On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Ciprian Dorin, Craciun <ciprian.craciun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all! > > I remember looking at the installation script about one year ago, > and all it had done (to install the base packages), was to use pacman. > Now if I try to use the same procedure now (or what I remember from > it), I get a lot of errors from the install hooks (script-lets). I've > tried to install them once without by disabling scriptlets, and then > once more by using them, but the errors are still there. > > So my question is: how can I install Arch Linux now, by having > only a static built pacman? (I want to use this for an automated > installation procedure for virtual machines.) (I think I've tried the > procedure on the Wiki page with the same outcome.) > > Thanks, > Ciprian Craciun. > > P.S.: Maybe it's Ok to have those scriptlet errors? It's easy with: pacman --root=/path/to/my/install -S base You will get scriptlet errors, however. It can't be helped as there's crazy dependency cycles happening. I think it might be safe to just run the above command twice if you really want to make it clean
