#Virtualbox arch linux install install#
#Virtualbox arch linux install update#
#Virtualbox arch linux install manual#
#Virtualbox arch linux install full#
#Virtualbox arch linux install code#

You can help us by making a donation which will be used for this project only.I like many others, use a Linux virtual machine in VirtualBox from my Windows PC to do development work. All the work provided is free and was done in their free time. If you chose the fully encrypted root option, it will prompt you for your partition's LUKS password on each boot.Įnjoy Blackarch Linux, and remember the developers/contributors of BlackArch Linux are volunteers. You can now reboot and access your new Blackarch Linux system. In other words, this means that its the end of the installation. If you ever wonder what the meaning of that is.

#Virtualbox arch linux install install#

If you want the Blackarch tools, saying y will download and install more than 1500 tools from the Blackarch repo, you can fetch those later if you want. You will have the choice to download the VirtualBox guest additions/tools, if you are not interested, press n and hit enter. The script will now ask you if you want a X display (graphical environment, a desktop), before you type y and press enter, make sure nobody is looking at your screen, this is very important. When the script asks you to choose a mirror, (press enter for the default) You can change this later.įrom now on, the last 3 steps before the end are optional. Next, you need to create a normal account, using the root as the only user of your system is wrong and you should never do it. When the install is finished with this task, you will be asked to set the password of your root account. This will take a little time depending on your internet speed. Now the script will download the latest necessary packages for your system. After it fully encrypts the partition, the install script needs to mount the device, enter your password again to unclock the root partition so the install script can mount it and complete the installation. When you confirm the password, the root partition will immediately be encrypted. A prompt asking for it at each boot will be displayed soon after the bootloader.

#Virtualbox arch linux install full#

If you have chose the full encrypted root option, you will have to define the password. The last one must be confirmed with YES (capital letters required). (If you choose to use LUKS) The script will ask you 3 times to confirm. In case your network interface is already setup and can reach the internet, use this option. Skip (use this if you are already connected)

#Virtualbox arch linux install manual#

If you choose the manual way, you will have to know the information of your network (your gateway, LAN IP address, subnet mask, etc.) 3. (This will request/lease a local IP from your dhcp server/router for your device.) 2. The easy and recommended way to automatically setup your network information. Auto DHCP (use this if you work in the kitchen) It's still possible to use wifi, but you will have to set it up by yourself.ġ. As explained earlier, you should select your ethernet interface if possible, the script doesn't provide any support for wifi. You may choose whatever you like and this can be changed at any time by editing the /etc/hostname file.Ī list of the available network interfaces will be displayed. The hostname is basically the name you want to give to your computer on your local network. You have to write the keymap as explained above For a french azerty, the keymap will be fr, for a spanish es etc.

#Virtualbox arch linux install code#

Most of the time, the english country code is used.

If you are unsure, you may List available keymaps on Blackarch by selecting 2. If you have a qwerty based keyboard, you can stick with the us keycode, however, this may be not always be the case. You now have to select the keymap you want. It's similar to emerge available on a Gentoo system (blackman simply builds from source, emerge is infinitively more advanced and offers a ton of features) Prebuilt package from a repository as pacman does, this will get the source code and compile from source. This is not a recommended option for beginners, instead of fetching the

#Virtualbox arch linux install update#

However, in order to have an updated system, after the installation has finished, once you reach your install environment (after you boot into the fresh install) start a general update using pacman -Syyu. If you choose this option you will not need internet during the install process. Will fetch the required packages from official arch repositories and the blackarch repositories as well. This is the recommended option to select for the netinstall iso, it This is just a tip in case you didn't know) You can do it at any time without the need to stop it by simply switching tty's by pressing these keys simultaneously ctrl + alt + f2 (f1 is the default tty where you ran the blackarch-install script (if you did not execute it in another tty.), f2, f3, f4, f5 or f6 will bring a new tty where you can execute any command you may need. Throughout this tutorial, you may want to execute some shell commands while the script is running.