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?

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:18 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
> even stranger I got an error when installing to the USB but upon
> restarting my computer (and forgetting to disconnect the USB) arch booted.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 2:39 PM Snyder, Alexander J <
> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>
>> Or, if you want a pre-compiled app for your distro:
>>
>> Other Packages (may be outdated): Ubuntu
>> <http://launchpad.net/~gezakovacs/+archive/ppa> Debian
>> <http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all&keywords=unetbootin> Fedora
>> <http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/search/unetbootin> Suse
>> <http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=ALL&p=1&q=unetbootin>
>> Arch <http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/unetbootin/>
>> Gentoo <http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-boot/unetbootin>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Alex.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 11:38 AM Snyder, Alexander J <
>> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>>
>>> Use "Unetbootin" a classic that I used for Years on LInux:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin/releases/download/702/unetbootin-linux64-702.bin
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alex.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 11:36 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> rufus won't work... I have run linux since 98
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 2:22 PM Snyder, Alexander J <
>>>> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Okay, from your existing desktop (Windows) download the ISO image, and
>>>>> then download Rufus:
>>>>>
>>>>> Arch ISO (mirror):
>>>>>
>>>>> https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/archlinux/iso/2021.09.01/archlinux-2021.09.01-x86_64.iso
>>>>>
>>>>> Rufus (*only available for Mac/Windows*):
>>>>> https://rufus.ie/en/
>>>>>
>>>>> Follow those steps and let me know once you have created the bootable
>>>>> USB drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Alex.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 11:19 AM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 1:40 PM Snyder, Alexander J <
>>>>>> alexander@snyderfamily.co> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Type:  echo "$PATH"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to view the folders in your user path. Root will have a different
>>>>>>> PATH.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can add to it by typing:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> export PATH="$PATH:/your/new/directory"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To append to the end.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Put that at the bottom of your "~/.bashrc" file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Alexander.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 10:32 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
>>>>>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What directory is in the path that is also accessible by the user?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
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