Archinstall 2.8 Further Refines The Easy Arch Linux Installation Experience

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Archinstall 2.8 Further Refines The Easy Arch Linux Installation Experience

Archinstall 2.8 is out today as the latest update to this easy-to-use, text-based Arch Linux installer that makes it much faster deploying this popular Linux distribution...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-2.8-Released

[Anux]

Hm, still unusable for anything but a standard installation. :/

[Modu]

Hm, still unusable for anything but a standard installation. :/

You install Arch Linux manually by using its wiki pages (installation guide). That's the standard install method.

[Anux]

You install Arch Linux manually by using its wiki pages (installation guide). That's the standard install method.

Hello captain obvious, nice revelation there!

[xnor]

Hm, still unusable for anything but a standard installation. :/

Such as?

[Anux]

Such as?

Doing manual partitioning and encryption or installing special packages (tested with 2.7 but no mentioning in the change log).

[skeevy420]

Doing manual partitioning and encryption or installing special packages (tested with 2.7 but no mentioning in the change log).

I think that's because of how many ways there are to do encryption. Is everything going to be in a LUKS container? Will it be using LVM volumes with LUKS as necessary? Will it be using a file system and the file system's encryption tools? Will it be doing a combination of those?

I'm not sure what you mean by special packages. Like building from the AUR or installing something from a 3rd party repo? As a ZFS user, that's always been my issue with archinstall.

[byteabit]

Hm, still unusable for anything but a standard installation. :/

That's the point of the install script. It makes easier for people who come in and want to do a simple standard installation. If you really have special needs, then such a tool shouldn't automate or do it for you without understanding what is happening. I think the install script with this narrow focus is inline with the values of Archlinux. At least this is how I see it.

[User29]

I think that's because of how many ways there are to do encryption. Is everything going to be in a LUKS container? Will it be using LVM volumes with LUKS as necessary? Will it be using a file system and the file system's encryption tools? Will it be doing a combination of those?

Still, there could be 1-2 basic scenarios offered. It's a real PITA to do it manually (doing such things manually is not some badass linuxmasterrace thing, but an annoyance).

[ehansin]

I've used the archinstall scripts a few times already. Worked well enough for a quick and easy installation, good enough from what I was looking to do. I have also done countless "manual" installations over the years, so can do that - archinstall just happened to be good enough for what I needed in these cases. Quick and easy vs. working through all the Wiki steps, which have changed over the years. The later is fine if you need that level of a custom install, but the script worked fine for me and was quite pleasant.

Speaking of pleasant script installers (well, script bootstraps other scripts and tools), I just did an Asahi Linux installation on an M1 MacBook Pro laptop I had access to just try out. The Asahi team has really put some attention to detail in what they are doing. Side note, but wanted to mention.