ARCHINSTALL 2.4 installer, used in Arch Linux distribution

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published INSTALLER INSTALLER Archinstall 2.4 , which since April 2021 as an option is part of the ARCH Linux installation ISO images. Archinstall works in console mode and can be used instead of the default manual mode of installation of the distribution. Separately, is developing The implementation of the graphic installation interface, but it has not been included in the installation images of the Arch Linux and has not been updated for more than two years.

Archinstall provides dialogue ( guided ) and Automated operating modes. In dialogue mode, the user consistently asked questions that cover the basic settings and actions from installation guidelines . In automated mode, it is possible to use scripts for deploying typical configurations. The installer also supports installation profiles, for example, the profile “Desktop” for choosing a desktop (KDE, GNOSEME, AWESOME and installations of packages necessary for its operation, or the profiles “WebServer” and “Database” for the selection and installation of the filling of web servers and the DBMS.

Among changes in the new version:

  • A new menu system is proposed, translated to the use of the library simple-urm-menu .
  • A set of colors available for illumination in logs sent via archinstall.log ().

  • Added profiles for installing user environment bspwm and SWAY, as well as a profile for installing a multimedia server Pipewire.
  • Support for localization and connection of transfers for all data displayed.
  • Improved support for the BTRFS file system. Added an option to turn on the compression in BTRFS and the option to disable the Copy-on-Write (Nodatacow) mode.
  • The possibilities for controlling disk sections are expanded.
  • Provided the ability to simultaneously determine several configurations of network cards.
  • Added tests based on Pytest.
  • Added the Archinstall.ru_pacman () function for calling the Pacman package manager, as well as the Archinstall.package_search () function to search for packages.
  • In Archinstall.installer () the function .enable_multilib_repository () was added to turn on multilib.

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