You can download and write it with anything. I’ve just never done it on Mac.
But, since it is a relatively simple process for you, I’ll go into more details for you:
How to chroot
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Ensure you’ve got a relatively new ISO or at least one with a still supported LTS kernel.
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Write/copy/
dd
the ISO to a USB thumb drive. -
When done, boot with the above mentioned USB thumb drive into the live environment.
-
Once booted, open a terminal and enter the following command to enter the
chroot
encironment:
manjaro-chroot -a
- If you have more than one Linux installation, select the correct one to use from the list provided.
When done, you should now be in the chroot
environment.
But, be careful, as you’re now in an actual root environment on your computer, so any changes you make will persist after a restart.
When in the chroot
environment, run the following to do a complete sync of your system:
pamac upgrade && pamac upgrade --aur --devel || echo -e '\033[0;91mThere was an error upgrading the system. AUR packages not upgraded.\e[0m'
This will update your system and ONLY if that was successful update any AUR packages.
a Reminder: While use of the AUR is possible, it’s neither recommended nor supported.
I recommend pamac
instead of pacman
, especially for newcomers as pamac
was developed by Manajaro (developers) for Manjaro and just takes care of more thing than pacman
.