release VS archinstall

The image above represents an error I ran into while building Potabi on Sept-9, 2021. The build is currently supposed to be using the RE Base release b_1.0a-base, the files of which are listed below. For testing purposes, I grabbed the RE Base b_1.0a-base disc1.iso file, as listed in the release. I ran it in QEMU on my personal machine, where the difference in bases between here and on the FreeBSD virtual machine being used for builds should be non-existent. Since I am coming back into development a month after I last did anything, I cannot say with any certainty that this will provide anything useful, but on The Potabi Foundation YouTube Channel, I uploaded a timelapse of this build for fun, not even trying to use it to help debug anything. It shows no issue, as far as I can tell.

Link to GitHub repo which has more info about the installer: https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall

Archinstall (https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall) has been present in the official Arch package sources for some time. This should shorten the installation time. Just as a hint. :-)

$ pacman -Si archinstall | awk '{print " "$0}' Repository : extra Name : archinstall Version : 2.1.1-1 Description : Just another guided/automated Arch Linux installer with a twist Architecture : any URL : https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall Licenses : GPL Groups : None Provides : None Depends On : python-archinstall Optional Deps : None Conflicts With : None Replaces : None Download Size : 10.98 KiB Installed Size : 8.10 KiB Packager : Giancarlo Razzolini Build Date : Thu 28 Jan 2021 02:50:19 AM PST Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature

However, the installation of vanilla Arch is basically not difficult either. And for some time now, archinstall has been included in the official package sources, which can simplify the installation.

That's for you to decide. Basically, the installation of Arch consists to a large extent only of executing the commands mentioned in the official instructions. In addition, Archinstall (https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall) has recently been added to the official package sources which makes installation simpler.

Seems like it is designed to do both equally well. Has a guided installer and functions as a python library for installing arch and whatnot programmatically. https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall

Crap. Seems like I linked to the wrong repository. Correct is probably https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall.

Just to inform, a fix has been merged: PR #84: reworked kde.py to use sddm instead of hacking xinitrc and will be in v2.1.1 this weekend :) Thanks for reporting and pointing this out!