instantos / instantarch

The official instantOS installer

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instantOS

instantOS is an Arch based distro that works out of the box but is still aimed at power users.

website

This repo contains utilities used all around instantOS, but for a proper README refer to the website

Repo info

This repository is the source for the instantutils package. It can not be used to create a full installation medium. Please refer to instantOS/iso for information on how to build the project.

instantarch's Issues

Guide to install

hi, it would be great if you provide a proper guidance on how to install this. I am new to this and i dont understand what to do after seeing readme.
Thanks in advance

confirmation for uploading the log on failed installation

test if this works

/root/instantARCH/askutils.sh: line (701, 719, 737, 784, 890, 40, 1013, etc.): iroot: command not found

This is a repeated error after I chose the disk to install instantOS onto which was /dev/sda, there is also a pop up at the bottom of my screen when this happens which is downloading installer dependancies. No matter how long I wait it will not go away. When I click continue in the installer I get an error saying “there was an error, the installation will not continue.”

I think the issue is because of iroot. I have no clue what iroot is? Maybe I’m missing some vital part of the installer?

Problem with importing PGP Key

Hi, I'm trying to install instantOS on a 32bit really old Laptop with CLI installation. But there're issues I'm encountering:

1. I need to use --insecure flag with curl to download the script, because the laptop can't establish secure connection
2. When I launch the script, there's a PGP Key import error that is looped
   I changed keyserver with in ~/.gnupg/dirmngr.conf
   to keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com
   And when I run:

gpg --recv-keys C8E8F5A0AF9BA7E7

gpg: keybox '/root/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created
gpg: keyserver receive failed: General error

4. When I cancel the installation with Ctrl^Z and try to run the script again after some troubleshooting I get errors regarding notify-send

progress bar

progress report: progress bar

this could be implemented using dunst,
look at volume indicator for reference

Dual Boot Support

Currently from my attempt at installing instantOS on my dual booting laptop, I see that there is no dual boot support, because the installer doesn't ask me for a partion and rather is asking for a whole drive. Maybe I am missing something (wouldn't be surprised there 🙃). Is there any way to run installer like an arch install purely through cli, I see the cli installer but from what it says on the page its identical to graphical one (didn't test that yet). I really want to try it out however I can't use up all of my drive on it.

iso fix todo

iso fix todo

• instantthemes not applying by default
• do not list live usb as install disk

[Feature] BTRFS support

I testet instantOS and i really love it ❤️. I even would switch to it, but I also enjoy to have BTRFS as filesystem. It would be nice to have it as an option or have a guide to setup instantos with BTRFS.

Sidenote: I dont mean to simply convert ext4 to BTRFS but also make use of subvolumes

BUG: `cannot resolve "light", a dependency of "instantdepend"`

Error
When following the default installation, the script at some point runs into moduleutils.sh where it tries to install instadepend which needs light to work.

Since the 5th of january this does not work anymore.

With the help of an user on discord i came up with these steps to make it possible to have the installer run successfully trough the wiz.

Note

Only do this while the installer either shows setting up InstantOs this may take a while or the logs are stuck in this loop:

warning: cannot resolve "light", a dependency of "instantdepend"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
     instantdepend

Click here to see fix

# create new user 
sudo chroot /mnt /bin/bash
useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash helpuser
passwd helpuser
usermod -aG wheel helpuser
su helpuser

# install essentials
sudo pacman -Syu base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git 
sudo chown helpuser yay-bin
cd yay-bin
makepkg -si
yay -S light

Click here to see full error log (copy from Discrod)

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)

:: unable to satisfy dependency 'light' required by instantdepend
/root/instantARCH/moduleutils.sh: line 15: imenu: command not found
/usr/bin/reflector
[2024-01-05 11:06:14] WARNING: failed to rate http(s) download (http://mirror.telepoint.bg/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db): Download timed out after 5 second(s).
[2024-01-05 11:06:23] WARNING: failed to rate http(s) download (https://archmirror.it/repos/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db): HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
[2024-01-05 11:06:43] WARNING: failed to rate http(s) download (http://mirrors.uni-plovdiv.net/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db): Download timed out after 5 second(s).
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
 multilib downloading...
 instant downloading...
retrying package installation in 4 seconds
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "light", a dependency of "instantdepend"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      instantdepend

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)

:: unable to satisfy dependency 'light' required by instantdepend

nvidia fixes

nvidia fixes

• default to zen-kernel and nvidia-dkms
• move driver settings to advanced settings
• check for functioning nvidia drivers on startup

Keyboard layout XkbVariant

Currently the installer doesn't ask for XkbVariant.
Example:

XkbLayout	XkbVariant
ca	fr
ch	fr

instantarch offer skip on signature check

LUKS FDE

This is a feature request to add LUKS full disk encryption to the installer.

Installation issues

I am trying to install instantOS and have run into a few problems.

First was an issue with glibc which I fixed by running pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring and then pacman -S glibc.

My second issue is that I have chosen to auto partition a 256gb drive and get the message package installation failed while the terminal says Partition too full ... not enough free disk space.

I have attached an image of my screen.

I'd be happy to provide more information as well!

"installation done" popup wrong gui

installation done has the wrong popup version on the gui install

error with new instant os beta2 iso based on arch

i tried to install under vbox the new instantOs based on archlinux instead of manjaro but at the end of install i got an error ... access denied

after that i'm able to boot but when i try to sign me under lightdm , an error occured and no way to enter

so i created a new user but same issue no way i can't sign me ...

lightdm set keyboard layout

lightdm currently does not respect the keyboard layout set in other parts of instantOS

lightdm set keyboard layout

• instantARCH
• language settings

Install script hangs on hard drive selection

I have been trying to install using the CLI version of the installer in a KVM/QEMU VM with both:

bash <(curl -L raw.githubusercontent.com/instantOS/instantARCH/master/archinstall.sh)
and
bash <(curl -L instantos.io/install)
(looking at them, they seem to be the same)

every time, the installer gets stuck on selecting the hard drive and won't exit:

Pressing enter on either option loops the script and typing "yes" or "no" has the same result

Pressing control+c has no effect so I have been resetting the VM to try again.

Side Note:
This also happens if I select "no" when it asks if it is a VM: