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Packages are released early with minimal changes from upstream.<br>
Packages are released early with minimal changes from upstream.<br>
It has a BSD-like ports system for building your own packages.
It has a BSD-like ports system for building your own packages.
The painful parts of arch are mostly related to libraries:
* python updates take a while to reach all packages (so they get installed to the wrong site-packages)
* libva updates may be too new for makemkv etc
* qt updates are sometimes problematic as well


= Documentation =
= Documentation =

Revision as of 19:55, 5 May 2024

A minimalistic linux distro inspired by the BSDs.
Packages are released early with minimal changes from upstream.
It has a BSD-like ports system for building your own packages.

The painful parts of arch are mostly related to libraries:

  • python updates take a while to reach all packages (so they get installed to the wrong site-packages)
  • libva updates may be too new for makemkv etc
  • qt updates are sometimes problematic as well

Documentation

home https://archlinux.org/
pine64 archlinux https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch/releases
t2linux wiki (macbook) https://wiki.t2linux.org/distributions/arch/installation/

Install

PCs
archiso customized install media
Arch BaseInstall from install media
Arch PostInstall after boot fresh install
Macbook Pro
t2linux archiso customized install media
t2linux archlinux install install arch and base packages
t2linux archlinux mbp-16.1 device specific configuration
Pinephone
pine64-arch install base install

Package Management

pacman
Arch ABS
Arch AUR

Services/Init System

systemd

Network

networkmanager network manager
netctl network manager
iwd network manager
iptables firewall
nftables firewall

Audio/Video

pulseaudio audio
alsa audio
video4linux video

Troubleshooting

archlinux troubleshooting