Arch Linux

xaoseric

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Registered: 2014-03-01

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Installing Arch on laptop

Ok, so yesterday, I managed to get Arch Linux installed on a laptop, I was able to get wifi working. However, I think I installed Arch wrong. I didn't install the wifi packages, so I had to use a wired connection to grab the packages. I'm going to redo the install today, just to familiarize myself with arch more.

While using the arch-chroot shell, I know it's possible to install grub, but is it possible to use pacman to install the netctl, wpa_supplicant, dialog, and iw packages as well, or would I use pacstrap to install them?

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Installing Arch on laptop

Yes, you can install anything that is in the repos from within the iso.  There really is no reason to reinstall - you can boot the iso and and add any packages you still need, though it sounds like you've already done this via the wired connection.

EDIT: I just reread - you could use *either* pacstrap from within the installation iso, *or* you could use pacman from within the chroot.  I normally install several packages including wireless tools with base and base-devel with the initial pacstrap command.

Last edited by Trilby (2014-03-01 15:12:47)

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iode1

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Registered: 2011-10-23

Posts: 29

Re: Installing Arch on laptop

Make sure you boot into the right version.

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