Arch Linux

schivmeister

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From: Singapore

Registered: 2007-05-17

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Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

After getting the net up, immediately install sudo and then create a new user with adduser

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linux4life88

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Registered: 2008-03-23

Posts: 27

Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

It still says Network is unreachable.

linux4life88

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Registered: 2008-03-23

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Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

I've tried everything and it still says Network is unreachable. I must just be incredible stupid. This is the only thing that i can come put with.

z0phi3l

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From: Waterbury CT

Registered: 2007-11-26

Posts: 278

Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

With less than a year of Linux experience got Arch installed easily using the newbie guide, it is very detailed and if you follow it exactly you shouldn't have a problem.

linux4life88

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Registered: 2008-03-23

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Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

I'm using this guide, just nothing will work:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide

Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

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Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

Go onto irc.freenode.net, register a nickname, and get onto #archlinux. It'll be a lot faster getting help then. Use Pidgin, and make a new IRC account on irc.freenode.net as your preferred nickname. Then type
/msg nickserv register <password>

And after that:
/join #archlinux

And you can get some help.

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linux4life88

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Registered: 2008-03-23

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Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

Go onto irc.freenode.net, register a nickname, and get onto #archlinux. It'll be a lot faster getting help then. Use Pidgin, and make a new IRC account on irc.freenode.net as your preferred nickname. Then type
/msg nickserv register <password>

And after that:
/join #archlinux

And you can get some help.

I went to irc.freenode.net and it asked me for a username and password? I don't have one and it didn't give me an option to get one.

As for Arch Linux, I think I'm going to go back to Ubuntu and try Arch some other time. I don't know what I'm doing wrong and neither does anyone else(most likely because the problem exists between the keyboard and chair).

Misfit138

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From: USA

Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 4,189

Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

I went to irc.freenode.net and it asked me for a username and password? I don't have one and it didn't give me an option to get one.

As for Arch Linux, I think I'm going to go back to Ubuntu and try Arch some other time. I don't know what I'm doing wrong and neither does anyone else(most likely because the problem exists between the keyboard and chair).

Redroar just instructed you how to get a username and password in the post you quoted.

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linux4life88

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Registered: 2008-03-23

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Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

I went to irc.freenode.net and it asked me for a username and password? I don't have one and it didn't give me an option to get one.

As for Arch Linux, I think I'm going to go back to Ubuntu and try Arch some other time. I don't know what I'm doing wrong and neither does anyone else(most likely because the problem exists between the keyboard and chair).

Redroar just instructed you how to get a username and password in the post you quoted.

I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking. I got it now. Although, my latest problem has halted my Arch Linux installation.

1) What is glib2? When I try to install KDE or Gnome it says that it can not find glib2 and there fore can not install KDE or Gnome.
2) When creating a user account what should be the UID and the Groups? I'm kind of confused on what I need to do when creating a user account.

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

To make a new user:

 useradd -m -s /bin/bash <username>
 passwd <username>

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Rumor

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From: Albany, NY

Registered: 2006-07-07

Posts: 638

Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

2) When creating a user account what should be the UID and the Groups? I'm kind of confused on what I need to do when creating a user account.

You can accept the default UID for your new user. The groups you want to add are covered in detail in the Beginner's Guide: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … tup_groups or in the Groups article in the wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Groups

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Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 200

Re: Need Some Information About Arch Linux

glib2 should automatically be installed as a dependency when you type:
pacman -Sy gnome

If it says out of date or something then type:

pacman -Syu

And answer yes to the questions it asks you. After it's done then try to install gnome or kde again.

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