Arch Linux Install Script

Just a simple bash script to get a quick Arch linux guest system on a virtual machine such as VirtualBox or QEMU/LIBVIRT.

Usage:

• To use the script, boot into the arch live iso media and check for internet connection and run the below snippet. Fill in a few prompts and the script gets the job done.

   curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ItsMonish/archvm-script/refs/heads/master/install.sh -o install.sh && bash install.sh

• To manually perform partitioning and mounting set the SKIP_PARTITION_AND_MOUNT variable in the environment to true . This will make the script skip it partitioning and mounting functions and install the base system directly to /mnt.
• Tip: SSH into the live media by opening the ssh server using systemctl enable sshd.service and connect from your host computer. It allows copy-pasting the above command and makes things easy.
• Note: This is for spinning up a quick VM instance of Arch linux guest. If you want to install Arch on your host machine, then read the wiki and spend some time tweaking and installing it.