Archboot
Archboot is a most advanced, modular Arch Linux boot/install image creation utility to generate bootable media for CD/USB/PXE, designed for installation or rescue operation. (by tpowa)
archinstall
Arch Linux installer - guided, templates etc. (by archlinux)
| Archboot | archinstall | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 199 | |
| 33 | 5,660 | |
| - | 1.7% | |
| 9.9 | 9.4 | |
| 10 days ago | 6 days ago | |
| Shell | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Archboot
Posts with mentions or reviews of Archboot.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-27.
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"The System Found Unauthorized Changes On the Firmware, Operating System UEFI Drivers"
If you can't disable secure boot, the default installer will not work for you. The easiest solution would be to use archboot, an unofficial installer maintained by one of the devs. https://archboot.com/
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How to install arch Linux with secure boot enabled
Archboot is a (now) unofficial installer made by an arch developer that comes with a secure boot signed efi. See https://archboot.com/
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Archboot 2023.06 - Arch Linux images released
Archboot Homepage
- Issues with VMs?
- Archboot 2022.05-53: full control on X packages, ristretto and mousepad added
- Doubts regarding secure boot
- How can i make my modified arch install into a bootable usb?
- What is the difference between Archboot and Archiso?
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goldboot: Building Arch Linux Golden Images on CI
At first glance, it seems more timeconsuming to setup compared to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Archboot is that correct?
- Big improvements, zram implemented which shrinks RAM usage :)
archinstall
Posts with mentions or reviews of archinstall.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-27.
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Archinstall ntp non servers?
In any case, have you studied https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Archinstall and https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall. While archinstall is new and has the expected bugs, I've not had your issues before. You might try an earlier ISO, like Oct 2023, though it's not clear if you're using an ISO or the archinstall installed package.
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Trusted GUI installer to install pure ArchLinux ?
I'm using my laptop as dual boot between Manjaro and Windows 10, I tried for months to install ArchLinux using archinstall tool but the operation always fails with random errors, because I want to install it on a single ext4 partition like how Manjaro is installed. Is there any trusted GUI installer that uses calamares and can install pure ArchLinux ?
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Endeavor vs Vanilla arch?
The related issue https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/1111 implies it's fixed, but either way, you can just securely delete your password after the install.
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grub-install needed after GRUB package gets updated?
Mount that partition as /efi. Change this in your /etc/fstab as well. This is a good time to remove all the weird carriage returns that archinstall puts in your fstab file (https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/1399).
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Steam On Linux Use Ticked Higher In May, 25% Of Linux Gamers Are Using The Steam Deck
Most distros have a nice graphical installer which does make things less of a hassle. But these days Arch also bundles archinstall which is quite easy to use and supports a few display environments for automatic setup right out the gate which is nice.
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Distro Hopping
Or just use archinstall which is official part of the iso file.
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Is setting /boot to a separate partition a mandatory in archinstall ?
You can post an issue at: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall to get the attention of the developer. He's represented here but I forget his user id.
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Plz help I'm trying Archinstall in virtual box but is not working
If you're still suffering with this problem: Maybe try to find the file/module on your system. If it's present, you might want to try to run this pacman -Sy python archinstall (found it here: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/1810) to reinstall python and the archinstall script. I hope that this helps you.
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Does Archinstall have any downsides?
Still feels that it is in rapid development phase, rather than just maintenance, last month I encountered this bug
- Arch installation claims archinstall doesn't exist 😂😂😂 What a joke of an OS!
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Archboot and archinstall you can also consider the following projects:
linux-installer - Universal GNU+Linux installer script
archfi - Arch Linux Fast Installer : tutorial installer
magic-arch-installer - Install arch linux in a click. Even a 5 year kid can install arch now.
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
tinyramfs - Tiny initramfs written in POSIX shell
archiso - Official archiso scripts Repository (read-only mirror)
goldboot - Immutable infrastructure for the desktop!
autorandr - Auto-detect the connected display hardware and load the appropriate X11 setup using xrandr
zfsUnlocker - A modular zfs unlocker hook for mkinitcpio on Archlinux.
informant - An Arch Linux News reader and pacman hook
distro-installscript-arch - (Migrated) My linux distro installscript suite of scripts. Aims to be 1) Modular, 2) Customizable and 3) Portable. Designing this to eventually be a Standardized/Universal Distribution Installer framework where you can just modify the chroot installation process as specified by the developer, as well as the config files.
gotop - A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop
Archboot vs linux-installer
archinstall vs archfi
Archboot vs magic-arch-installer
archinstall vs Ventoy
Archboot vs tinyramfs
archinstall vs archiso
Archboot vs goldboot
archinstall vs autorandr
Archboot vs zfsUnlocker
archinstall vs informant
Archboot vs distro-installscript-arch
archinstall vs gotop