thanks for this calm install guide, usually when installing arch using other guides i get very angry and break my thinkpad and start eating the internal components, it usually takes like 50 minutes to calm down after that and by then i've ruined 8 friendships and got a divorce. I really appreciate it.
I thought the Archlinux install wiki was a bit complicated - and I followed couple of other youtube vids - and had lots of issues. I find THIS guy - followed him exactly as HE followed the wiki and everything worked!. I can't believe he's only has 7K subscribers - he is a fantastic teacher. If I can find some way to buy him a coffee I'll be happy to contribute...
I'm about to make my third attempt to install arch linux. And this video seems on the surface, like it may be the simplest so far. And I love the KDE plasma install at the end as that was my intention once installed.
Hey, ever heard of "sudo rm -rf /*"? If not, I dare you to try it out in a command line. I suggest doing it on a VM (Virtual Machine) because it is crazy.
@@thatoneocto I was about to say this the wiki is cool and all but it really only shows how to just barely get it running if at all. The second half with the bootloader is definitely a struggle. They should add some full install examples so you can do it a few times to get used to doing it a specific way then be able to go back and customize it.
No trolling ✔ No mocking ✔ No making fun of you when you had issues/problem ✔ No shouting to user to read the friendly manual ✔ Straight to the point ✔ This is A real chad installing Linux.
in all seriousness though, it's ok. considering the complexity of installing arch and that not everyone is a computer expert, being able to do this successfully still deserves credit; because the truth is, even with step by step tutorials like these, there are still a million way a user can screw up.
I know that this vid has been 2yrs now but im still greatful that finally I successfully installed the archlinux manually for the first time because of him!thank you so much denshi for these tutorial and thanks for your generosity.
I've tried to install Arch a few times over the years and always encountered issues no matter what guide I used. I find this video and it works first try. Huge ups man, we need more people like you in the community.
@@Hawkolate yeah finally got it down. However I was a bit disappointed. At least for arch, many games I play aren't supported and I've given up on getting steam and Nvidia drivers to work today.
Thanks, Denshi! Now I can go into every corner of the World Wide Web and saying something along the lines of "i use arch btw" while simultaneously sharing screenshots of my desktop with a terminal window open with the CLI program "neofetch". Jokes aside, this tutorial is very straightforward! I recommend it!
Dude I literally tried a bunch of other guides and followed the Arch wiki but alas to no avail. UNTIL I STUMBLE ACROSS THIS VIDEO. Even 2 years after originally uploading this video tutorial you are saving people's asses thank you very much!
@@landix537 No, I’m on an actual machine. But I have tried this before with Mental Outlaw’s guide and I kept getting an error there too where when I tried to install grub it gave me some error saying the efi file couldn’t be located or something like that. I tried multiple times but it didn’t work. Now with this tutorial it did work. I think it had something to do with the boot partition being FAT 32? I honestly don’t know though. Sorry.
Thank you. Had to start over from scratch 2 times and finally got it right with your guide. So many other UA-cam guides just leave you without a desktop to boot to and just say “lol have fun, figure it out”
@@todzphan To be fair, Arch is definitely for people who are more experienced with Linux. I used Fedora as my starting ground, and after installing RPM Fusion it's a pretty solid Linux OS.
I *_CANNOT_* thank you MORE for this guide. Before I found this guide, on my first attempt I almost locked myself out of my BIOS! This guide was informative and made the installation process understandable. I can now proudly say I use arch btw. Thanks!
To this day, works like charm but there is some notes I'd like to give: -To set a separate home partition it's like setting the /boot/efi partition then mounting the /dev/xxyY partition to it -Every step, refer to the wiki, it's 2024 this tutorial is still working but try to refer the wiki, things amy change, and they did. -try on a virtual machine, why not even taking notes -Failure or error, fine it's Arch baby and always read the error, you may figure it out on your own -Enjoy the experience and the piano music 😂❤ Again, thank you denshi you've truly introduced me to arch ❤🎉
While partitioning disks, cfdisk will by default choose sda, but make sure that’s the drive you want to use as your main boot, and not your USB. If you need a list of your drives use lsblk, if you try to write to your USB, you’ll probably fuck up the install.
Why tyhe cunting shit wasn't this in the video near the start???? I took two hours to get it "working" only to learn this now and I can only do arch Linux via my usb stick now :(
Just did it on my VirtualBox vm after way too long. I must say I'm kinda proud of myself because there were only a few spots that screwed me up and stopped me from connecting to the wifi after installation and stopped me from running Cinnamon desktop environment. (I needed the display manager which I had no idea what that was.) The rest I got completely from researching the wiki. Great video! Helped me get through that final bit.
I don't think I've ever commented on a youtube video before but I can't thank you enough for this guide. Have tried so many times to install Arch over my very short Linux journey and this was incredible and I got it first try. Thanks again.
I installed arch Linux using an easy installer, but I decided to watch this video for fun. No joke, this guy solved an issue I have been having for years merely by pointing out that the package sof-firmware exists. Instant subscription
THANKS YOU!!!!! I thought I did something wrong but it wasn't the case I'm currently installing the plasma thing, I hope that I will be able to install arch Linux
You sir are a tremendous help. It only took me 5 tries until I noticed my mistake was right in front of me. This is a very accurate and comfy video, happy 420.
and one more thing if you get a error regarding grub-install saying it will not install on a blocklist just append --force at the end of the command and it will work fine and then if you are using virtual box . remove the iso or detach it before rebooting or close the vm detach it and start it again you will be entered into arch linux happy journey
You forgot one thing. Before generating the grub file, you should install the microcode for your CPU. It's used to apply security and performance patches to your CPU. For amd, it's: "sudo pacman -S amd-ucode" and for intel it's: "sudo pacman -S intel-ucode". Nevertheless, great video!
Omg, I tried it for a week and keep not working haha, but I search a lot for do it on forums and finally I got this working, thank you so much man, this installation really teach me a lot about how OS works
Hey if you mess with drives a lot you should generate your fstab with genfstab -U /mnt intead of just genfstab /mnt. It uses the drive ids instead of /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2. This is good because it can cause problems if whats in those folders changes and drive ids do not
Exactly, if your sda drive fails and you have multiple drives in your system (even a cd drive) they will all be shifted down by default which can cause some serious issues, even the arch Linux wiki recommends generating your fstab with the -U flag to ensure that it checks the UUID instead of the dev/ name
Genuinely very good and calm guide, everything straight to the point. I'm one and a half hours in, installed Arch and now I'm just doing the drivers, see if I can get Hyprland to run with my prehestoric GeForce GT 710. I enjoyed watching this very much. Thank you for making this :D
I'm from the future and we now have an install script that takes care of a lot of these things. However, anyone truly wanting to understand and appreciate arch and/or linux in general would still be well served to do this by themselves a few times. Thanks for this video!
This is the first time I installed Arch Linux on my own. Earlier, I used arch-based distros just to avoid the installation process but your guide seemed really easy to follow. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Small thing to note: I have set up my machine using this guide and eventhough I had different problems during my 7-8 months of usage, I could resolve them, expect for the one I had today. I updated the system and I didn't have enough space in my boot partition (which was set to 100M). Because of this I could not boot it again, even when I tried to fix things with the live usb installer. I believe that this issue could be resolved if I had more free time but I had to get the laptop going so I installed Manjaro linux and had to delete my drive. I just want to say that maybe it is safer to give your boot partition 300-500M just in case something like this happens.
I was trying to install arch for over 3 hours trying archinstall and getting a python error, trying from a different guide, got a keyring error, another one and grub error. Found your guide and finally did it. Thank you SO much!
If you went to the comment section to see a review about the video, the emphasis on the "Comfy" word is nicely applied, it's a wonderful guide lol, great job :)
Hey everyone, for those who followed all the steps but after rebooting, the GRUB bootloader just dont show up, i think i have a solution. Reading on the wiki page i found out that some UEFI firmwares require a bootable file at a known location before they will show. To fix that run this command on the chroot bash: efibootmgr -u if you dont see any arch or grub related boot devices run this command: grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --removable That worked for me. Hope it helps other people.
I installed cachy os (arch linux) because I gave up on installing arch, I might retry later today with your tutorial, I subscribed with notifs on and liked the vid
@@ahmadsakib8947 remove `soft-firmware` from the installation command. `pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware base-devel grub efibootmgr nano networkmanager`
This guy is legend save him for more video I literally gave up in arch linux just because of installation but this video save my life 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Pls keep creating content like this every one will appreciate you mark my words❤🧐🧐
bro you made my wish come true, let me tell you my story, as a game developer and former software developer first time I wanted to learn Linux I did not know what distro to use so I was just surfing the web and saw Arch Linux logo and fell in love with it but then I realized that people say arch is difficult to learn and so on, I installed Ubuntu which I did not like because it was just like windows not to mention the orange color ... A year passed and I'm still on Windows, so I decided to install Debian this time, I ended up reinstalling Debian 3 times, I just could not find the right forums and repositories so I would end up deleting and modifying important config files basically it was not as user-friendly as people say. Last night I decided to make my wish come true. It's the best and user-friendly distro out there, I've managed to install and work my way around using Arch Wiki which is damn good, it's so powerful. Thanks man, for making my wish come true. BTW I run Arch Linux😆 The key to fight the giant monster called Arch Linux is "Patience"
Quite possibly one of the most useful videos on UA-cam! *I just want to detail a problem I ran into when first installing arch* Fsr installing onto dev/sda* did not work, however upon running lsblk again I found dev/nvme which was correct for me. I have no idea why this happened, I only hope this proves useful for anyone. ❤
love this guide. Helped me set up Arch multiple times now and also fixing mistakes i had. I somehow f...ed up an sddm theme multiple times and because of that couldn't log in (didn't know i could switch to a different tty back then). This guide helped me understand what i could do and how to fix my mistake with booting up the installer. Thank you very much for this ^^
Fantastic guide! Installed with only one slight issue. I had to run `pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring` before running the pacstrap command. But I think that's due to time between video released and now perhaps - not sure. Thanks for the great video tho 🙏💚
Not only have I used this to install arch, I actually just used it to save my install due to switching from raid to hack breaking my system. Turns out I needed to install grub again. Thanks!!
Just want to say thank you. Best simple and quick tutorial. I’ve installed arch with the script in the past , this method fixes things out of the box. I will say though it does introduce a lot of kde bloatware. That’s on me though. Thanks again.
Hi Denshi, Thanks for your Video. Has been a great help for me! As many Fellows have said, after nearly 2 days (18 hrs plus) trying to make a Manual install of Arch (without archinstall) and breaking 5 or 6 installations, thanks to your Guide I've completed it successfully! 🤩😄👍
@@popescuervin7893 >> foo.txt to send output to file is not needed, if it is a new file. You only do that for a file with data already in it, to avoid overwriting.
@@JohnSmith-bz4sv well yes, that's exactly my point. although yes, genfstab gives you the information about ALL the filesystems currently mounted so if you were to use it in another context, outside of installation let's say, the fstab should be overwritten, or else there would be some lines with the same content.
@@yourfellowhumanbeing2323 99% of the steps are the same, besides pacstrap being "basestrap" and genfstab being "fstabgen" on Artix. Also, because you're using a different init system on Artix, the steps for enabling services (such as NetworkManager) are different depending on the init system chosen.
i don't really comment on that much videos, but this channel and tutorial actually helped me install Arch my first time (without archinstall), before this I tried installing it with the Arch guide and other tutorials but no luck (always locking up or desktop environment completely nuked). I think the extra parts found in this tutorial actually fixed the problem. I'm very grateful that I stumbled upon your video, I even subscribed by the dedication you give to your tutorials. Thanks really much for this, hope others can use this tutorial for to install Arch in the near future. (and also, i use arch btw).
Thanks for the clear and precise guide. I'm a janitor teaching myself linux in hopes of becoming an IT guy soon. Writing this all down in my notebook :^) Finally got my uefi device booting arch properly. Would you advise following the Wiki guide after this to install a window manager? Deleted the last part because I learned you can re enter the installation medium to troubleshoot so long as you re mount everything :)
@@gwenthedoll3677 Yeah! I have had arch dual booting with Manjaro on my old laptop for a while. Completing the CompTIA A+ in two weeks, and had my first interview for a local MSP this past Monday. I love my little Arch install, though, I run i3wm and I have been learning how to use Tmux and Vim. Life changers!
@@lucy-h Hey! Thanks for asking. I started my first job in IT about a month ago. I completely my A+ Certification, and was able to land a promotion from Janitor to Desktop Support Technician. Kinda wild how quickly life changed after getting the certification.
Sorry, this is a really massive omission in the video on my part. Basically, you have to run cfdisk with the argument of the disk you want to partition. For example, if your disk is /dev/sdb, then you run cfdisk /dev/sdb Run the lsblk command first to get an idea of what /dev/ directory your disk is in, and you should be fine to run cfdisk with that.
For anyone watching, when installing grub using 'grub-install /dev/sda', if you run into a error where it can't install due to blocklists or whatnot, try appending '--force' to the end of the line.
@@Pepe956 arch installer sucks on uefi for my laptop but legacy runs fine except for when its already partitioned you have to use cfdisk and delete the partitions and then it will work fine
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thanks for this calm install guide, usually when installing arch using other guides i get very angry and break my thinkpad and start eating the internal components, it usually takes like 50 minutes to calm down after that and by then i've ruined 8 friendships and got a divorce. I really appreciate it.
relatable
same
i liked this bcs i too ruined 8 friendships (haven't got laid yet)
It happens to the bests
ZAMN sorry bro.
Comfy music ✔️
Tells us what is happening✔️
Does not end without display settings ✔️
Summary
*PERFECT ARCH INSTALL GUIDE*
and subscribed ✔
No one will see this but 9:13 if you have an intel based CPU make sure that you also add intel-ucode
lol, i saw it) thank you, also wiki says that i need to update grub config after that
Luckily, I looked at the Arch install guide in parallel with this video so I didn't. Pretty sure for AMD CPUs you need amd-ucode too.
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I thought the Archlinux install wiki was a bit complicated - and I followed couple of other youtube vids - and had lots of issues. I find THIS guy - followed him exactly as HE followed the wiki and everything worked!. I can't believe he's only has 7K subscribers - he is a fantastic teacher. If I can find some way to buy him a coffee I'll be happy to contribute...
I'm happy you found my video useful! Good luck on your new Arch system!
I'm about to make my third attempt to install arch linux. And this video seems on the surface, like it may be the simplest so far. And I love the KDE plasma install at the end as that was my intention once installed.
The arch wiki sucks ngl, doesn’t even include boot loader in the install part of the wiki when even Gentoo foes
Hey, ever heard of "sudo rm -rf /*"? If not, I dare you to try it out in a command line. I suggest doing it on a VM (Virtual Machine) because it is crazy.
@@thatoneocto I was about to say this the wiki is cool and all but it really only shows how to just barely get it running if at all. The second half with the bootloader is definitely a struggle. They should add some full install examples so you can do it a few times to get used to doing it a specific way then be able to go back and customize it.
No trolling ✔
No mocking ✔
No making fun of you when you had issues/problem ✔
No shouting to user to read the friendly manual ✔
Straight to the point ✔
This is A real chad installing Linux.
Me: *Copies step by step*
*Successfully install Arch*
*Looks proudly at screen*
"I did this _on my own!_ :D"
No one can possibly do it without the Arch Wiki either, so you're just one step away from the source.
So tempted to go and do this right after I buy a new laptop xD
Copying it step by step, helps imprint the learning right? If you were to do this 20 more times you might start memorizing the steps.
in all seriousness though, it's ok. considering the complexity of installing arch and that not everyone is a computer expert, being able to do this successfully still deserves credit; because the truth is, even with step by step tutorials like these, there are still a million way a user can screw up.
@@mathisblair2798 yeah i see you have a point too. eh, i say just let em have their shortwhile of joy and self fulfillment
I know that this vid has been 2yrs now but im still greatful that finally I successfully installed the archlinux manually for the first time because of him!thank you so much denshi for these tutorial and thanks for your generosity.
I've tried to install Arch a few times over the years and always encountered issues no matter what guide I used. I find this video and it works first try. Huge ups man, we need more people like you in the community.
the undertale piano cover is so comfy
What is the best crystalpvper doing on a arch installation guide????
wait what?
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT
21:43 I cried when I got to this point. It was like I had gone through a huge journey in my life.... Thank you...
This is by far the best Arch tutorial ever made, currently re watching for the third time cause it's so good.
I'm currently rewatching it for the third time because for the last 2 times it hasn't worked 🤣
@@Knatrick Yeah, it gets easier over time. Although stuff like full disk encryption and GRUB can be quite difficult.
@@Hawkolate yeah finally got it down. However I was a bit disappointed. At least for arch, many games I play aren't supported and I've given up on getting steam and Nvidia drivers to work today.
@@Knatrick Well Torvalds did announce his problems with Nvidia.
This is one of the best, simple, informative arch install guide I ever get to see in youtube.
Thanks, Denshi! Now I can go into every corner of the World Wide Web and saying something along the lines of "i use arch btw" while simultaneously sharing screenshots of my desktop with a terminal window open with the CLI program "neofetch".
Jokes aside, this tutorial is very straightforward! I recommend it!
Dude I literally tried a bunch of other guides and followed the Arch wiki but alas to no avail. UNTIL I STUMBLE ACROSS THIS VIDEO. Even 2 years after originally uploading this video tutorial you are saving people's asses thank you very much!
I just ran into an issue with grub-install /dev/sda are you on a vm
@@landix537 No, I’m on an actual machine. But I have tried this before with Mental Outlaw’s guide and I kept getting an error there too where when I tried to install grub it gave me some error saying the efi file couldn’t be located or something like that. I tried multiple times but it didn’t work. Now with this tutorial it did work. I think it had something to do with the boot partition being FAT 32? I honestly don’t know though. Sorry.
@@WhatsEndoDoingthanks for your answer ill try again tomorrow
@@landix537 Alright, let me know how it went!
@@WhatsEndoDoing yea, no didnt work my best guess is bc of vm might try to install it fr fr
Thank you. Had to start over from scratch 2 times and finally got it right with your guide. So many other UA-cam guides just leave you without a desktop to boot to and just say “lol have fun, figure it out”
That is kind of the point of arch linux
Right but it leaves a bad taste in the mouths of windows users who wanna switch
@@todzphan To be fair, Arch is definitely for people who are more experienced with Linux. I used Fedora as my starting ground, and after installing RPM Fusion it's a pretty solid Linux OS.
This is the "just works" guide, even in 2024. Good job 👍
I *_CANNOT_* thank you MORE for this guide. Before I found this guide, on my first attempt I almost locked myself out of my BIOS! This guide was informative and made the installation process understandable. I can now proudly say I use arch btw. Thanks!
can I ask how? genuine question, I'm just curious and didn't know this could happen if you install arch incorrectly
@@unak1te I forget how, but one of the boot options was a jumbled mess of characters and trying to actually boot the computer would just freeze it.
To this day, works like charm but there is some notes I'd like to give:
-To set a separate home partition it's like setting the /boot/efi partition then mounting the /dev/xxyY partition to it
-Every step, refer to the wiki, it's 2024 this tutorial is still working but try to refer the wiki, things amy change, and they did.
-try on a virtual machine, why not even taking notes
-Failure or error, fine it's Arch baby and always read the error, you may figure it out on your own
-Enjoy the experience and the piano music 😂❤
Again, thank you denshi you've truly introduced me to arch ❤🎉
Thank you dude! I cannot believe how surprised I was when everything worked without any error!
Following you, you make great stuff!
Btw you can use archinstall if you want to install it again later but without the hassle
@@randomname2437 true, but make sure you know how to troubleshoot afterwards. archinstall can break things
While partitioning disks, cfdisk will by default choose sda, but make sure that’s the drive you want to use as your main boot, and not your USB. If you need a list of your drives use lsblk, if you try to write to your USB, you’ll probably fuck up the install.
Why tyhe cunting shit wasn't this in the video near the start???? I took two hours to get it "working" only to learn this now and I can only do arch Linux via my usb stick now :(
Just did it on my VirtualBox vm after way too long.
I must say I'm kinda proud of myself because there were only a few spots that screwed me up and stopped me from connecting to the wifi after installation and stopped me from running Cinnamon desktop environment. (I needed the display manager which I had no idea what that was.) The rest I got completely from researching the wiki.
Great video! Helped me get through that final bit.
Thanks!
If you’re using Wi-Fi, include ‘iwd’ and ‘dhcpcd’ instead of ‘networkmanager’ 9:00
Thank you! I could not chroot back out, command was 'pacman -S iwd dhcpcd'
THANK YOU!!!!!!!😊
@@fkcombustionthanks man
to anyone reading this after the install, you can still connect to wifi using nmtui if you didn’t include those
@@00oo0o0oo you saved me, thanks man 🌝
it's the third time I'm installing arch using this step-by-step, it never fails
update: now it's the fourth time
update: now it's the fifth time and on a VM
I don't think I've ever commented on a youtube video before but I can't thank you enough for this guide. Have tried so many times to install Arch over my very short Linux journey and this was incredible and I got it first try. Thanks again.
I installed arch Linux using an easy installer, but I decided to watch this video for fun. No joke, this guy solved an issue I have been having for years merely by pointing out that the package sof-firmware exists. Instant subscription
great guide! I tried many guides and this was the only one that worked perfectly
thanks!! no wonder why i couldn't ping anything lol
THANKS YOU!!!!!
I thought I did something wrong but it wasn't the case
I'm currently installing the plasma thing, I hope that I will be able to install arch Linux
You sir are a tremendous help. It only took me 5 tries until I noticed my mistake was right in front of me. This is a very accurate and comfy video, happy 420.
and one more thing if you get a error regarding grub-install saying it will not install on a blocklist just append --force at the end of the command and it will work fine and then if you are using virtual box . remove the iso or detach it before rebooting or close the vm detach it and start it again you will be entered into arch linux happy journey
I fell to the comfiness of the piano and the tutorial except for installing Arch Linux. You're great!
Its nice to know that me needing help installing arch and u helping me on discord gave u the reminder to make this video. XD
Omg ty
You forgot one thing. Before generating the grub file, you should install the microcode for your CPU. It's used to apply security and performance patches to your CPU. For amd, it's: "sudo pacman -S amd-ucode" and for intel it's: "sudo pacman -S intel-ucode". Nevertheless, great video!
is there one for nvidia?
@Fansly oh ok
@@castellanos-us7kxyeah you should be to be safe try it in a virtual machine
This is very old but after the intel-ucode install, any other steps or are you good from there?
I was wondering about that from when I installed Gentoo
Can you make a video on how to manage Arch over time? Like if log files, cache, clunk starts to build up? Also any important post-install tweaks
Omg, I tried it for a week and keep not working haha, but I search a lot for do it on forums and finally I got this working, thank you so much man, this installation really teach me a lot about how OS works
Hey if you mess with drives a lot you should generate your fstab with genfstab -U /mnt intead of just genfstab /mnt. It uses the drive ids instead of /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2. This is good because it can cause problems if whats in those folders changes and drive ids do not
Plss help me
Exactly, if your sda drive fails and you have multiple drives in your system (even a cd drive) they will all be shifted down by default which can cause some serious issues, even the arch Linux wiki recommends generating your fstab with the -U flag to ensure that it checks the UUID instead of the dev/ name
Genuinely very good and calm guide, everything straight to the point. I'm one and a half hours in, installed Arch and now I'm just doing the drivers, see if I can get Hyprland to run with my prehestoric GeForce GT 710. I enjoyed watching this very much.
Thank you for making this :D
I'm from the future and we now have an install script that takes care of a lot of these things. However, anyone truly wanting to understand and appreciate arch and/or linux in general would still be well served to do this by themselves a few times. Thanks for this video!
I concur, it’s a very good way of learning the function of commands that tend to run in the background.
The explanation of all Arch install I have seen. Subscribed.
Don't look for other arch-install guide, this channel got you. 👊
No actually read the arch wiki it's very helpful especially if you get stuck and the video doesn't contain the solution to your specific problem
@@AppImage the wiki assumes you know a lot of stuff. It's overrated.
Straight To the point, No delays, No annoying music, Explaining thoroughly and the tutorial works? imma check if u have a donation link cause
I only accept Monero (XMR) for donations unfortunately. Alternatively, UA-cam has a donation feature in the comments IIRC.
@@Denshi Imma buy some monero. I can’t thank you enough after 2.5 weeks your video was sent to me
This is the first time I installed Arch Linux on my own. Earlier, I used arch-based distros just to avoid the installation process but your guide seemed really easy to follow. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
This is the only guide in the world that makes the Archwiki install guide into a legible piece of information.
Fr, the archwiki is only for those who are machine engineers or experienced swes.
Small thing to note: I have set up my machine using this guide and eventhough I had different problems during my 7-8 months of usage, I could resolve them, expect for the one I had today. I updated the system and I didn't have enough space in my boot partition (which was set to 100M). Because of this I could not boot it again, even when I tried to fix things with the live usb installer. I believe that this issue could be resolved if I had more free time but I had to get the laptop going so I installed Manjaro linux and had to delete my drive. I just want to say that maybe it is safer to give your boot partition 300-500M just in case something like this happens.
very late but just resize the boot partition, or delete it and create a bigger one then reinstall grub
@@chimimiiiii it’s not that easy when you have no free space.
I was trying to install arch for over 3 hours trying archinstall and getting a python error, trying from a different guide, got a keyring error, another one and grub error. Found your guide and finally did it. Thank you SO much!
Clean, useful and straight to the point. Well done!
This is very calm........ Very calm...........................
Man a awesome tutorial, the first one who is easy to follow, and not unimportant, it works in one go. Thanks
If you went to the comment section to see a review about the video, the emphasis on the "Comfy" word is nicely applied, it's a wonderful guide lol, great job :)
Hey everyone, for those who followed all the steps but after rebooting, the GRUB bootloader just dont show up, i think i have a solution.
Reading on the wiki page i found out that some UEFI firmwares require a bootable file at a known location before they will show. To fix that run this command on the chroot bash:
efibootmgr -u
if you dont see any arch or grub related boot devices run this command:
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --removable
That worked for me. Hope it helps other people.
Saved me hours of looking for the answer, thank you.
I installed cachy os (arch linux) because I gave up on installing arch, I might retry later today with your tutorial, I subscribed with notifs on and liked the vid
9:14 It doesn't work, it says "ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root."
try running pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring before trying to install any packages, i had a similar issue and after running that it worked!
Same problem
@@ahmadsakib8947 remove `soft-firmware` from the installation command. `pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware base-devel grub efibootmgr nano networkmanager`
you might’ve misspelled a package
This guy is legend save him for more video
I literally gave up in arch linux just because of installation but this video save my life 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Pls keep creating content like this every one will appreciate you mark my words❤🧐🧐
i use arch btw
how is of not
Psst, hey! I use arch btw. On my Minecraft server btw.
Hey psttttssdttstdtststeywnw.... I use arch... By the way...
quick, easy, and super comfy guide! 10/10!
bro you made my wish come true, let me tell you my story, as a game developer and former software developer first time I wanted to learn Linux I did not know what distro to use so I was just surfing the web and saw Arch Linux logo and fell in love with it but then I realized that people say arch is difficult to learn and so on, I installed Ubuntu which I did not like because it was just like windows not to mention the orange color ...
A year passed and I'm still on Windows, so I decided to install Debian this time, I ended up reinstalling Debian 3 times, I just could not find the right forums and repositories so I would end up deleting and modifying important config files basically it was not as user-friendly as people say.
Last night I decided to make my wish come true. It's the best and user-friendly distro out there, I've managed to install and work my way around using Arch Wiki which is damn good, it's so powerful.
Thanks man, for making my wish come true.
BTW I run Arch Linux😆
The key to fight the giant monster called Arch Linux is "Patience"
Quite possibly one of the most useful videos on UA-cam!
*I just want to detail a problem I ran into when first installing arch*
Fsr installing onto dev/sda* did not work, however upon running lsblk again I found dev/nvme which was correct for me. I have no idea why this happened, I only hope this proves useful for anyone. ❤
Thanks for this! I just installed Arch linux on my main computer and uninstalled the bad windows os. I love your vids
society if all tutorials were this in depth
If you are getting an error about blocklists when installing grub, at the end of the command adding "--force" fixed this issue for me.
Omg Thank sm😂😂
love this guide. Helped me set up Arch multiple times now and also fixing mistakes i had. I somehow f...ed up an sddm theme multiple times and because of that couldn't log in (didn't know i could switch to a different tty back then). This guide helped me understand what i could do and how to fix my mistake with booting up the installer. Thank you very much for this ^^
Fantastic guide! Installed with only one slight issue.
I had to run `pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring` before running the pacstrap command. But I think that's due to time between video released and now perhaps - not sure.
Thanks for the great video tho 🙏💚
I installed arch for the first time, thanks to you. The arch wili had me confused during the partition phase.
Thank you 🙏
another great video
Unarguably the best video install guide for arch linux.
Please help I need help, when I unmourned and rebooted my system it sent me back to the installation screen, what do I do I’m panicking
Not only have I used this to install arch, I actually just used it to save my install due to switching from raid to hack breaking my system. Turns out I needed to install grub again. Thanks!!
Just want to say thank you. Best simple and quick tutorial. I’ve installed arch with the script in the past , this method fixes things out of the box. I will say though it does introduce a lot of kde bloatware. That’s on me though. Thanks again.
18:00 my grub mkconfig returns with: no such file or directory
Same not sure the fix
i trust the guy who has "Comfy" in the title. awesome video btw
drugs, meditation, weed, music.
No
we need Comfy Arch Install.
i can’t express how thankful I am for this video
now everyone uses arch btw
Not just a do this guide; rather, here’s why to do this guide
*AWESOME GUIDE*
I just keep getting sent to the bios after configuring grub and rebooting
Hi Denshi,
Thanks for your Video.
Has been a great help for me!
As many Fellows have said, after nearly 2 days (18 hrs plus) trying to make a Manual install of Arch (without archinstall) and breaking 5 or 6 installations, thanks to your Guide I've completed it successfully!
🤩😄👍
Welcome to the 'btw' club
I don't even want to install arch and I'm watching this ! That's how god of a video you made !
Why didn't you use genfstab with the -U command so that it uses the UUID's instead of /dev/sdXX. It is technically a little more solid this way.
Plus he didn't ">>" for appending... 2 mistakes in one command...
@@popescuervin7893 >> foo.txt to send output to file is not needed, if it is a new file. You only do that for a file with data already in it, to avoid overwriting.
@@JohnSmith-bz4sv well yes, that's exactly my point. although yes, genfstab gives you the information about ALL the filesystems currently mounted so if you were to use it in another context, outside of installation let's say, the fstab should be overwritten, or else there would be some lines with the same content.
Amazing and one of the best and yet easiest guides on yt . Even me and my friends as complete Linux noobs could install arch Linux thanks to you
Hold up, do you actually live in Dubai?
Best tutorial I’ve ever seen on UA-cam so far
How to install arch the enlightened way:
Step 1. Install Artix
Can artix be installed in the same way as in the video or it is whole another thing
@@yourfellowhumanbeing2323 99% of the steps are the same, besides pacstrap being "basestrap" and genfstab being "fstabgen" on Artix. Also, because you're using a different init system on Artix, the steps for enabling services (such as NetworkManager) are different depending on the init system chosen.
@@Denshi Coool!!!
i don't really comment on that much videos, but this channel and tutorial actually helped me install Arch my first time (without archinstall), before this I tried installing it with the Arch guide and other tutorials but no luck (always locking up or desktop environment completely nuked). I think the extra parts found in this tutorial actually fixed the problem. I'm very grateful that I stumbled upon your video, I even subscribed by the dedication you give to your tutorials. Thanks really much for this, hope others can use this tutorial for to install Arch in the near future. (and also, i use arch btw).
Man, that piano hits too close to home...
Edit: And I've finally managed to install Arch the "Arch" way. Thank you, Denshi 💙
I tried going just off of the installation guide and got to the boot loader and you helped the rest of the way, thanks
Thanks for the clear and precise guide. I'm a janitor teaching myself linux in hopes of becoming an IT guy soon. Writing this all down in my notebook :^)
Finally got my uefi device booting arch properly. Would you advise following the Wiki guide after this to install a window manager?
Deleted the last part because I learned you can re enter the installation medium to troubleshoot so long as you re mount everything :)
any updates on your quest? How has arch treated you?
@@gwenthedoll3677 Yeah! I have had arch dual booting with Manjaro on my old laptop for a while. Completing the CompTIA A+ in two weeks, and had my first interview for a local MSP this past Monday. I love my little Arch install, though, I run i3wm and I have been learning how to use Tmux and Vim. Life changers!
@@Joseph-qp1jx keep crushing it! I'm on a similar journey.
Update?
@@lucy-h Hey! Thanks for asking. I started my first job in IT about a month ago. I completely my A+ Certification, and was able to land a promotion from Janitor to Desktop Support Technician. Kinda wild how quickly life changed after getting the certification.
this sure did help me install arch linux. Also very good music. Now I see why it's ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕗𝕪
in cfdisk the only thing I see is a usb stick partition
Sorry, this is a really massive omission in the video on my part. Basically, you have to run cfdisk with the argument of the disk you want to partition. For example, if your disk is /dev/sdb, then you run cfdisk /dev/sdb
Run the lsblk command first to get an idea of what /dev/ directory your disk is in, and you should be fine to run cfdisk with that.
@@Denshi I used fdisk
Your tutorial is immediately what I chose for arch Linux. Thanks man!
You gave me right to say i use arch btw
thanks bro...I have been try to install arch linux for 5x times.
it works using your video
DO NOT MAKE EFI PARTITION LESS THAT 300MB!! IT WONT BOOT!
also, if you need more kennels make it atleast 1 gb!!!
kernels*
@@deltaBTW tesekur ederim!
I'm not that into Linux and I managed to install arch with this video, thank you, wanted to try this out of boredom and wanted to try something new
installing arch is easy until you try to install with full disk encryption
or maybe with btrfs
For anyone watching, when installing grub using 'grub-install /dev/sda', if you run into a error where it can't install due to blocklists or whatnot, try appending '--force' to the end of the line.
thanks
This tutorial is the most blessed thing on the Internet. Thank you.
python -m archinstall --script guided
some ppl saya the arch installer might be buggy
@@Pepe956 arch installer sucks on uefi for my laptop but legacy runs fine except for when its already partitioned you have to use cfdisk and delete the partitions and then it will work fine
Damn... you are good.. this is the easiest arch linux install I have seen in YT.... cheers man....
man i failed
Edit: I did it today
how
@@KOGifter Thanks to you comment buddy i tried again and this time it worked
you do god's work man I was getting so stressed about the wiki. Thankyou SO so much! 😭😭❤️