{% hint style="warning" %} Arch is only recommended for users with some experience of any Arch based distributions. {% endhint %}
Arch Linux provided by Andronix is open source including all the scripts needed for installing it. You can take a look at it here.
Download size - 45 MB
{% hint style="warning" %} The size mentioned above is not the size after installing Arch Linux but it's just the tar size that Andronix downloads. This doesn't include a desktop environment for the GUI. {% endhint %}
- Open the Andronix App and click on the Arch card.
- Click the Install button.
- The first two options will install Arch Linux with the mentioned Desktop Environment. The Non-DE variant installs Arch without any Desktop Environment and is recommended for using the distro only with a Command Line Interface. The last three options will install Arch with the mentioned Windows Manager.
{% hint style="success" %} We recommend to choose XFCE variant as it is the most stable, smooth, advanced and customizable Desktop Environment present at the moment {% endhint %}
- Use the command below to update your termux packages so that you're running the updated versions of the required packages.
pkg update
- Tap & hold anywhere on the screen and press Paste.
- Press Enter and wait till the installation completes.
- Type the following command to start the distro _**_and press enter.
./start-arch.sh
- Now if you see
root@localhost
in Termux then you have successfully started Arch.
{% page-ref page="../../vnc/vnc-basics.md" %}