Arch Linux Install Script

# alis    Arch Linux Install Script (or alis, also known as _the Arch Linux executable installation guide and wiki_) installs an unattended, automated and customized Arch Linux system. alis is a simple Bash script developed from many Arch Linux Wiki pages that fully automates the installation of an [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org/) system after booting from the original Arch Linux installation media. It contains the same commands that you would type and execute one by one interactively to complete the installation. The only user intervention needed is to edit a configuration file to choose the installation options and preferences from partitioning, to encryption, bootloader, file system, language and keyboard mapping, desktop environment, kernels, packages to install and graphic drivers. This automation makes the installation easy and fast, as fast as your internet connection allows. If some time later after a system update, for any reason the system does not boot correctly, a recovery script is also provided to enter into a recovery mode that allows you to downgrade packages or execute any other commands to restore the system. Also, a log of the installation can be taken with <a href="https://asciinema.org/">asciinema</a>. A simple powerful Bash based script for an unattended, easy and fast way to install Arch Linux.<br> Boot. Get. Configure. Install. Enjoy. **Warning! This script can delete all partitions of the persistent storage. It is recommended to test it first in a virtual machine like <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</a>.** Currently these scripts are for me, but maybe they are useful for you too. Follow the [Arch Way](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux) of doing things and learn what this script does. This will allow you to know what is happening. Please, don't ask for support for this script in Arch Linux forums, first read the [Arch Linux wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org), the [Installation Guide](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide) and the [General Recommendations](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/General_recommendations), later compare those commands with the commands of this script. For new features, improvements and bugs, fill an issue in GitHub or make a pull request. You can test it in a virtual machine (strongly recommended) like [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) before you run it in real hardware. If you test it in real hardware, please send me an email to pico.dev@gmail.com with the machine description and tell me if something goes wrong or all works fine. [Pull request](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis/pulls) and [new feature request](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis/issues) are welcome! **Arch Linux Install Script (alis) is based on Arch Linux but is NOT approved, sponsored, or affiliated with Arch Linux or its related projects.** [](https://www.archlinux.org/) ## Index * [Principles](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#principles) * [Features](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#features) * [System installation](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#system-installation) * [Package installation](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#packages-installation) * [Recovery](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#recovery) * [SSH install and cloud-init](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#ssh-install-and-cloud-init) * [Screenshots](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#screenshots) * [Video](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#video) * [How you can help](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#how-you-can-help) * [Media reference](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#media-reference) * [Alternatives](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#alternatives) * [Test in VirtualBox with Packer](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#test-in-virtualbox-with-packer) * [Arch Linux Installation Media](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#arch-linux-installation-media) * [Reference](https://github.com/picodotdev/alis#reference) ## Principles * Use the original Arch Linux installation media * As unattended and automated as possible, requires as little interactivity as possible * Allow to customize the installation to cover the most common cases * Provide support for system recovery * Provide support for installation log * Use sane configuration default values ## Features * **System**: UEFI, BIOS * **Storage**: SATA, NVMe and MMC * **Encryption**: root partition encrypted and no encrypted * **Partition**: no LVM, LVM, LVM on LUKS, GPT on UEFI, MBR on BIOS, custom partition scheme and mountpoints * **File system**: ext4, btrfs (with subvols), xfs, f2fs, reiserfs * **Kernels**: linux, linux-lts, linux-hardened, linux-zen. Supports Unified Kernel Image (UKI). * **Desktop environment**: GNOME, KDE, XFCE, Mate, Cinnamon, LXDE, i3-wm, i3-gaps, Deepin, Budgie, Bspwm, Awesome, Qtile, Openbox, Leftwm, Dusk * **Display managers**: GDM, SDDM, Lightdm, lxdm * **Graphics controller**: intel, nvidia and amd with optionally early KMS start. With intel optionally fastboot, hardware video acceleration and framebuffer compression. * **Bootloader**: GRUB, rEFInd, systemd-boot, efistub * **Custom shell**: bash, zsh, dash, fish * **WPA WIFI network** installation * **Periodic TRIM** for SSD storage * Intel and AMD **processors microcode** * Optional **swap file** * **PipeWire** support * **Secure Boot** support * **Kernel compression** and **custom parameters** * **Users creation** and **add to sudoers** * **systemd units enable or disable** * **systemd-homed** support * **systemd GPT partition automounting** support * **Multilib** support * **Files provision** support * **VirtualBox guest additions** and **VMware tools** support * **SSH install** and **cloud-init** support * Arch Linux custom **packages installation** and **repositories installation** * Flatpak utility installation and **Flatpak packages installation** * SDKMAN utility installation and **SDKMAN packages installation** * **AUR utility** installation (paru, yay, aurman) and **AUR packages installation** * **Packages installation after base system installation** (preferred way of packages installation) * Script for download installation and **recovery scripts** and configuration files * **Retry packages download** on connection/mirror error * **Packer support** for testing in VirtualBox * **Installation log** with all commands executed and output in a file and/or **asciinema video** * Wait after installation for an **abortable reboot** * **Use your own configuration** * Bash scripts validated by [Shellcheck](https://www.shellcheck.net/) ## System installation Download and boot from the latest <a href="https://www.archlinux.org/download/">original Arch Linux installation media</a>. After boot use the following commands to start the installation. Follow the <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux">Arch Way</a> of doing things and learn what this script does. This will allow you to know what is happening. Internet connection is required, with wireless WIFI connection see <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wireless_network_configuration#Wi-Fi_Protected_Access">Wireless_network_configuration</a> to bring up WIFI connection before start the installation. **Minimum usage** ``` # # Start the system with latest Arch Linux installation media # loadkeys [keymap] # Load keyboard keymap, eg. loadkeys es, loadkeys us, loadkeys de # curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/picodotdev/alis/master/download.sh | bash # Download alis scripts # vim alis.conf # Edit configuration and change variables values with your preferences (syste