How to easily install BlackArch Linux

Ha1345
3 min readMar 5, 2023

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If you've had errors or problems installing BlackArch on your computer worry not i have your solution and hope to get your system running black arch in no time(minus the install Time).

So the first step you want to take is to download the ISO file from the official BlackArch page but with three options to choose in my opinion the easiest and best option is the slim ISO.

Now that you have downloaded your ISO file it is time to flash it to a USB drive in this instance i will use balena etcher but feel free to use any other flashing software if you wish. All you have to do is put in flash from the newly downloaded ISO file to the CORRECT storage drive and hit flash.

After you have done that you will need to boot up into the USB drive so you shutdown your device and you will need to press a key to access the boot menu such as ESC, F2, F10(it could be something else but that depends on your system)after that you should see a screen with bootable drives(not too sure how to show it but you get the idea)all you have to do is navigate to the drive you flashed the ISO on and hit enter then you should see a screen like this:

All you do is hit enter and wait until you see a login screen where the default password should be blackarch.

Once logged in you should see a file on the desktop called Install-BlackArch which you can open shortly after connecting to a WiFi network or Ethernet

Great now that you've done that were ready to start the installation process so all you have to do is double click the file to be greeted with a graphical installer(if it asks for authentication just use the same password as earlier: blackarch)

Now after you enter your language, location and keyboard layout the next option is partitions in this case i will erase the disk and make sure to install the OS on the correct disk and add a swap partition if you want(in my case i wont be doing this)

Then just choose a username, device name, password and an administrator(root) password and click next

All that's left now is to double check you’ve made the right decisions and hit install

Once complete shutdown the system remove the USB and boot into the hard drive with the OS installed on it and there you have it a fresh install of Blackarch Linux.

Note: This is my first time publishing anything so i hope everything is as clear as possible and if this helped you out feel free to follow me it would be much appreciated.

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