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=== Installing Arch Linux === | === Installing Arch Linux === | ||
− | + | There are two types of install CD. The CORE CD holds the packages required to get a basic system running. The FTP CD pulls the latest packages from the repositories during the install. Both CDs have NCURSES installers. There are the following steps: | |
+ | #Loading a non-US Keymap | ||
+ | #Running Setup | ||
+ | #Configure Network (FTP Install only) | ||
+ | #Prepare Hard Drive | ||
+ | ##Auto-Prepare | ||
+ | ##Partition Hard Drives | ||
+ | ##Set Filesystem Mountpoints | ||
+ | #Select Packages | ||
+ | #Install Packages | ||
+ | #Configure System | ||
+ | #Install Kernel | ||
+ | #Install Bootloader | ||
+ | #Exit Install | ||
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+ | The full install guide is [[Official Arch Linux Install Guide|here]] and the install CDs are available [http://www.archlinux.org/download/ here]. | ||
=== Linux Basics === | === Linux Basics === |
Revision as of 02:42, 28 December 2007
Notice
This handbook has only just been started. It's currently a rather bare outline. Please edit it and make it better! Look at the FreeBSD Handbook as a style guide.
Most sections should be a summary, with a link to the main article on the subject.
Getting Started
Introduction
Arch linux is a lightweight and flexible linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. There are official packages optimized for the i686 and x86-64 architectures. There is also a community-operated package repository. See the pages in this category
Installing Arch Linux
There are two types of install CD. The CORE CD holds the packages required to get a basic system running. The FTP CD pulls the latest packages from the repositories during the install. Both CDs have NCURSES installers. There are the following steps:
- Loading a non-US Keymap
- Running Setup
- Configure Network (FTP Install only)
- Prepare Hard Drive
- Auto-Prepare
- Partition Hard Drives
- Set Filesystem Mountpoints
- Select Packages
- Install Packages
- Configure System
- Install Kernel
- Install Bootloader
- Exit Install
The full install guide is here and the install CDs are available here.
Linux Basics
A few basics on the file system and command line, for people starting Unix/Linux with Arch.
Installing Software: Pacman
Some basics on Pacman options, how repositories work, etc.
Pacman is the Archlinux package management tool. It is a command line tool which provides an easy way to install and manage applications, libraries and other software. It is extremely easy to use and powerful, and will be one of the main administrative tools you will use while running Archlinux. The main operations are
pacman -S app # install package named app pacman -Syu # update package database and upgrade any packages pacman -R app # remove package name app
To get a full list of operations pacman can perform, open a terminal and type:
pacman --help
To get more detail on an operation, combine it with --help:
pacman --help -S
Or, for a more in-depth guide, consult the man page:
man pacman
See the wiki entry for pacman for a user-friendly guide.
X11 and Graphical Desktop Environments
Basics of X11 concepts, installation and configuration of Gnome, KDE, etc.
Common Tasks
Desktop Applications
Web browsers, office suites, etc.
Multimedia
Video players, music jukeboxes, photo management, how to get codecs.
Printing
CUPS installation and configuration, finding drivers.
System Administration
Configuration and Tuning
Details on some common configuration (init, cron).
Users and Basic Account Management
Creating and managing users with command-line utilities.
Networking
Network Configuration
How networks are set up in Arch.
Servers
Mail, web, SSH server installation and configuration.
Firewalls
Basic firewall concepts, how to use iptables.