layout: post title: Arch spin pt. 2 - Initial setup subtitle: First steps to rolling your own spin description: Setting up the basics for build your own Arch-based spin with archiso, the official development tool tags: arch-spin cover: /assets/arch-spin/pt-2.png date: 2018-08-17 14:11:07

I think I'm going to call it a spin . . .

1. Install the package archiso from the official repos or archiso-git from the AUR
2. $ mkdir ~/<build-directory>

• Replace <build-directory> with wherever you want the iso build to be stored. This is where we'll be spending all of our time configuring. Mine is at ~/liveiso/ and that's the path I'll be using in this and future posts

1. $ sudo cp -r /usr/share/archiso/configs/releng/ ~/liveiso
2. Edit ~/liveiso/packages.x86_64 to install desired software

• This will be addressed in the next post, packages.x86_64, where I also give some quick ways to install everything you might want.