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#1 2020-01-09 15:49:17

light9876
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[SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

Why does the Arch installation page say that "You can omit the installation of the kernel or the firmware package if you know what you are doing"?

How could Arch Linux be installed without installing the [linux] package?

      pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … l_packages

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#2 2020-01-09 15:55:57

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

linux != linux-firmware

linux-firware contains stuff that needs to be uploaded to various hardware bits -- video cards, wifi, Ethernet, etc...   If your hardware does not require any of this firmware, you need not install it.  You still need the kernel and drivers which are installed by the linux package


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#3 2020-01-09 16:02:39

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

How could Arch Linux be installed without installing the [linux] package?

core/linux isn't the only kernel Arch offers. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel

EDIT: Wait, this is explained (with the exact same link) in the section you linked to. Did you not read that?


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#4 2020-01-09 16:08:17

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

ewaller wrote:

linux != linux-firmware

linux-firware contains stuff that needs to be uploaded to various hardware bits -- video cards, wifi, Ethernet, etc...   If your hardware does not require any of this firmware, you need not install it.  You still need the kernel and drivers which are installed by the linux package

Wiki wrote:

You can omit the installation of the kernel or the firmware package if you know what you are doing.

I for instance don't need the kernel package in my clean chroot build environment.

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#5 2020-01-09 16:13:22

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

schard wrote:

I for instance don't need the kernel package in my clean chroot build environment.

Fair enough.  A use case I had not even considered.

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#6 2020-01-09 16:15:22

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

Thank you all.

ewaller wrote:

You still need the kernel and drivers which are installed by the linux package

If I need it, why does the guide say "You can omit the installation of the kernel"? Should not it say instead: You can substitute the default kernel for another custom kernel?

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#7 2020-01-09 16:18:47

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

schard wrote:

I for instance don't need the kernel package in my clean chroot build environment.

How is it possible to install linux without the kernel? (please excuse me, maybe it is something I don't understand..)

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#8 2020-01-09 16:22:27

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

In terms of chroots, you're using the host kernel, so the guest doesn't need a kernel of it's own.


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#9 2020-01-09 16:23:56

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

He has a kernel, but sets up a chroot that will use the kernel of his already existing system but is otherwise cut off in regards to dependencies for building packages in a clean system.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De … ean_chroot

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#10 2020-01-09 16:24:17

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

Well, If you're nitpicking, it's not GNU/Linux then, but just GNU. big_smile
It's, however, sufficient for a chroot environment to build certain packages within.

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#11 2020-01-09 16:36:08

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Re: [SOLVED] Guide: Omit installation of [linux] package

Thank you all!

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