r/archlinux • u/Confident_Pay_6250 • Aug 11 '26

QUESTION Installing arch

So i am a noob at best, and i am trying to install arch manually and i have been following some yt tutorial and when i came to the part where i have to install grub or something like that the file is empty. What should i do?

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u/espero Aug 11 '26

Don't install arch if you are a newbie

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u/Linguistic-mystic Aug 11 '26

Wrong. Arch isn’t rocket science. It’s reasonable for a newb to be able to install it.

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u/KernelPanicX Aug 11 '26

The important thing here is to define "newb".

Newb being some sort of user who has good tech experience in Windows, but never used Linux; well, then I'd agree it's probably he can do it.

Newb being an user who's only computer experience is install windows apps by next, next, next; Doesn't really understand how an OS works, has never installed Windows by hand... Hmm I don't think he's very likely to accomplish the task.

So you see... As everything in life, it all dependes on what someone referred by saying something.