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How to install artix from arch?

Hi. Is it possible to install artix linux from another distro (arch linux in my case)? I cannot find artix's portable basestrap
For example, void has "xbps" in aur

Re: How to install artix from arch?

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What are you going to install Artix on?

On a separate storage device or on the storage device running Arch?

Re: How to install artix from arch?

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Quote from: Lancia – on
What are you going to install Artix on?

On a separate storage device or on the storage device running Arch?
I would like to install Artix on HDD from the main system on my SSD (Arch Linux) without having to boot into Live

Re: How to install artix from arch?

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Quote from: geyiya – on
Hi. Is it possible to install artix linux from another distro (arch linux in my case)? I cannot find artix's portable basestrap
For example, void has "xbps" in aur


Simple answer, yes, possible.
All you need is pacman.
Would also work on eg gentoo, who have pacman in their portage tree.

On how to installl using proper pacman flags, please consult pacman wiki.

Re: How to install artix from arch?

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Quote from: artoo – on

Simple answer, yes, possible.
All you need is pacman.
Would also work on eg gentoo, who have pacman in their portage tree.

On how to installl using proper pacman flags, please consult pacman wiki.
So all I have to do is add the Artix Linux repositories and install the system via pacman in /mnt?

Re: How to install artix from arch?

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One way I did it was to mount the Artix live ISO on /mnt, and did arch-chroot into it and did the installation from the chrooted Artix.

Re: How to install artix from arch?

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Quote from: Lancia – on
One way I did it was to mount the Artix live ISO on /mnt, and did arch-chroot into it and did the installation from the chrooted Artix.
Thanks, I chrooted to rootfs by unpacking it from iso