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You can create additional users if you’d like. I also choose to allow this user to be a superuser (so you can sudo stuff).

Never run as root when you don’t have to. You’ll be asked to verify it, and then it asks for additional users. It’s a fast, easy way to secure your files. If you’re using this as a real machine, use disk encryption. I’m just using this as a virtual machine to test stuff, so I’ll skip it. Next, it will ask you for an encryption password. Then it will ask you what file system to use on the main partition. For me, it will be /dev/sda which is a 50G drive to be used as the root. Next, it asks where you want to install Arch.

Next, it will ask for the region to download packages from. The installer will ask you for a target keyboard layout. You can start a manual install process from here or start the guided installer with this command: When you boot up, you’ll see this screen: I’m installing this as a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox, but it should look the same on a real machine as well. I’m in the US, so I generally go with the one on the Advanced Hosters mirror. To start, you must download the Arch ISO. So I’ll show you how to install Arch with the guided installer so you can go on Reddit and talk smack to other Linux users. I tried it out, and stumbled on a few things but got it working. Well, now we have one, the Arch Linux Guided Installer. Products like the Zen Installer are great, but they want an officially supported installer. Linux folks have been asking for years for an installer of some type. I’m more impressed by the patience and tech chops of the Gentoo or Linux from Scratch folks. Despite what the Reddit elite would have you believe, Arch isn’t that hard. Since Arch is challenging to install, configure, and maintain, it’s become a bragging right.īecause of this challenge, it’s the best distro for beginners.

However, that first time was challenging, and it’s served as a gate for Linux users to try it out. Since then, every time I’ve upgraded my machine, I’ve had to install it again. The first time I installed it, I struggled. I’ve been using Arch regularly on my “main machine” for about 12 years now.