NAME

       pacstrap - install packages to the specified new root directory

SYNOPSIS

       pacstrap [options] root [packages...]

DESCRIPTION

       pacstrap is designed to create a new system installation from scratch. The specified
       packages will be installed into a given directory after setting up some basic mountpoints.
       By default, the host system’s pacman signing keys and mirrorlist will be used to seed the
       chroot.

       If no packages are specified to be installed, the base metapackage will be installed.

OPTIONS

       -C <config>
           Use an alternate config file for pacman.

       -c
           Use the package cache on the host, rather than the target.

       -G
           Avoid copying the host’s pacman keyring to the target.

       -i
           Prompt for package confirmation when needed (run interactively).

       -M
           Avoid copying the host’s mirrorlist to the target.

       -N
           Run in unshare mode. This will use unshare(1) to create a new mount and user
           namespace, allowing regular users to create new system installations.

       -U
           Use pacman -U to install packages. Useful for obtaining fine-grained control over the
           installed packages.

       -h
           Output syntax and command line options.

SEE ALSO

       pacman(8)

BUGS

       Bugs can be reported on the bug tracker https://bugs.archlinux.org in the Arch Linux
       category and title prefixed with [arch-install-scripts] or via
       arch-projects@archlinux.org.

AUTHORS

       Maintainers:

       •   Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org>

       •   Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>

       For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the arch-install-scripts.git
       repository.

                                            08/05/2022                                PACSTRAP(8)