Okay so I just finished struggling through my archlinux install. I have arch Linux with hyprland now.
But I cannot figure out how to download anything.
At minimum i need a browser, and git. But I cannot figure out web downloads in kitty.
Edit: nmtui to connect to WiFi, and then a reboot solved it.
Yep,
sudo
gives your user root privilegesusing
sudo pacman -S <filename>
I get a fatal error from every mirror it attempts to download through.
This can be 2 things:
Try run
ping www.google.com
and see if you have connection. If you don’t you need to connect your PC to the internetOtherwise, you have to set the mirrors. So go to https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/ and select the best location to you, then in the file
/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
you paste the content you got when clickingGenerate List
at this site I mentioned beforeThen run
sudo pacman -Syyu
to update everything and then try install your apps againThank you!
So far I’ve determined I’m definitely not connected to internet.
Unfortunately i cannot seem to connect.
I’ve tried iwctl, and also nmtui.
I dont know if I’m describing this right but both connect without error for a bit. But the second I go to use the WiFi it disconnects.
Edit: rebooting after connecting seems to have solved it.
nmcli device wifi
nmcli device wifi connect <ssid> password <password>
If nothing is listed in #2 then you need to install drivers for your WiFi. Check the arch wiki for how to identify which wifi card you have and what AUR package is needed. Installing an AUR package without internet will be an adventure so I recommend jacking in for that.
Well, this is strange…
You said you’re using both iwctl and nmtui, and maybe that’s the issue, cause you’re configuring 2 distinct apps to handle your connection and I think they can conflict with each other
Choose 1 and disable the other
For example, let’s suppose you wanna keep iwd, so enable it with
sudo systemctl enable --now iwd.service
And disable NetworkManager
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager.service
Reboot your system
However I suggest you to take a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration