch stable". it's not that hard really but there is some stuff to learn and things to do regularly, almost like cleaning your house lol.
@@walking_on_earth you are right! I watched CTT video to make arch more stable,I think that even installing arch by the basic way to install it is much easier than maintaining the system itself!
I wish they would add some questions for more specific partitioning layouts. I wanted to install on the first 200GB of my SSD but the only option I have for that is to manually partition and then select the option to "skip selecting a drive and partitioning and use whatever drive-setup is mounted at /mnt (experimental)". I didn't select this and before I realised, it made and used a partition spanning the whole drive.
@0:50 There was already an installer in 2012 for Arch Linux AFAIK.
Haven't used the new installer, but so far Arch-Linux USB-Linux had ssh and python preinstalled so I do set up Arch LInux with a few command lines and Ansible (which I learned here btw) always the same way I like it with as little packages as possible.
damn tho im happy they included it too
i spent hours installing arch linux by hand and ended up going back to manjaro cuz it was taking so long
this will be much better for newbs like myself to branch out from other distros
(6:33) One of the things I like about Arch Linux is that (just like Slackware) they ship completely stock versions of desktop environments instead of outright branding it like Ubuntu do, but I think the branding is so that the distros can still set themselves apart from one another. At least for me, I do like that the desktop environments Debian ships are at least close to stock.
Edit: I have to wonder if the Arch Linux team responsible for that installed had considered forking Manjaro Architect that was discontinued some years ago.
Manjaro Architect is just a fork of the Architect installer.
Thank you Jay for this video and Arch developers for this very useful addition 🙂
I won’t ditch my Debian SID for Arch but I will definitely give it a try, …🖖
I can feel the hurt from all the arch snobs who hate common installer-loving folk invading their safe space. Me? I’m gonna grab me some quality VM time and a copy of that iso.
I'm sure complaints are a given, if that hasn't already happened
@@LearnLinuxTV which would make it just about the ONLY software product in history where users complain that the devs included ease of use as a feature :).
@@citywitt3202 Arch purists are real masochists
@@TAP7a then the devs are clearly good sadists :)
I installed arch linux for the first time with the help of arch install guided installer. It works great and the performance is also much better than the debian or ubuntu.
Thanks, i am going to test it right away
I too thought that it was a april fool joke since when i installed arch linux the first time using the og method of installing everything on my own refering to the documentation of arch wiki , I faced some erros and I installed it the second time on my own then it worked . Now seeing that it is so simple to install the arch linux , I am remembering the old og way and the problem we user used to face while installing arch.
You are a good human, thank you for information sharing.
I would rather prefer as conclusion something like: the first time it failed cause I typed 'us', then I went on and implemented a numerical check within the allowed range for the options presented by the installer and then the second time it worked.
Really nice. They should have made a option to select installer when booting iso.
I think it breaks the philosophy of Arch of "do it yourself", but still like it
It does'nt break anything, just makes it simple and fast, as the Arch slogan says.
The ability to use the API is nice. Instead of using the guided menu, you can script your installation.
I can tell you Arch works fine, problem can appear only if you have installed proprietary Nvidia drivers, in your installation you have to change some stuff in gdm.conf
There are plenty of error in the error handling but I think this will help out a lot even though there can be errors etc.
I use my own script though to get a hands-free install
I use archfi script, I think the best arch installer presently ... thank you for your video :)
I didn't know that this existed and I was in pain trying to install arch on my main laptop
Hi i will have to wait for the 2.2 version tks
This is a nice Arch addition, now there's no reason for anybody to run Ubuntu anymore 🤣🤣
Installer developers: it's not much but it's honest work
Thank You!
Only UEFI installations are available this way.
MBR is still unsupported.
Do you feel that there's still a common use-case for MBR? If I'm not mistaken, UEFI has been around so long that machines without it that are still usable today are somewhat rare.
@@tonywise198 And I've just realized I've never noticed that because I almost always run VirtualBox VMs with EFI
@@LearnLinuxTV Hmm, I still have a couple (overclocked) S771 Xeons in S775 Motherboards. :) I can use nvme SSD via PCI-E slot (and adequate adapter) with addition of some (SATA) drive which will hold MBR sequence but I'm still limited to MBR.
However, MBR support will come in next versions, so this is "important" just for a couple more months. ;)
@@tonywise198 I just looked at the Arch Wiki and it says that it only supports UEFI. Probably intentional?
wiki.archlinux.org/title/Archinstall
Choosing between GPT and MBR
GUID Partition Table (GPT) is an alternative, contemporary, partitioning style; it is intended to replace the old Master Boot Record (MBR) system. GPT has several advantages over MBR which has quirks dating back to MS-DOS times. With the recent developments to the formatting tools, it is equally easy to get good dependability and performance for GPT or MBR.
Way to own your mistake! Showing us that certainly helped someone not do the same thing.
Great video.
When I tried it a few days ago in virt manager it always ended up crashing with an error
@Byhxmze I used Virt-Manager
nice week, Jay !
"I think that was my fault, so I'm not going to criticize the installer for that. I just probably typed in something incorrectly, I think it was language/keyboard layout at the beginning. I typed in US, instead of the number that goes for that keyboard type."
No, that's not your fault. That fault lies with the Arch team. It was a communication problem, and an issue I can see some people falling for. The end user should never need to look something up to install a piece of software. This could have been mitigated by a proper GUI (or at the very least, having options like at 2:15). This just shows the stubbornness of the "hardcore" Arch folks, and their team. How is the average user even going to know how to run the installer, anyway. The installer should run at default, with the "traditional" method being a secondary option. I think I'll just tell people to stick with Manjaro, for Arch installs.
TBF, Arch is not for the average user to begin with.
It's a very basic installer; little to no error checking (as you discovered), not much in the way of configuration, and it only supports UEFI systems (which is like everything made in the last decade). It's great for those coming from Debian (like I did) and its derivatives, letting you get a "real" Arch system going. Then go have fun breaking and then fixing things! (That's how we learn!)
Nice. Amazing..!!
Great, thanks :)
i can finally say
BTW i use Arch! 🤪
all the cool kids gotta move to gentoo now.
Eh, those who used the guided installer does not have the privilege to say that.
@@supremedeity9003 stay mad)))
0:33 "There are no strangers"....oh no-
this is awesome
Nice tutorial
Now I'm gonna wait for a GUI installer for ArchLinux =)
Recently installed Arch on my "distro-tester" PC mainly for the learning experience. Seemed like a good idea since I'd put Manjaro on my dad's Raspberry and EndeavourOS on my main PC. Then someone told me there's a guided installer now. Nice to have, but I'm glad I did mine without it. I'd be curious to know if the Network Manager option for wireless sets up iwd or stays with the older wpa_supplicant ( I chose the latter as iwd support in NM is still listed as experimental).
after watching 2hr arch installation guide, youtube recommended to me :/
I totally thought it was an April Fool's joke! These are biblical times! "Arch with an installer, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"
I wish after install he would mention how it setup the btrfs. Like did it create all the correct subvolumes and such? I doubt it set up the auto snapshots but if he added snapper would it work out of the gate.?
Jay you forgot that archinstall support only UEFI until version 2.2.0 is released.
Interesting. Worth taking a look at is the Calam-Arch installer which is carried out in Calamares. Another good installer is that for EndeavourOS which is also Calamares.
It's a very good one, installation takes a bit more time than other distros but works well and is very customizable..
İ have error while scanning for a disk
I did install arch following your full arch install instructions and it worked but I was using window alongside arch. Now I want to install arch only on the pc cause window caused some issues while I tried to boot into arch. The guided installer worked fine after few attempts I was able to see my nvme SSD on the list but after booting it says UUID not found. There are solutions in the arch wiki and it said that I need to include vmd; during the boot process somehow nvme0n1p1 partition is not showing up. But I am noob and could not be able to use chroot due to the mount point issues.
Idk but there be some wizardry in the script. Just ran natively on a 2013 MacBook Pro with proprietary nVidia drivers and everything worked first time except the wireless card. Everything. Keyboard backlight. Function keys. Sound. Gnome trackpad gestures. Fans, though I’ll be tweaking. Now all I need is for someone to please help me with orca and speech dispatcher issues that I’ve also been defeated by on Manjaro VMs, and I’ll be set for another 5 plus years on an 8 year old machine.
I tried this installer once when it first came out. Everything seemed to work well until the user creation step. it failed at that. The reason being is that I capitalized the username lmao. so make sure you don't do that.
So, this potentially renders Arch-based distros redundant then?
Nope, it's just a tool you can use if it fits your needs. It adds another option to all the other solutions that already exist.
Not sure if you had this comparison in mind, but Arch with easy installation does not equal Manjaro. Manjaro has a very different philosophy from Arch, mostly with regard to how packages are rolled out and what software you get out of the box. And then there are Arch-based distros for systemd-dislikers, etc. Still important to have options.
Interesting... I hadn't thought of these ideas.
THAT IS AWESOME! I really am a lazy man when it comes to distros. Having a distro like Arch not making me any brain work is enticing :)
Wouldn't install for me. After reaching the step where you specify which additional packages you want installed (Firefox) I was met with an entire screen of error messages...the installer then just aborted and returned me to the command prompt.
Case insensitivty is maube your problem ?
Oh I see you just typed "US" rather than "en_US.UTF-8", easy mistake 🤷♂️
The terminal font is nice. What is the font name?
Which Gnome version did it install? I'm a XFCE user myself, but I'm curious.
it installed the latest one;40
Was gonna guess 40 before the first reply. If arch ran any closer to the bleeding edge, it’d be writing it’s own source code.
@@Kekimus Nice. I might give it a go. I'm planning on doing an Arch install to replace Manjaro soon.
Yup, GNOME 40. I probably should've mentioned that.
@@Kenny_Ded Gnome 40 on Arch is great. I have noticed it being rock solid stable since release at the end of March.
I've been told Arch Linux had an installer years ago but they discontinued it.
Still a bit primitive compared to script installers but glad to see they are giving it another go.
Does the gnome version come with x11 or wayland
It's normal It gets a lot of time on waiting for automatic mirror selection?
If we are on wifi (after we set it up normally before run the python script) should we stick with network manager or wlan0?
Network manager
Finally can try out arch 😅
Arch is easy to install but a pain in the ass if you don't have much time to spend with it..
Important to note: only works with uefi for now.
I am assuming it's using GRUB for bootloader?
Awesome
Do you have a video explaining how to Install different distro without losing /home?
back in my day everyone just said "RTFM" to questions like this.
i think you should install funtoo next
Jokes on them, I’m into that shit
Still waiting to have dual boot installer script
It always had an installer. Pacstrap.
How do you record videos when obs is not installed already when you are installing arch ??
With a Video Capture device (Search for HDMI Video Capture Device).
@@gryzor thanks man!
Interesting video! On the other hand, the installation with the plasma desktop is far too much. Everything that is possible is installed. That is simply too much. Nobody needs that enormous amount of stuff.
So no lvm
ffs, now I have to install gentoo on my computer to feel smart!
Didn't work for me. I tried installing using VMWare Fusion. It hangs at package installation.
I don't know why when i have finished the installation and reboot it goes back to the installation medium and not the login screen.
I had to close the VM and reopen it, then i can have the login screen.
Think I'll stick with BASIC.
Will Arch let you install / boot from LVM only? Ubuntu has for at least the last 2 LTS releases
Will Arch still break random software/dependencies on update? Ubuntu hasn't (as long as I stay away from HWE) for at least the last 3 LTS releases
let me know when Arch grows up
(Yeah, I know Ubuntu is for n00bs - but it WORKS)
Well Ubuntu is not exactly for noobs, it's just for people who don't want to mess to much with kernels, dependencies and etc..
Arch works very well and is somewhat stable if the user really knows how to make it stable, the focus is bleeding edge software but you always can install older versions of software..
This method will not work for those who are using legacy boot