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arch-chroot

Enhanced chroot command to help in the Arch Linux installation process. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/arch-chroot.8.
  • Start an interactive shell (bash, by default) in a new root directory:
    arch-chroot {{path/to/new/root}}
  • Specify the user (other than the current user) to run the shell as:
    arch-chroot -u {{user}} {{path/to/new/root}}
  • Run a custom command (instead of the default bash) in the new root directory:
    arch-chroot {{path/to/new/root}} {{command}} {{command_arguments}}
  • Specify the shell, other than the default bash (in this case, the zsh package should have been installed in the target system):
    arch-chroot {{path/to/new/root}} {{zsh}}

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