How to Install Arch Linux: Step-by-Step Guide (2024)

[@toxeia]

Great timing. I've been planning to install Arch and wanted to go through the full manual process, very grateful for this tutorial.

[@__Mr.White__]

Yea. I didn’t even know there was this menu interface. 👍

[@eddie_m_m]

By far the clearest and most straightforward manual install of Arch that I've seen. Very high quality content.

[@Dubiouscyclist]

Used the manual method and it worked like a charm. Excellent, clear and concise instructions, no bs. Thanks Jay!

[@ilkerylmaz]

When I first installed Arch Linux, I installed it thanks to your video. thank you.

[@Alucard.c]

Usta ben direkt installarch komutuyla kurdumda çok alakasız bir şey kurdu ya, Masaüstü olmayan saçma sapan bi dağıtım kurdu.

[@ilkerylmaz]

@@Alucard.c ben bu kanaldaki uzun video ile kurdum. Archinstall ile kurmuyordu, her seyi manuel kendisi kuruyor. En son da masaustu ortamini kuruyor

[@Alucard.c]

@@ilkerylmaz ustam ben arada sırada siber işleriyle uğraşıyorum, linux u tam olarak ne için kullanıyoruz? ben genelde her işimi windowsda hallediyorum. Toollar cart curt var diye kali kullanıyordum, geçen arch linux'u pirinçleyen(rice) birini gördüm çok hoşuma gitti. gerekli toolları buna da kurarım diye denedim de. Çok saçma bir şey kurdu

[@arkakar708]

I'm daily driving arch since 2020 and it hasn't been possible without your old videos about arch installation and setup videos. Learned lots of topics from your videos like syncthing, ssh, proxmox and more... ❤❤❤

[@TheMCFisk]

I'm so in love with arch that I'm watching an install tutorial just for the love of the game

[@pikachusolu1606]

gl playing video games on linux lol and fixing bugs

[@Blue-Scorpion]

@@pikachusolu1606 i play games on linux every day without any problems. Steam games works great.

[@savagehalt1555]

@@pikachusolu1606 on linux because we're past the age of playing video games, kid

[@browniesbigdawgz]

I'm installing arch because I like messing with computers and fixing the bugs@@pikachusolu1606

[@staarg-d5s]

uhm actually you can play games.​@@pikachusolu1606

[@CyberCode-s6j]

I accidentally typed a capital letter in my username and that manual installation got wasted, but learned a lot. Thank you very much sir. Now I am installing via archinstaller.

[@Helpsmallbusinesses]

at 54:19 to save the file press Ctrl + O (not zero). You'll be prompted to confirm the file name. Press Enter to save. Then press Ctrl + X to exit.

[@mexicano1891]

Thank you, i almost got stuck on it

[@stingfiretube]

A couple points were missed in this video: 1. swap file/ partition was not created (needed to support RAM and hibernation) 2. os-prober was not enabled in grub config for dual-booting PCs.

[@Got_It_From_Ebay]

I'm walking through this at the moment, and had questions about swap. How should I do this? Just create another partition with my desired swap size and flag it as type swap in fdisk?

[@SuddenlyAmnesia]

@@Got_It_From_Ebay yup, just create a partition with desired space, I usually then just format it with "mkswap /dev/partition" and right after "swapon /dev/partition"

[@ethanalvarez-xf3ws]

is that not cover in 54:00 ?

[@toxeia]

@@ethanalvarez-xf3ws The ram disk in this scenario is more like an environment that gets loaded in order to launch the rest of your system. Swap space in linux is more like a pagefile in Windows, it's used to juggle memory allocation when necessary - and as non-volatile (sleep) memory.

[@sanskarkumar464]

@@toxeia Damn, you know a lot about this. Respect.

[@EliasRodriguez-cc3mp]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH IT TOOK ME 17 HOURS OF PURE WORK TO GET THE SYSTEM RUNNING AND NOW THANKS TO YOU IT FINALLY WORKS!

[@saturn5312]

17? jesus

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

​@@saturn5312ha thats nothing. It was 2 days for me and still not working

[@freedomballs69]

@@saturn5312 yeah rookie numbers there. I am still trying to get it right and I haven't eaten or slept in a week.

[@julia03Wipeout]

LITERALLY HAD 0 ISSUES WITH MANUAL INSTALL! THANK YOU SM!

[@LT-M8]

I recommend also installing the "xorg-server" package, because it fixed the boot process getting stuck after decrypting the drive. For added context, I run an Nvidia GPU and got this error on June 5, 2024.

[@tacocat464]

I believe more people need to watch this video because I have spent very long trying to figure out how to get this to work and every time something wasn't working I found out I didn't follow what you said. Thank you very much

[@commandbaker3334]

I'm glad he mentioned Ventoy because I think it's better than clearing and formatting a flash drive to have one use (to install Arch). You can have all the ISOs you want on one drive and the plugins allow you to add different things to it!

[@adamk.7177]

I've been using mostly Arch for a month now due to this video. Thanks Jay!

[@cherubin7th]

Don't use double quotes for the network name if you get errors, because they don't like some symbols in the name, single quotes worked.

[@nastenkaoo]

I use Arch, btw❤

[@Creativesucks]

He said the thing!

[@nicolasdesenvolvedor1642]

I use Arch, BTW Too!

[@setoman1]

I run Qubes, btw 🤓

[@tomv3999]

I use it .... but for my real work, I run FreeBSD. 🤓

[@Nivek389]

@@setoman1I shave me pubes, btw

[@pentasquare]

Instructions unclear, accidentally installed gentoo

[@AbdoMohammed-jt5ye]

🤣🤣🤣

[@wouldyouskibidi]

you would’ve spent 5 days installing it then

[@the-random-guy-rbx]

You can’t install gentoo like that. Hater

[@afraid2letgo]

​@@the-random-guy-rbxgoogle sarcasm

[@gridleaf]

Thanks for updating the title of the old video. I was just about to refer back to it, and wouldn't have known there's a new version otherwise.

[@nonamehere4245]

Thanks for the video. I followed along and installed Arch on a flash drive. it worked a little differently because it was a flash drive but it wasn't too far off.

[@IggyBoi]

I'd like to add this, since it's something I came across and, hopefully, if someone comes across this issue, it may help someone out, even if it's buried under older comments. 58:48 - if you are receiving outputs of "EFI variables are not supported on this system," followed by one output of "grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry," it is because your computer is not in UEFI mode. You must switch that somewhere in your BIOS menu and, since all BIOS are different, I can't really provide a universal guide to changing the mode. But, one way to quickly verify to see if your computer is currently in UEFI mode is to try this command: "ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars". If it is not found, your system is in BIOS mode instead of UEFI. If it is found, there may be something else entirely. For me, that was the reason why I couldn't continue beyond this point and simply went with the automatic installation, but it was a learning experience, nonetheless.

[@dozicusmaximus]

Thanks. I was wondering what the hell was going on.

[@IggyBoi]

@@dozicusmaximus Glad it was able to guide ya. Good luck, bud

[@f_depi]

Thank you. Do you think I can reboot the system now, switch the boot mode and get back to here or do I have to start over again?

[@IggyBoi]

@@f_depi I probably shouldn't be giving input because I'm not entirely sure of the answer myself, but I assume you may be able to start of that exact point where you left off, since all of the changes to the drive have been made. The thing is, I don't remember if all of the changes are just being written in memory or if the changes are actually being implemented to the drive. Sorry; I can't fully answer the question, but my assumption is that you may be able to return to that spot.

[@codingdesk3637]

@IggyBoi you legend! Thanks bro this got me unstuck

[@antonioquintero-felizzola5334]

BEST LINUX CHANNEL IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. PERIOD.

[@MichaelGisbers]

There is also a Arch Linux live distribution with desktop. It is called "Nepu Linux" and is build and maintained by eworm, one of the core Arch Linux developers. When your hardware runs within Nepu Linux, it will with a basic Arch Linux installation.

[@EXTRAEDC]

This is literally the first arch install tutorial that i followed with no errors during installation 😊

[@daroniousmaximus]

Installing it on a laptop. I had used arch many years ago using the old method. Used the simple method this time. Easy peasy!

[@Collywibbles]

I finally am able to have Arch Linux! I thought It was hard to install but it was actually really fun and quite easy! Thanks!

[@andrewbig9806]

I swear I love this guy. Always positive to help us noobs. Great guy no doubt.

[@aRandomPerson...]

Remember, for maximum security, set the root password to "root"

[@UnbreakableMJ0]

This is a solid joke for those who weren't sure 😅 You never use such passwords that are easy to guess. Keep yourself and your family safe.

[@fish7828]

Stupidly easy to crack password, gotta use something hard to guess with no words and lots of inconsistency. For example, I use 1p23$aAAa for my KZbin password

[@onça_pintuda999]

I'm new into arch and dont remember to set a root password for ubuntu, in what situations this root and password are used? because I can easily lost that generated password and fuck up when I need it, be it seemed to me that its not that used

[@shreddedbagelwabiwabo8342]

​​@@onça_pintuda999the root password is used when installing a lot of things using the terminal and making changes to your pc, which is done quite a bit on linux

[@xila8861]

Man , I didn't know there was a manual. You're the best linux teacher I have seen on yourube btw. Thank you.

[@A_Random_Guy655]

There's the arch wiki, which is an alternative manual to installing arch linux. But if you prefer a well explained video, you sure can do that!

[@Ilsh1964]

Jay, Wonderful tutorial (as usual) !!! My two remarks are: 1. you forgot to define a swap partition 2. Edit /etc/locale.conf and declare LANG=en_US.UTF-8 This prevent gnome language problem

[@MarkRodriguez-l4m]

How u do swap part and is it needed?

[@ramonr.559]

Jay, excellent job as always, thanks for the update, we just need a post-installation to complete.

[@lettuceprayamen]

I use Arch now, btw. Thank you. I tried installing before but got stuck on invoking wifi but thanks to your clear explanation I have Arch up and running.

[@LrdOfTheBlings]

I had heard that Arch was very hard to install so I didn't bother trying. After watching your video, I felt confident that I could do it. I got my first install up and running on a 2009 MacBook Pro I had lying around. I played around with that for a bit before deciding to install it on my main machine. I don't think I could ever go back to Debian now. Thanks for making this video.

[@9-ac-7]

Huge thanks to the creator of the video, the guide was the simplest thing ever and it helped me revive a bunch of old laptops

[@realKushy17]

Hey Jay, i want to send you my appreciation for your hard work. You've helped me tremendously! Your work is truly a gem for those of us learning how to be proficient on the Linux side of computer science.

[@xwinglover]

Jay is of the go to channels on YT for Linux.

[@miguelmahecha88]

I had tried to install arch for a while, but i couldn't make it work with my rtx 3060. Best chance was using nouveau, but i wanted the proprietary drivers for better performance. Found your video, followed the steps one after the other, and boom, my system works, running lspci -v tells me i'm currently using the nvidia kernel driver, instead of nouveau. Thank you so much. A few things that were different in my case, may be useful to other begginers: 1. After mounting the EFI partition, I got a warning saying that the fstab table wasn't updated. I solved that by getting out of chroot and running the genfstab command again. 2. After rebooting, it booted the linux-lts kernel by default. What I did was reboot again, and in the grub menu I chose the "Advanced Arch Options" (or something like that). That showed me the kernels i had installed, and so I chose the linux one. Don't know if there is a way to change the default kernel tho.

[@willblanc131]

Really great tutorial! Arch was my last resort for my gt 730 (fermi) since debian didn't work with it and you helped me install arch without having to watch 5 times.

[@Nneoh1]

Which I could upvote this more than once, amazing guide. Thank you!

[@osmusicandmentalhealth]

For newer laptop models, don’t use quotes with the passphrase for your WiFi connection. I figured out that on some newer devices like my Acer Nitro 5, if you use quotes it will say dquote> and you’ll have to retype what you typed.

[@deflatedrubberduck]

As usual with Jay, clear and precise instructions. Many thanks for a flawless installation.

[@dono42]

I ran into an NTP issue where archinstall hangs indefinitely. This is documented as issue #2144 and has workarounds. This was caused primarily due to restrictions on LAN restrictions and an external firewall which could not easily be adjusted in a timely manner. The workaround was to manually define /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf to use the internal NTP servers, restart systemd-timesyncd, and then restart archinstall. There is also a "--skip-ntp" command line option you can pass to archinstall, though I have not tested it.

[@aljimsonmegrino9580]

Been trying in virtual box if it works and it f***ing works. Will install it in my own laptop one of these days. Thank you!

[@huynhkhaphi9191]

Very nice. He spent about 1 hour just for details in installation process and explanations. Thanks.

[@pratikkulkarni891]

I was following your Arch video you had put in 2021 just TODAY and installed it a few hours back! Will check this one out to see if there's anything else I can do

[@umbracus]

For me it was like two days ago, kind of regret it now

[@Paras-ot2qo]

why ?@@umbracus

[@equu497]

Wow that archinstall script is the smoothest experience ever! Thank you for the video! Definitely helped demystify the process!

[@DefCantGame]

If you are installing kde you may have to run sudo -Sy archinstall, believe the archinstall script that is downloadable still has a weird issue with the plasma-wayland packaging

[@jadeia.]

Thanks - a very approachable tutorial for Arch Linux and the archinstall script makes it so easy.

[@TheDecodedMatter]

Linux is NOICE !! It's my 2nd installation today both done side by side your instructions. I messed the first time, part due to lack of sleep, part due to panick because of realising I'm gonna lose my entire data on my PC and part due to hurry leaving Microsoft Windows [~10 years of my OS].

[@tomv3999]

I screwed up the first time (back when I was using his older tutorial). No biggie (I expected to blow stuff up) ... just started over. He does good tutorials.

[@MarkRodriguez-l4m]

new people if you have a lot of disk space, make sure you partition more than 30gb like he shows for root. I did 800GB since I have a huge space. great tutorial subbed

[@Goofie_Dragon]

should i partition the root or the home volume more ??

[@SiilverEdit]

thank you so much i have faced huge issues with the 2021 installation method you are the best

[@briansalehi]

Setting up Arch is getting easier day by day. I don't see any reason to hear Arch is for advanced users anymore. Arch is for everyone!

[@seanhauth1683]

You also have arch based distributions like endeavor and garuda that are simple enough to setup and use. I do agree that it is getting easier to install arch nowadays which i am thankful for

[@cgrevox]

The only problem i had Is that on my second device It would not recognize Networks . I did all like the tutorials. Nothing. Idk why. But in my 1st device everything runs smoothly

[@seanhauth1683]

@GrevoxYT yeah, I need to go back and install arch again since my problem was I forgot to set superuser and root access for myself so can't do anything without it 🙃 😅

[@KiyopakaOfficial]

Yah, I absolutely agree with you. I never use linux but I started from arch. I never regret my choice

[@wmckenzz]

I love your content. I'm having so much fun learning linux

[@praenoto]

I got an error about EFI variables not supported even though I'm in UEFI mode. added --removable to 58:46 to tell it I was using a removable drive and then it worked

[@justhp7306]

BRO UR MY SAVIOR. GOD BLESS YOU AND UR FAMILY! TYSM IT WORKED FOR ME!!

[@bill-nye-the-lemon-lime]

Boost, you're doing good work here my friend

[@ZachLindgren]

The goat

[@arifsoylu]

that bro saved my hours.

[@bluepsicosis2624]

thanks bro i was sweating cold at this point

[@DV-ml4fm]

Best arch linux guide ever!

[@netrodex]

I don't even plan to use Linux, but it's fascinating watching this hard process... kudos!

[@Carlos-kv7wi]

Do not use a separate partition for /home, it's a really bad default as it sets way too little disk space for root and you'll run out of space in less than a week. Only use a separate partition if you're going to do the partitions manually and you know how much space you need for root. Normally you won't know in advance how much space you need so you shouldn't pick the default option.

[@Justformycrush]

You earned a new subscriber. I can't even express how helpful it was. Lots of love from India. ❤❤❤❤

[@Monkeysnakes]

You are the coldest man on KZbin dude.

[@rodrigoaedo-zz3wg]

I loved your channel, you explain all the content very well, you make a great contribution to the community that enjoys learning about this beautiful distribution, greetings from Chile

[@stevenpauly8319]

In my opinion, the video should have more closely followed the Arch wiki section on pacstrap and pacman package installation. For example, the wiki suggests pacstrapping the base and linux packages. Then chroot in to install the rest using pacman. While the video way works, there is value in following the wiki closer. Thanks.

[@rimaq_]

Jay you are my fav but I'm gonna resent you a little bit because you uploaded this right after I already installed arch hahaha. Great video as always tho

[@ps-ri2qk]

Excellent video Jay, I've been wanting to try the manual install for a while. I didn't load the gnome pkgs since I'm going to do wayland and hyprland soon. I noticed grub loaded the -lts version of the kernel by default. After plodding through the manuals and online, it's due to grub using sort -V when looking at the config file when it's configured. The -lts (backup) kernel is sorted first. It's fine, gives me something to troubleshoot :). Thank you again for a very detailed explanative video.

[@Mido-qr6bw]

Thank you for this tutorial. It’s really make the whole process less scary for a Linux newbie like me 😅

[@davelongdev]

These tutorials are great. Thanks so much for making all this content.

[@Talking__Ben]

One thing I learned from this video: archinstall allows you to add a desktop environment.

[@isaiahplummer1040]

I just finished my first real pc build. The timing of this video is impeccable. (Yes I’ve used arch on laptops before but it’s just not the same)

[@SecretAgentBartFargo]

The process of installing Arch on a desktop or laptop is the same. The only thing that differs is the linux-firmware modules that are getting loaded. Other than that, same.

[@Mr3X7R3M3]

Been subscribed for a while now, and somehow I missed this one lol Another great video! Keep it up Tried the archinstall first and it worked without any issues. Just for fun, I then did the manual install and changed my DE packages. I have no idea if the system is running better/worse now, but I do know that I feel much more accomplished having customized my system for me

[@shugyosha7924]

Nice video. I heard installing Arch was supposed to be difficult but the video makes it look straightforward.

[@bembjaminbrosenglek1163]

Thank you so much. This eas a daunting task as a newbie and you made it simple.

[@jonwakefield813]

such a great video for so many different reasons. Great job!

[@SumRevanced]

Best ever guide to installation of arch linux Love it❤

[@yassinebelmamoun9727]

Excellent job! Thank you for this level of quality 👏

[@underflowexception]

installing arch by hand was fun the first few times but now I just use endeavors as it's much quicker

[@SnorreSelmer]

I love Arch, ran it for a long time, but now I’m using Manjaro for the same reason. The manual install is cool, but I’m now old enough to not care about “bragging rights”, I just want something that works. :D

[@Frankie-arts]

Thank you Now I run Arch Linux ❤

[@theexile4694]

22:30 - You forgot the post install chroot stuff. You can't just reboot after this, it doesn't let you. Chroot says running in chroot ignoring request. You have no Desktop Environment GUI, just a command prompt with no information as to what it wants form you after that.

[@theexile4694]

So to get around this... Just type exit, enter, and sudo reboot. gg wp.

[@shiisanjit3682]

How do I do that?

[@xandrexgaming]

Just type exit in chroot ​@@shiisanjit3682

[@arcusredden]

I wish the other video / blogpost was not taken down for the info it had especially about non uefi systems

[@Silver_Lining_Skies]

👋 bye windows,hello arch 😎 Btw,i read in class 9

[@cootason]

Excellent guide mate. I love messing around in linux. While following along I did ext4 but may dabble with btrs for timeshift on the final version. Thanks for the helpful guide. So used to the gui versions

[@Whizard72]

Nice thing about arch is it only installs what you ask for and nothing else.

[@BertyPlayGames]

Followed everything went smoothly 💯💯

[@peterjanbo657]

Sweet. I just installed it today. Will look to see what I can learn. 😊

[@JohnDoe-vh4ec]

thanks, thats a really great guide especially for newbies like me

[@Berat-e8h]

i liked this man, looks and talks cool, also does things with cool os!

[@MyReviews_karkan]

How come Gentoo hardly ever gets any love on this channel? I'd definitely appreciate a guide on installing it someday.

[@tomv3999]

I used your older tutorial to install Arch on my laptop. My only (very minor) regret is using LVM, but it has not actually caused problems (I just think I didn't need it). I am building a new machine (total beast; 512G RAM, RADEON 7900XTX, etc). I will either do EndeavorOS or follow your tutorial here.

[@solidwire]

Always awesome instruction. I was disappointed with not explaining the manual install. If all anyone is doing is blindly following then they'd probably be better off with the "scripted installation" is it ArchInstall. Maybe, next time you refresh the Arch install video kindly consider a full explanation on the manual method. Thanks again for the caring & quality content.

[@Pumoneon]

He does explain the manual install

[@Umzigg]

Thank you for this, very clear and well explained.

[@yellowked]

This video is awesome, thank you very much for explaining everything you do

[@christophmahler]

During the manual installation I didn't get the reasoning behind the second partition... The 'Carbon' laptop features an UEFI board which is booted via the first partition. So outlines the Arch WIKI UEFI partition schemes as well (EFI system and e.g. '/')... Have I missed a part that explains the additional boot partition, e.g. in relation to the logical volume management ?... The latter a welcome suggestion to achieve full device encryption with optional hibernation.

[@Not_SatoruGojo]

If you are going to install it to legacy BIOS (not UEFI) system, you need to make this things different: 1. in fdisk boot partition should be regular linux partition (code 83) 2. tag it as a bootable partition with "a" command in fdisk 3. format it into ext4 (instead of FAT) with mkfs.ext4 , also mount it to /mnt/boot after mounting root partition 4. when generating grub config your target should be different: --target=i386-pc Also creating dedicated NVM partition for /home is not mandatory, you can just create /root partition for entire system. And if you prefer KDE Plasma over gnome, please make sure you installing it as your user (not as root). To do so make sure you can use sudo as your user and run "su your_user", then install kde

[@flyingdinosaur8871]

Hm…..

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

Your guide inspired me to finally take a serious stab at installing Arch on my desktop! I already triple boot Windows, Arch and Ubuntu on my laptop, and I'm happy to say that I've now managed to crack the code on my desktop too. I had previously tried several times to install Arch from a chroot in my Ubuntu system, but I just couldn't make it work. I had to struggle quite a bit with BIOS, grub, efi and stuff like that to make everything behave like I wanted it to. Arch now owns the MBR on sda, and everything will be OK unless Windows somehow manages to mess things up. The Ubuntu OS I had originally planned to use as a dev environment, but now that I've Arch up and running I'm moving all my code there. Development is just so much nicer when you have access to the bleeding edge stuff. Ubuntu is now basically there to function as a nice environment to boot into for chroot if I mess up my Arch system.

[@eldeefitty4473]

Amazing, you can set sudo privs for users as you create the user, how nice

[@uncertaindeathpig8023]

I have grown to love Garuda Linux but I’m thinking about Give official Arch a try. Just because.

[@ArchLars]

The two biggest mistakes new users make: Installing the bootloader incorrectly, and incorrect partitioning and mounting. Bonus mistake, forgetting to install networkmanager. But honestly these are the only problems. I have identified why, it's because on the Arch guide the "bootloader" section is small and refers to it's own article. New users mistakenly skip it. It's also a bit of a command to get the bootloader to function, it's a bit unintuitive and that is coming from an Arch fanboy.

[@Sewkwkwkwk]

Thanks, Archinstall DOES work on this video!

[@mangata5833]

Thanks man now i can finally say I use Arch, btw.

[@hadeseye2297]

42:31 [Enters rage mode and does facepalm] Et cetera. Uuuuugh! Anyway. Thanks for this video. Somethings had to be done differently in my case, as I was doing dual boot with winblowzer already installed on the disk (57:16 uncomment last line : GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false), and using a good graphical environment instead of overbloated, RAM consuming and pixelwasting Gnome ( i3 ;) - you don't install Arch to use layman's DE "I use Arch!" ). Good you added lvm. This video is good even for that part itself. The weirdest thing with Arch is that it doesn't have less by default.

[@M1L31]

Wow! Thanks you so much - I have learned lots of new stuff!!!!!!!!!!

[@SnorreSelmer]

Great video! And the next video “writes itself”! I had a look at enabling SecureBoot on Arch, and then my eyes glazed over and my brain started overheating… Would you do a video on that next?

[@lorensims4846]

I prefer to use cfdisk rather than fdisk because it's a lot easier to see what's going on. Is cfdisk not available?

[@tanmaysingh1916]

It is available, actually. I happened to stumble upon it while watching mental outlaw's old arch install video, and it is just so much more convenient. It's weird how most youtubers don't seem to mention it...