Howto install archlinuxarm raspberrypi5

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:

pacman -S multipath-tools

script to mount and umount raspberrypi image:

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

mount image to /mnt/temp:

./raspimg mount 2024-02-20-archlinux-aarch64.img

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

enter chroot using arch-chroot:

chroot /mnt/temp

configure image

initialize pacman:

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

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 --noconfirm

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

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

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