# Arch Linux

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Arch is only recommended for users with some experience of any Arch based distributions.
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## Essential Information

Arch Linux provided by Andronix is open source including all the scripts needed for installing it. You can take a look at it [here](https://github.com/AndronixApp/AndronixOrigin).

**Download size** - 45 MB

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The size mentioned above is not the size after installing Arch Linux but it's just the tar size that Andronix downloads. **This doesn't include a desktop environment for the GUI**.
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## How to Install?

* Open the[ Andronix App](https://andronix.app/) and click on the Arch card.
* Click the **Install** button.

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* The first two options will install Arch Linux with the mentioned [Desktop Environment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment). The **Non-DE** variant installs Arch without any Desktop Environment and is recommended for using the distro only with a *Command Line Interface*. The last three options will install Arch with the mentioned [Windows Manager](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_manager).

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We recommend to choose **XFCE variant** as it is the most stable, smooth, advanced and customizable Desktop Environment present at the moment
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* Use the command below to update your termux packages so that you're running the updated versions of the required packages.

```
pkg update
```

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* Tap & hold anywhere on the screen and press **Paste**.
* Press **Enter** and wait till the installation completes. 
* Type the following command to start the distro *\*\**and press enter.

```
./start-arch.sh
```

* Now if you see `root@localhost` in Termux then you have successfully started Arch.

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[vnc-basics](https://andronix-app.gitbook.io/andronix-app/vnc/vnc-basics)
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