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#1 2013-06-01 19:49:23
- jrbalu
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[SOLVED]Pacstrap causing error "bad interpreter"
Hi,
I am not "extremely" new to Arch as I've installed Arch on a machine(not mine) a couple of years back. But I don't exactly remember the steps. I used Lubuntu in my machine(HP dm1z) for a long time and I can be considered as a newbie here. So I went through the Installation Guide and started installing. Intro over.
So the problem is when I try to install the base system using pacstrap:
pacstrap /mnt baseit gives me the error
zsh: /usr/bin/pacstrap: bad interpreter: /bin/bash: no such file or directory The installation media I use is a USB stick and I used Win32DiskImager to burn the image on to it. I tried the iso on vmplayer in my windows machine and was able to install it successfully.
What could be the issue?
Last edited by jrbalu (2013-06-02 03:56:39)
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#2 2013-06-01 19:53:39
- WonderWoofy
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Re: [SOLVED]Pacstrap causing error "bad interpreter"
You probably want to be using the beginners guide and not the installation guide. The guide you found is more geared towards those who have a better idea of what they are doing, and serves as more of a simple reminder about what steps need to be covered.
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#3 2013-06-01 20:04:08
- jrbalu
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Re: [SOLVED]Pacstrap causing error "bad interpreter"
I failed to mention it but I was checking the beginner's guide also. There seems to be not much help in the beginner's guide too, if the error I mentioned above occurs. I googled as vast as I can but failed to find a solution. 
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#4 2013-06-01 20:17:26
- karol
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Re: [SOLVED]Pacstrap causing error "bad interpreter"
Are you using June or May iso?
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#5 2013-06-01 20:20:48
- jrbalu
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Re: [SOLVED]Pacstrap causing error "bad interpreter"
its May iso.
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#6 2013-06-02 03:51:50
- jrbalu
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Re: [SOLVED]Pacstrap causing error "bad interpreter"
@karol, thanks a lot man. That was the issue. I downloaded the June iso and now everything works 
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