al-installer/README.md

ArchLabs Installer

Features

• Simple, easy to follow configuration.
• Automatic partitioning for whole devices.
• Translations for different languages.
• No input halts during install.
• Support for LUKS and/or LVM.
• Built-in error detection.
• Written entirely in Bash
• Fast Install on fast hardware (~6min)

Requirements

• rsync for unpacking the squashfs.
• dialog for all user input/output.
• vim for editing files post install.
• parted for partition creation.
• wipe for the secure wipe.
• arch-chroot to perform operations in a chroot.
• chpasswd to set root and user passwords.
• openssl to encrypt passwords.
• Basic Unix tools
  • awk sed grep uniq sort find ping mkfs lsblk curl.
• Network connection is needed to install packages and update the system.

Manual Installation

• curl

  sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/installer/raw/master/install.sh)"
  

• wget

  sh -c "$(wget https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/installer/raw/master/install.sh -O -)"
  

• Packages for pacman can be found in our repos:

  • stable: https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/archlabs_repo/src/master/x86_64/
  • unstable: https://bitbucket.org/archlabslinux/archlabs_unstable/src/master/x86_64/