Minimal Arch Installation

Simply boot into a live Arch Linux ISO, download the script (using curl) and execute install.sh.

Feel free to download, edit, clone, fork or open an issue.

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Usage

First, get the script by entering the following command on the terminal:

curl -LO https://github.com/leugimkm/minimal-arch-install/raw/main/install.sh

or enter this one:

curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leugimkm/minimal-arch-install/main/install.sh

Then, make the downloaded script executable:

chmod +x install.sh

And finally, run the following command (see Configure before):

./install.sh

Configure

By default the script has the following configuration (also +2G for swap partition):

readonly HOSTNAME='arch'
readonly TIMEZONE='America/Lima'
readonly KEYMAP='us'
readonly ROOT_PASSWORD='root'
readonly USER_NAME='bot'
readonly USER_PASSWORD='bot'

# readonly SHOW=false
readonly SHOW=true
# readnly ASK=false
readonly ASK=true

Before running the script, you should edit install.sh with nano (vim isn't shipped):

nano install.sh

and then apply changes, for example:

readonly HOSTNAME='MyArchBox'
readonly TIMEZONE='America/New_York'
readonly KEYMAP='us'
readonly ROOT_PASSWORD='superstrongpassword'
readonly USER_NAME='archlover'
readonly USER_PASSWORD='iusearchbtw'

readonly SHOW=false
# readonly SHOW=true
readonly ASK=false
# readonly ASK=true

To change the size of the swap partition to +8G for example, edit line 122:

  +2G # 2 GB swap partition by default

to this (you can delete the comment):

  +8G # 8 GB swap partition

TODO: add automated post-install scripts with different flavours.

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For more technical details go to the official site of Arch.