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pacstrap:tldr:fdd0e
pacstrap: Install packages in interactive mode (prompts for confirmation).
$ pacstrap -i ${path-to-new-root} ${packages}
try on your machine
The pacstrap
command is a utility provided by Arch Linux
. It is used to install essential packages to a specified target directory, also known as the new root.
Here is a breakdown of the command you provided:
pacstrap
: the command to install packages-i
: an option indicating that the operation is interactive, meaning that it will prompt for confirmation before installing packages${path-to-new-root}
: a placeholder representing the path to the target directory where the packages will be installed. You should replace${path-to-new-root}
with the actual path.${packages}
: a placeholder representing the packages that need to be installed. You should replace${packages}
with the names of the desired packages separated by space.
Example usage:
pacstrap -i /mnt/base-installation base linux linux-firmware
In this example, /mnt/base-installation
is the target directory, and base
, linux
, and linux-firmware
are the packages to be installed.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.