Is there a way to get the flexibility of an Arch install with the stability of the Manjaro repos?

[mielouk]

First I’d like to say that I really like the stability of Manjaro stable. What I don’t like is that many decisions are made during install that I’d like to make myself. So the question comes up:

Is there a way to get the flexibility of an Arch install with the stability of the Manjaro repos? In the past there was a Manjaro minimum ISO, but that is not maintained anymore AFAIK. Could I add the Manjaro repos during chroot on the Arch install?

Has someone tried this? Would be good to know before I waste half a day to find out that this is not possible.

[Mirdarthos]

@mielouk

not maintained anymore AFAIK

I think you’re wrong there. Just checked. Go to

Manjaro Image Downloads

Click the More button:

https://i.imgur.com/VnCe4bg.png

Toggle the selector to Minimal:

https://i.imgur.com/8b99Fjg.png

And download to your heart’s content.

Additionally, nothing is stopping you from modifying/changing anything after the installation. I, myself, have have modified my installation quite a bit since it was installed the first time.

[linux-aarhus]

I don’t think you can combine manjaro repo with arch install script as this makes assumptions on kernel naming.

You can use the manjaro-architect - a community maintained spin at manjaro-architect · GitHub - but then installing a manjaro themed version using architect ISO may require some manual intervention with the packagelist

And there is nothing that stops you from doing a ground up installation the arch way → [root tip] [How To] Do a manual Manjaro installation

@mielouk

Could I add the Manjaro repos during chroot on the Arch install?

Possibly - technically you can use any mirrorlist …

The flexibility is what I was attracted to with Arch - and Manjaro provides the same flexibility at a low level.

[mielouk]

@Mirdarthos

Additionally, nothing is stopping you from modifying/changing anything after the installation. I, myself, have have modified my installation quite a bit since it was installed the first time.

Thanks for the response! This is close to what I meant, but it still assumes which display manager, audio server and other underlying technologies are used. I did this in the past, but still didn’t get enough choice. It can be done afterwards by changing things up, but that leaves residues of the formerly installed packages.

@linux-aarhus

You can use the manjaro-architect - a community maintained spin at manjaro-architect · GitHub - but then installing a manjaro themed version using architect ISO may require some manual intervention with the packagelist

This is what I meant by ‘not maintained’

but this looks very promising!

@linux-aarhus

And there is nothing that stops you from doing a ground up installation the arch way → [root tip] [How To] Do a manual Manjaro installation

I’ll give this a try! Thank you for your help!

[ben75]

@linux-aarhus

I don’t think you can combine manjaro repo with arch install script as this makes assumptions on kernel naming.

I think op meant installing Arch manually using pacstrap, not the new archinstall script. This should be possible as long as the kernel is manually selected in the pacstrap command, but I can’t confirm because I’ve never tried it.

EDIT: I would recommend adding Manjaro mirrors to /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist in the Arch live environment before running pacstrap. I wouldn’t wait until the chroot step.

[Yochanan]

@mielouk I’ve edited your topic title to better reflect your query using the question from your post.