[SOLVED]Stuck after installation guide, not sure what I should do next

Clarryuuto · 2021-08-12 09:59:01

Hii
Currently in the process of installing Arch on a just built pc but it's not really transparent to me to know what to do next. I went thru the installation guide (with the help of this video https://youtu.be/PQgyW10xD8s) and I feel like that went fine.

After reboot I read thru a bit of the next pages and landed on this video https://youtu.be/pouX5VvX0_Q

I'm not so sure about how much of this is just extra or not all that needs to be installed but I found, that the yay -S command (around the 8min mark (/where I stopped)) throws out this:

-> Could not find all required packages:
dwn-distrotube-git (Target)
st-distrotube-git (Target)
dmenu-distrotube-git (Target)

Edit: Got to know that there's a much quicker way to get past installation and that is archinstall. No errors so problem solved.

Last edited by Clarryuuto (2021-08-13 12:19:02)

Roken · 2021-08-12 10:10:31

If you want support here, what you should do is go to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide and start again from there.

Helpfully, when you finish that it answers your specific question.

V1del · 2021-08-12 10:15:37

Third party guides are not supported and these packages that aren't found are all custom configs made by that author. Ask him for help.

If you actually want to install Arch normally follow the installation guide on the wiki and then go through https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … mendations . If you don't know what any of these mean then that's a good sign that you probably are a newer linux user that should start out with something simpler like Ubuntu or so that comes with a preconfigured set of applications to learn the ropes.

Arch is intended for people that already know their way around and roughly know which set of software they want. If this is entirely unknown to you then you are going to have a hard time.

Ammako · 2021-08-12 11:38:18

I'm going to add: the problem with guides like these (especially video guides) is that they can quickly become outdated to a point where they simply won't work anymore.

In your case, those packages don't even exist anymore. Luckily those are just AUR packages and are not required to get any kind of basic installation going, but the arch iso is updated every month, and basic installation steps that might have been valid 3 years ago might leave you with an incomplete installation in today's arch iso, for example.

If you're struggling, why not give archinstall a try? It's included in every recent iso since April. Then if you're still struggling, you might be able to get help in the Arch Linux Guided Installer section of the forum instead.

Last edited by Ammako (2021-08-12 11:39:42)

Trilby · 2021-08-12 11:50:39

Clarryuuto wrote:

I'm not so sure about how much of this is just extra or not all that needs to be installed but I found, that the yay -S command...

All of it is extra, most of it is garbage, and absolutely none of it should be installed unless you have a specific desire for it. And in the case of yay, that should not be installed at all as you don't yet understand how the AUR works.

Clarryuuto · 2021-08-12 15:18:33

Ammako wrote:

I'm going to add: the problem with guides like these (especially video guides) is that they can quickly become outdated to a point where they simply won't work anymore.
In your case, those packages don't even exist anymore. Luckily those are just AUR packages and are not required to get any kind of basic installation going, but the arch iso is updated every month, and basic installation steps that might have been valid 3 years ago might leave you with an incomplete installation in today's arch iso, for example.
If you're struggling, why not give archinstall a try? It's included in every recent iso since April. Then if you're still struggling, you might be able to get help in the Arch Linux Guided Installer section of the forum instead.

I don't know how I missed this, but I was just able to install Arch without any errors thanks to the archinstall command.

Now I can get to the desktop...not for long however as I am quickly greeted with a black screen leaving just my mouse in sight. I can move it and launch the terminal.

Running Linux-Zen & Linux kernels with Kde

Edit2: nvm just had to change plasma to x11

Last edited by Clarryuuto (2021-08-12 16:58:49)

CarbonChauvinist · 2021-08-12 16:08:54

Clarryuuto wrote:

-> Could not find all required packages:

Those were all removed for violating the AUR submission guidelines. Besides that they were pretty poorly done packages and you'll be much better served not having them on your system.

V1del · 2021-08-12 17:07:53

Ah yeah I keep forgetting we have an installer now.

In any case if you've managed to get up and running, please mark the topic as [SOLVED] by editing the title in your first post: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … ow_to_post

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[SOLVED]Stuck after installation guide, not sure what I should do next

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