A user-friendly, terminal-based installer for Arch Linux on Intel Macs equipped with the T2 Security Chip.
The installer provides a guided step-by-step process using a multi-tab interface that guides you through every stage of the installation, from partitioning to desktop environment setup, while incorportaing all the tweaks that are specific to the T2 hardware.
- Having gone through the pre-installation steps detailed here, involving disabling Secure Boot and partitioning macOS to make room for Arch.
- A USB-C to USB-A adapter (or hub)
- A USB drive with the Arch Linux live install ISO
- An active internet connection (Ethernet preferred, but WiFi is also configurable)
- An hour of your time (depending on your internet speed and hardware, it might take as little as 20 minutes though)
You can use this command to download and run the installer quickly:
curl -fsSL https://sls.re/t2arch.sh | sh && ./t2archinstall.py
Or run these commands manually:
pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring
pacman -Sy python-textual
curl -o t2archinstall.py https://github.com/slsrepo/t2archinstall/raw/refs/heads/main/t2archinstall.py
chmod +x t2archinstall.py
./t2archinstall.py
- Inspired by archinstall.
- Textual made it easy to write the UI.
- Thanks to the T2Linux community and especially AdityaGarg8 for the guidance and support.
- Thanks to the Arch Linux community for the fantastic wiki too.
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