Arch GUI Installer 🐍

An automated Arch Linux installer with a dialog-based "GUI", optional LUKS encryption, desktop environments, swap choices, bootloader selection (systemd-boot or GRUB), and even a little Snake game to play while your system installs.

⚡ Built for the official Arch Linux ISO.
🎮 Safe: if Snake fails, the install continues.
🛠️ Resilient: retries downloads, refreshes mirrors if needed, supports a Best-Effort mode to keep going on non-critical errors.

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✨ Features

• Interactive TUI with dialog
• Disk setup: EFI + swap (partition/file) + root
• Filesystem choices: ext4, btrfs (with basic subvolumes), or xfs
• Encryption: optional LUKS for root partition
• Swap options: none / swap partition / swapfile
• Bootloaders: choose between systemd-boot and GRUB
• Profiles:
  • server (minimal, no GUI)
  • xfce (lightweight desktop)
  • kde (Plasma desktop)
  • gnome (GNOME desktop)
• User setup: hostname, timezone, root password, non-root user
• Error handling:
  • Critical steps (partitioning, base install) → stop on error
  • Non-critical steps (Snake, extra packages, services) → skip if they fail
• Snake game runs in a tmux pane while Arch is installing 🐍

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🚀 Quick Start

Run directly from the Arch ISO:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/InterJava-Studio/autounentended-arch/main/setup.sh)

Or clone manually:

git clone https://github.com/InterJava-Studio/autounentended-arch/.git
cd <your-repo>
chmod +x arch-gui-installer.sh
./arch-gui-installer.sh

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📋 Requirements

• UEFI system (script assumes UEFI boot)
• Internet connection (for pacstrap + package downloads)
• Run as root (sudo -i or root shell on the Arch ISO)
• Official Arch Linux ISO environment

The script installs needed tools (dialog, tmux, python, parted) if missing.

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🖥️ Options Explained

• Filesystem: choose what to format root with (ext4, btrfs, or xfs)

• Encryption: optional LUKS (root password reused as passphrase by default)

• Swap:

  • None
  • Partition (dedicated swap partition)
  • File (on ext4/xfs; btrfs swapfile is skipped for safety)

• Bootloader:

  • systemd-boot: simple & clean (UEFI only)
  • GRUB: widely supported, better for dual-boot setups

• Profiles: install just base system or add a desktop

• Best-Effort Mode:

  • OFF → stop on any error (safer)
  • ON → skip non-critical errors and continue

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🎮 Snake Mode

During installation, the script launches tmux with two panes:

• Left: live install log (tail -f)
• Right: Python-based Snake game

Detach with Ctrl+b then d. Reattach later with:

tmux attach -t archinst

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⚠️ Disclaimer

• This script will erase the target disk you select.
• While it has some safety checks and retries, no installer is 100% error-proof.
• Always back up your data before installing.
• Use at your own risk.

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📜 License

MIT License — do whatever you want, but no warranty is provided.