ARCH-CHROOT(8)   ARCH-CHROOT(8)

arch-chroot - enhanced chroot command

arch-chroot [options] chroot-dir [command] [arguments...]

arch-chroot wraps the chroot(1) command while ensuring that important functionality is available, e.g. mounting /dev/, /proc and other API filesystems, or exposing resolv.conf(5) to the chroot.

If command is unspecified, arch-chroot will launch /bin/bash.


Note

The target chroot-dir should be a mountpoint. This ensures that tools such as pacman(8) or findmnt(8) have an accurate hierarchy of the mounted filesystems within the chroot. If your chroot target is not a mountpoint, you can bind mount the directory on itself to make it a mountpoint, i.e.:

mount --bind /your/chroot /your/chroot

-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 <user>[:group]

Specify non-root user and optional group to use.

-h

Output syntax and command line options.

pacman(8)

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.

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.

11/20/2022