ArchLinux-on-ARM

ArchLinux installer for Raspberry Pi

Version: 1.1.1 | Last updated: 2023-Feb-02

Description

A minimal CLI script to install ArchLinuxARM to an ARM device. Currently compatible and tested successfully on Raspberry Pi 3B+ and 400 (meaning it should supports ARMv7 compatible Raspberry Pi devices).

Available options

• ARMv6 on RPi (Zero, Zero W) (Cortex A7)
• ARMv7 on RPi (3, 3B+, 4, 400) (Cortex A53, A72)
• ARMv8 on RPi (4, 400) (Cortex A72)
• See more: Compability

Requirements

• An SD Card
  • 300 MiB will be used for the boot partition
  • The rest will be used for the root partition
• Packages use (need implementation to enforce dependencies)
  • On system: python3, bash, bsdtar, wget
  • Python packages: os, subprocess, time, sys
• Host PC’s operating system must be Linux (e.g., Arch Linux, Ubuntu, etc.)

Usage

git clone https://github.com/notkaramel/ArchLinux-ARM-Installer.git
cd ArchLinux-ARM-Installer

You may run the installer directly, or chmod +x the script and run it.

chmod +x installer.py
./installer.py

Alternatively, the more intuitive way is to run the script with python3:

python3 installer.py

NOTE: Please read through the scripts before running them.

• After the program finishes, make sure that there is no errors in the terminal.
• Plug in the SD Card into your Raspberry Pi of choice. If everything works, you should see a welcome message. (Congrats!!)
• Login as the root user by typing directly into the empty terminal root user and root as the password.

  root
  Password: # root
  

• Please follow ArchLinuxARM RPi4 Installation Guide to finish the installation on your Raspberry Pi. Basically it’s just:

  pacman-key --init
  pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm
  

Personal notes

• I made this to significantly reduce the time it takes to install ArchLinux on my Raspberry Pi 400.
• I designed this script based on the ArchLinux ARM RPi4 Installation Guide. Credit goes to the authors!
• Feel free to contribute to the project!

Compatibility and Testing

• Raspberry Pi 400
  • Works well with option for ARMv7 on RPi
  • Having issue -22 with option for ARMv8 on RPi
• Raspberry Pi 3B+ or BrickPi3
  • Works well with option for ARMv7 on RPi
• Raspberry Pi Zero W (first gen)
  • Works well with option for ARMv6 on RPi

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