1---
 2title: Arch Spin pt. 2 — Initial setup
 3subtitle: First steps to rolling your own spin
 4author: Amolith
 5description: Setting up the basics for build your own Arch-based spin with archiso, the official development tool
 6cover: /assets/spin/arch-spin/pt-2.png
 7date: 2018-08-17T14:11:07-04:00
 8draft: false
 9categories:
10  - Technology
11Tags:
12  - Arch Linux
13  - Arch Spin
14---
15
16 *I **think** I'm going to call it a spin . . .*
17* Install the package `archiso` from the official repos or `archiso-git`
18  from the AUR
19* `$ mkdir ~/<build-directory>`
20    * Replace `<build-directory>` with wherever you want the iso build
21      to be stored. This is where we'll be spending all of our time
22      configuring. Mine is at `~/liveiso/` and that's the path I'll be
23      using in this and future posts
24* `$ sudo cp -r /usr/share/archiso/configs/releng/ ~/liveiso`
25* Edit `~/liveiso/packages.x86_64` to install desired software
26    * This will be addressed in the next post, `packages.x86_64`, where
27      I also give some quick ways to install everything you might want.