Howto install archlinux arm
download image
download raspbian lite image:
wget https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_full_armhf/images/raspios_full_armhf-2021-11-08/2021-10-30-raspios-bullseye-armhf-full.zip
download archlinuxarm image for raspberrypi 4:
wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz
umcompress rasbian lite image:
unzip 2021-10-30-raspios-bullseye-armhf-full.zip
rename rasbian lite image:
mv 2021-10-30-raspios-bullseye-armhf-full.img $(date +%F)-archlinuxarm.img
install multipath-tools:
pacman -S multipath-tools
mount the image with kpart:
kpartx -va $(date +%F)-archlinuxarm.img
mount partitions:
mkdir /mnt/archarm mount /dev/mapper/loop0p2 /mnt/archarm mount /dev/mapper/loop0p1 /mnt/archarm/boot
remove all content:
rm -rf /mnt/archarm/*
copy archlinuxarm image content to mountpoint:
tar xvf ArchLinuxARM-rpi-aarch64-latest.tar.gz -C /mnt/archarm/ sync
update /etc/fstab for the different sd block device compared to the raspberrypi 3:
sed -i 's/mmcblk0/mmcblk1/g' /mnt/archarm/etc/fstab
umount partitions:
umount /mnt/archarm/boot umount /mnt/archarm kpartx -d /dev/loop0 losetup -d /dev/loop0
connect sd card to your computer and detect drive letter:
dmesg fdisk -l /dev/sde
write image to sd card:
dd if=$(date +%F)-archlinuxarm.img of=/dev/sde
user information:
user: root pass: root user: alarm pass: alarm
configure network
configure wifi:
wpa_passphrase ssid-name password > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf wpa_supplicant -D wext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
configure lan:
ip addr add 192.168.75.55/24 dev eth0 ip route add defualt via 192.168.75.1 echo 'nameserver 4.2.2.1' > /etc/resolv.conf echo 'nameserver 4.2.2.2' >> /etc/resolv.conf
enable ssh
start and enable ssh:
systemctl enable sshd systemctl start sshd
connect from external machine to raspberrypi:
ssh alarm@ip-address-of-raspberry
update system and install packages
set timezone:
timedatectl set-timezone America/Puerto_Rico
set clock month day hour year:
date 012003312022
initialize the pacman keyring and populate signing keys:
pacman-key --init pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm
update system:
pacman -Syuuu
install base-devel package:
pacman -S base-devel
install raspi-config:
pacman -S git su - alarm mkdir raspi-config cd raspi-config/ curl -o PKGBUILD https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=raspi-config-git makepkg -si
permanent network configuration
install networkmanager:
pacman -S networkmanager
start and enable networkmanager:
systemctl start NetworkManager systemctl enable NetworkManager
configure wireless from cli:
nmcli device wifi rescan nmcli device wifi list nmcli device wifi connect ssid-name --ask