arch-install VS archinstall

My script asks for all the questions at the start (username, password, drives, and such) and then you can walk away and it'll be done. If you want, you can modify my own. I think it's not too hard to understand, and the readme explains how it works and what you should change, so you can give it a go: https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install

In case you want to check how this works: Arch install script, dotfiles.

So, basically, I did a very easy to use and highly customizable Arch installation script. If you want to use it yourself, you will have to modify some things. Everything is explained in the readme. https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install

Hope you like it, I want to know what you think about it. https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install/

I also made an install script, although honestly, it's tailored for my personal use, but it is kinda flexible (not a lot mind you).

BTW, in case you care, in my arch install script I have listed all the KDE packages I actually care about, in case you want/need a KDE install that's not so minimal it lacks features, but also not super bloated: https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install/blob/master/packages.sh

The script is designed to make a GPT partitioning scheme with kde plasma. Here's how it looks: https://github.com/tralph3/arch-install/blob/master/install.sh

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.

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 ?

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.

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).

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.

Or just use archinstall which is official part of the iso file.

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.

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.

Still feels that it is in rapid development phase, rather than just maintenance, last month I encountered this bug