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Arch Linux is a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Arch Linux ARM is a distribution of Arch Linux for ARM computers. It can run on any device that supports the ARMv5te or ARMv7 instruction set, including the Raspberry Pi. For more details, visit the Arch Linux ARM site.

Resources

  1. Arch Linux ARM
  2. Arch Linux ARM Package List
  3. Main Arch Linux (non-ARM)

Common Questions

  1. How do I install new software?
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Would it be possible to build an Arch distribution that used Hard Float support and/or optimised the binaries for ARMv6?

According to the Wiki, the Arch image doesn't use Hard Float support and I'm pretty sure it uses the ARMv5 instruction set. Would it be possible to build a distribution that used Hard Float and ARMv6?
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Would E4rat or Ureadahead speed up the boot process from the SD Card?

I have Arch Linux (ARM). Will it boot faster on my SD card if I use E4rat to pre-load the boot process? Since it's flash based, will it have any difference in boot time? Is there a port to ARM for Ureadahead?
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Arch Linux downloaded file size is much bigger than actual amount downloaded?

The file : archlinux-hf-2012-09-18.img is quoted on the download page as about 156 MB. After a download, my OS X file system reports it as: 1977614336 18 Sep 12:49 archlinux-hf-2012-09-18.img i.e. nearly 2 GB! What happened? The download was…
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2012-09-18 version has no /etc/rc.conf?

I tried archlinux-hf-2012-09-18.img and I notice there is no longer a /etc/rc.conf. I know that ArchLinux switched to systemd but many packages still rely on this old config and, as a result, no longer work. For instance, Avahi : [stephane@alarmpi…
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Cannot find Arch Linux .img download

I wanted to burn the .img for Arch Linux ARMv6 to my Rasp Pi, but it seems that downloadable images can no longer be found. I followed instructions for sd card creation on the archlinuxARM site, as root, but wget…
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Arch Linux login password?

I'm trying to login to a freshly installed Arch Linux but it doesn't accept my password. I've tried 'pi' as username and 'raspberry' as password. Any ideas what the password could be?
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How to get tomcat running on Raspberry Pi with ArchLinux?

I have a model B Raspberry Pi running ArchLinux. I want to run tomcat on it but so far haven't found a package anywhere. (There is a tomcat-natives package, but no tomcat6 or 7.) Google search shows a few people have done it, but none explain…
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Git On Arch Crashes On Commit

I've installed Git on Rpi Arch via Pacman. It installed fine. I was able to add my details to the config and initialise a new repo. I also had no trouble adding files to the repo. But the moment I try to make a initial commit (in the default Nano…
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gstreamer 1.4.5 slow on pi

I have arch installed on my pi and gstreamer1.45 installed. Any pipeline I try, playback is unbearably slow. I get maybe 1 frame every couple of seconds. Am I missing a driver or something? I dont have many packages installed, just enough to get i3…
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Errors retrieving packages using pacman on Arch Linux

I've got a new install of Arch on my Pi (as in, got a new image, wrote it to ye olde SD carde, popped it in Pi) and I'm trying to install some of the utilities I need in order to do the stuff I want. When I run pacman -S vim from the root prompt, I…
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Background noise while playing song

I'm trying to make a music box out of my PI, like a replacement to wifi-music players. So here's what I've done I've installed ArchLinux flavour on the pi. I've installed mpd and I'm using the default alsa output for audio. When I give aplay…
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Samba share not working

I want to configure a Samba share with guest read and write access. Here is my smb.conf file : [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = Rpi Samba Server security = user [nas] path = /media/nas browseable = yes read only = no guest ok =…
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Packages included in the Arch Linux ARM image

I would like to know which packages are included in the default raspberry pi 2 image from archlinuxarm.org. Can anybody help me?
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How to run a (java) application at boot time on RaspberryrPi B+?

How do I instruct rPi B+ to run java application at boot time in ArchLinux, I mean, where do I add java -jar octopus.jar to execute at boot time?
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Dnscrypt doesn't work for me

I don't know why dnscrypt doesn't work for me. I have installed DNSmasq and DNScrypt from arch repositories (and not AUR) ~ cat /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by resolvconf nameserver 127.0.0.1:53 ~ cat…
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