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@@ -11,46 +11,25 @@ Pre-built ISO's can be found over at https://archlinux.life which autostarts arc # Installation & Usage -## Run as stand-alone binary on Live-CD + $ sudo pip install archinstall - # curl -L https://archlinux.life/bin/archinstall > archinstall.tar.gz - # tar xvzf archinstall.tar.gz - # cd archinstall-v2.0.5 - # chmod +x archinstall - # ./archinstall +Or simply `git clone` the repo as it has no external dependencies *(but there are optional ones)*.<br> +Or run the pre-compiled binary attached in every release as `archinstall-v[ver].tar.gz`. -This downloads and runs a *compiled (using nuitka3)* version of the project.<br> -It will guide you through all the installation steps. +There's also `PKGBUILD`'s for all the above scenarios. +And they're also availale as Arch Linux packages over at unofficial mirror [https://archlinux.life](https://archlinux.life/). -## Install with `pacman` on Live-CD +## Running the [guided](examples/guided.py) installer - # curl -L https://archlinux.life/bin/archinstall.xz > archinstall.pkg.tar.xz - # pacman -U archinstall.pkg.tar.xz - # archinstall +Assuming you're on a Arch Linux live-ISO and booted into EFI mode. -This requires that the RAM and squashfs on your machine is sufficient for an installation.<br> -But this will utilize `pacman` to install the pre-compiled binary from above and place archinstall in `$PATH`. - -## Install Python on Live-CD and run manually: - - # wget https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall/archive/v2.0.5.tar.gz - # tar xvzf v2.0.5.tar.gz - # cd archinstall-2.0.5 - # pacman -S --noconfirm python pip - python examples/guided.py - -This assumes the same criteria as the `pacman` installation. It will also guide you through a basic installation. - -## Install using `pip` and run as a Python module: - - # pip install archinstall # python -m archinstall guided -This assumes tho that `python >= 3.8` and `pip` is present *(not the case on the default Arch Linux ISO)*, see above for pre-built ISO's containing Python+pip or follow the [docs](wiki/) to see how to build an ISO yourself. +# Scripting your own installation -## Scripting an installation to put on a ISO media +You could just copy [guided.py](examples/guided.py) as a starting point. -Assuming you're building your own ISO and want to create an automated install process.<br> +But assuming you're building your own ISO and want to create an automated install process, or you want to install virtual machines on to local disk images.<br> This is probably what you'll need, a [minimal example](examples/main_example.py) of how to install using archinstall as a Python library. ```python |