Interesting: I wanted to label the partition arch was installed on (makes it easier to mount as the device label changes <so far> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <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Other Packages (may be outdated): Ubuntu Debian Fedora Suse Arch Gentoo

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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:



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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):

Rufus (only available for Mac/Windows):

Follow those steps and let me know once you have created the bootable USB drive.

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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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