Complete Guide: Installing base on Arch Linux 2025

1. Install "base" package

Please follow the instructions below to install base on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Sy
            
                    
    
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "base" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall base on Arch Linux:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Rcns
            
                        
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3. Information about the base package on Arch Linux

Repository : core
Name : base
Version : 3-2
Description : Minimal package set to define a basic Arch Linux installation
Architecture : any
URL : https://www.archlinux.org
Licenses : GPL
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : filesystem gcc-libs glibc bash coreutils file findutils
gawk grep procps-ng sed tar gettext pciutils psmisc
shadow util-linux bzip2 gzip xz licenses pacman
archlinux-keyring systemd systemd-sysvcompat iputils
iproute2
Optional Deps : linux: bare metal support
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 2.31 KiB
Installed Size : 0.00 KiB
Packager : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Build Date : Sun Oct 8 01:15:41 2023
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature