<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Okay Alex....... I got arch to install. I am assuming
just getting the command prompt is what I want. Before I head over there
is there anything I should do from the host computer before I leave the
world of gui (like maybe I should download something and put it onto
the USB) and enter the land of archlinux?<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:18 PM Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I figured that is what you wanted me to do so I am burning it to the USB drive now. Strange... we still call ot burning though that is what you do to a dvd/cd.<about an hour later><there was a power outage><br></div><div>even stranger I got an error when installing to the USB but upon restarting my computer (and forgetting to disconnect the USB) arch booted.<br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 2:39 PM Snyder, Alexander J <<a href="mailto:alexander@snyderfamily.co" target="_blank">alexander@snyderfamily.co</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Or, if you want a pre-compiled app for your distro:<div><br></div><div><h3 style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(34,34,34)">Other Packages (may be outdated): <a href="http://launchpad.net/~gezakovacs/+archive/ppa" style="color:rgb(136,136,255)" target="_blank">Ubuntu</a> <a href="http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all&keywords=unetbootin" style="color:rgb(136,136,255)" target="_blank">Debian</a> <a href="http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/search/unetbootin" style="color:rgb(136,136,255)" target="_blank">Fedora</a> <a href="http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=ALL&p=1&q=unetbootin" style="color:rgb(136,136,255)" target="_blank">Suse</a> <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/unetbootin/" style="color:rgb(136,136,255)" target="_blank">Arch</a> <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-boot/unetbootin" style="color:rgb(136,136,255)" target="_blank">Gentoo</a></h3><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br>Thanks,<br>Alex.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 11:38 AM Snyder, Alexander J <<a href="mailto:alexander@snyderfamily.co" target="_blank">alexander@snyderfamily.co</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Use "Unetbootin" a classic that I used for Years on LInux:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin/releases/download/702/unetbootin-linux64-702.bin" target="_blank">https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin/releases/download/702/unetbootin-linux64-702.bin</a></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br>Thanks,<br>Alex.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 11:36 AM Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">rufus won't work... I have run linux since 98<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 2:22 PM Snyder, Alexander J <<a href="mailto:alexander@snyderfamily.co" target="_blank">alexander@snyderfamily.co</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Okay, from your existing desktop (Windows) download the ISO image, and then download Rufus:<div><br></div><div>Arch ISO (mirror):<div><a href="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/iso/2021.09.01/archlinux-2021.09.01-x86_64.iso" target="_blank">https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/iso/2021.09.01/archlinux-2021.09.01-x86_64.iso</a></div><div><br></div><div>Rufus (<i>only available for Mac/Windows</i>):</div><div><a href="https://rufus.ie/en/" target="_blank">https://rufus.ie/en/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Follow those steps and let me know once you have created the bootable USB drive.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br>Thanks,<br>Alex.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 11:19 AM Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>well, that is kinda what I want. I want to build a package in a directory that is in the path so I don;t have to edit anything</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 1:40 PM Snyder, Alexander J <<a href="mailto:alexander@snyderfamily.co" target="_blank">alexander@snyderfamily.co</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Type: echo "$PATH"<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">to view the folders in your user path. Root will have a different PATH.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You can add to it by typing:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">export PATH="$PATH:/your/new/directory"</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To append to the end. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Put that at the bottom of your "~/.bashrc" file. <br><br><div dir="auto">Thanks,<br>Alexander.<br><br>Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 10:32 Michael via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>What directory is in the path that is also accessible by the user?</div><div><br></div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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