Howto install archlinuxarm raspberrypi5

requeriments

• raspberrypi 5
• sdcard 8gb or more
• mini hdmi female to micro hdmi male adapter or cable
• usb-c power adapter
• archlinux or debian system to the create image

download images

download raspios image:

wget https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_arm64/images/raspios_arm64-2023-12-06/2023-12-05-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img.xz

download archlinux-arm-aarch64 image:

wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz

decompress raspios image:

xz -d 2023-12-05-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img.xz

change raspios image name:

mv 2023-12-05-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img $(date +%F)-archlinux-aarch64.img

chroot with qemu

use qemu-user-static to interpret the arm instructions in the chroot:

pacman -Sy qemu-user-static --noconfirm

install multipath-tools in archlinux:

pacman -S multipath-tools --noconfirm

if you use debian you can install this packages:

apt install kpartx qemu-user-static

script to mount and umount raspberrypi image:

curl -ko ./raspimg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vidalinux/raspi/main/raspimg 
chmod +x ./raspimg

mount image to /mnt/temp without binding directories:

./raspimg mount $(date +%F)-archlinux-aarch64.img
do you want to bind /dev /proc /sys /pkg directories now : no

remove image contents from:

rm -rf /mnt/temp/*

decompress archlinux arm file to /mnt/temp:

tar xvf ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz -C /mnt/temp

copy the qemu-aarch64-static binary to the chroot:

cp /usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static /mnt/temp/usr/bin/

register the qemu-aarch64-static as an arm interpreter in the kernel:

echo ':aarch64:M::\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\xb7:\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff:/usr/bin/qemu-aarch64-static:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register

umount image:

./raspimg umount $(date +%F)-archlinux-aarch64.img

mount it again binding /dev /proc /sys and pkg directories:

./raspimg mount $(date +%F)-archlinux-aarch64.img
do you want to bind /dev /proc /sys /pkg directories now : yes

enter chroot using arch-chroot:

chroot /mnt/temp

configure image

initialize pacman:

pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm

remove /etc/resolv.conf file:

rm /etc/resolv.conf

configure dns:

cat > /etc/resolv.conf << EOF
nameserver 4.2.2.1
nameserver 4.2.2.2
EOF

update all system:

pacman -Syuu --noconfirm

install the following packages:

pacman -Sy base-devel libnewt git wget rsync networkmanager parted multipath-tools lsof git sudo fakeroot screen --noconfirm

install expand-sd:

curl -ko /usr/local/bin/expand-sd https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vidalinux/raspi/main/expand-sd
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/expand-sd

set password to alarm user:

passwd alarm
echo "alarm ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/alarm

change root password:

passwd root

replace current kernel with aarch64:

pacman -Sy linux-rpi

make sure you have rpi5 support:

pacman -Ql linux-rpi | grep rpi-5

disable the following services:

systemctl disable systemd-networkd
systemctl disable systemd-networkd.socket
systemctl disable systemd-resolved

start and enable networkmanager:

systemctl enable NetworkManager

desktop environment

install xorg:

pacman -Sy --noconfirm alsa-utils alsa-oss xorg xorg-server xf86-video-fbdev xorg-xrefresh adobe-source-han-sans-cn-fonts ttf-dejavu ttf-bitstream-vera wqy-zenhei ttf-arphic-ukai ttf-arphic-uming opendesktop-fonts ttf-inconsolata ttf-ubuntu-font-family adobe-source-code-pro-fonts xorg-xclock xterm xorg-twm

install xfce4:

pacman -Sy --noconfirm xfce4 xfce4-goodies lightdm-gtk-greeter accountsservice gvfs gvfs-mtp ntfs-3g exfat-utils p7zip file-roller fcitx fcitx-configtool fcitx-googlepinyin fcitx-cloudpinyin fcitx-gtk2 fcitx-gtk3 network-manager-applet gnome-keyring pavucontrol pavucontrol-qt pulseaudio-alsa

enable and start lightdm:

systemctl enable lightdm

copy image to sdcard

umount image from /mnt/temp:

./raspimg umount $(date +%F)-archlinux-aarch64.img

then insert sdcard to your computer and confirm which letter have:

dmesg
fdisk -l

now with sdcard correctly identified, copy this image to sdcard using dd:

dd if=$(date +%F)-archlinux-aarch64.img of=/dev/sdd status=progress

desktop auto-login

if you want to set auto-login for user alarm add the following to /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf:

cat >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf << 'EOF'
[Seat:*]
user-session=xcfe4
autologin-user=alarm
autologin-user-timeout=0
EOF

add group autologin and user to the group:

groupadd -r autologin
gpasswd -a alarm autologin

configure network

configure wireless using nmcli:

nmcli device wifi rescan
nmcli device wifi list
nmcli device wifi connect ssid-name --ask

configure remote connection

installing yay:

su - alarm
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

install nomachine:

yay -S nomachine

edit file "/usr/NX/etc/server.cfg", set "StartNXDaemon" to "Automatic":

StartNXDaemon Automatic

then restart nxserver service:

systemctl restart nxserver

from your desktop computer or another computer install nomachine client:

• for windows:

https://download.nomachine.com/download/8.11/Windows/nomachine_8.11.3_3_x86.exe

• for mac:

https://download.nomachine.com/download/8.11/MacOSX/nomachine_8.11.3_3.dmg

• for linux .rpm:

https://download.nomachine.com/download/8.11/Linux/nomachine_8.11.3_3_x86_64.rpm

• for linux .deb:

https://download.nomachine.com/download/8.11/Linux/nomachine_8.11.3_3_amd64.deb

troubleshooting

if you have this error in /var/log/Xorg.0.log is: cannot run in framebuffer mode. please specify busids:

cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-vc4.conf << EOF
Section "OutputClass"
  Identifier "vc4"
  MatchDriver "vc4"
  Driver "modesetting"
  Option "PrimaryGPU" "true"
EndSection
EOF

if you have issues with lightdm not starting reinstall the following packages:

pacman -S shared-mime-info gdk-pixbuf2

references

• https://github.com/mikkeloscar/binfmt-manager