Arch Linux

yaami4

Member

Registered: 2025-01-06

Posts: 1

archinstall Not Working!

Hello everyone, I am trying to install achlinux32 on my XPS M1210 using the i686 ISO file but I can't use the archinstall command. The command outputs the following;

Traceback (most recent call last):

    File "/usr/bin/archinstall", line 5, in <module>

       from archinstall import run_as_a_module
   
    File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>

       from .lib.disk import *

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named  'archinstall.lib'

    I searched the forum but couldn't find anyone with the same problem, may be my fault im not sure. I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction regarding this issue, thank you for your help and reading this!

abaumann

Administrator

From: Zurich

Registered: 2019-11-14

Posts: 1,143

Website

Re: archinstall Not Working!

archinstall on the ISO is probably completely broken. You have to go the manual (Arch) way, I'm afraid.

Awebb

Member

Registered: 2025-01-09

Posts: 1

Re: archinstall Not Working!

It is or had been broken on a recent official Arch ISO as well. Manually updating archinstall on the ISO seems to help. Haven't done this myself, but there were a huge number of threads on reddit in the last month or so.

DSfuchs

Member

Registered: 2025-12-30

Posts: 27

Re: archinstall Not Working!

Hello everyone, I am trying to install achlinux32 on my XPS M1210 using the i686 ISO file but I can't use the archinstall command. The command outputs the following;

Traceback (most recent call last):

    File "/usr/bin/archinstall", line 5, in <module>

       from archinstall import run_as_a_module
   
    File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>

       from .lib.disk import *

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named  'archinstall.lib'

    I searched the forum but couldn't find anyone with the same problem, may be my fault im not sure. I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction regarding this issue, thank you for your help and reading this!

Here is the sequence I tested:

1. Boot from USB with
archlinux32-2022.04.03-i686.iso

2. Set the trust level for the package manager to:
vim /etc/pacman.conf ('SigLevel = Optional TrustAll')

3. Update the keyring package:
pacman -Syy archlinux-keyring archlinux32-keyring

4. Run the installation script:
archinstall (zram n, minimal, NetworkManager)

5. Reboot without the installation source:

6. Initially configure packages and OpenSSL:
pacman -S vim pkgconfig openssl-1.1 && pkgconfig openssl

Last edited by DSfuchs (2026-01-11 14:40:55)