Visit the Download page and, depending on how you want to boot, acquire the ISO file or a netboot image, and the respective GnuPG signature. Pre-installation Acquire an installation image As the installation process needs to retrieve packages from a remote repository, this guide assumes a working internet connection is available. A basic installation should take less than 2 GiB of disk space. For interactive help, the IRC channel and the forums are also available.Īrch Linux should run on any x86_64-compatible machine with a minimum of 512 MiB RAM, though more memory is needed to boot the live system for installation. For more detailed instructions, see the respective ArchWiki articles or the various programs' man pages, both linked from this guide. This guide is kept concise and you are advised to follow the instructions in the presented order per section. In particular, code examples may contain placeholders (formatted in italics) that must be replaced manually. For conventions used in this document, see Help:Reading.
For alternative means of installation, see Category:Installation process.īefore installing, it would be advised to view the FAQ. The installation medium provides accessibility features which are described on the page Install Arch Linux with accessibility options. This document is a guide for installing Arch Linux using the live system booted from an installation medium made from an official installation image.
