figured that one out... it was the live media I were looking at On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 5:03 PM Michael wrote: > Interesting: I wanted to label the partition arch was installed on (makes > it easier to mount as the device label changes between sdb and > sdc) but discovered that arch isn't installed on a partition and as far as > I can tell there isn't a file system on it. At least I loaded gparted to > inspect it and the box that shows the partition/size/filesystem type is > grayed out and when I go to the partition pull down everything in it is > grayed out > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:44 PM Michael wrote: > >> 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 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. >>> 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 Other Packages (may be outdated): Ubuntu >>>> Debian >>>> >>>> Fedora Suse >>>> >>>> Arch >>>> Gentoo >>>> -- >>>> 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 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 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? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: