archinstall Documentation

archinstall is library which can be used to install Arch Linux. The library comes packaged with different pre-configured installers, such as the default Guided installation installer.

A demo of the Guided installation installer can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xt7X_Iqg6E.

Some of the features of Archinstall are:

• Context friendly. The library always executes calls in sequential order to ensure installation-steps don’t overlap or execute in the wrong order. It also supports (and uses) context wrappers to ensure cleanup and final tasks such as mkinitcpio are called when needed.

• Full transparency Logs and insights can be found at /var/log/archinstall both in the live ISO and partially on the installed system.

• Accessibility friendly Archinstall works with espeakup and other accessibility tools thanks to the use of a TUI.

Running Archinstall

• Guided installation

Getting help

• Known Issues
  • Waiting for time sync #2144
  • Missing Nvidia Proprietary Driver #2002
  • ARM, 32bit and other CPU types error out #1686, #2185
  • Keyring is out of date #2213
  • AUR packages
• Report Issues & Bugs
  • Log files
• Discord

Archinstall as a library

• Python library
  • Installing with pacman
  • Installing from PyPI
  • Install using source code
• Python module
  • Pre-requisites
  • Creating a script
• Python Plugins
  • --plugin parameter
  • Plugin Discovery
  • What’s supported?
  • How does it work?
  • Writing your own?

API Reference

• archinstall.Installer