Complete Guide: Installing mkinitcpio on Arch Linux 2025

1. Install "mkinitcpio" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mkinitcpio on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
                mkinitcpio
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mkinitcpio" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mkinitcpio on Arch Linux:


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

Repository : core
Name : mkinitcpio
Version : 38-4
Description : Modular initramfs image creation utility
Architecture : any
URL : https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio
Licenses : GPL
Groups : None
Provides : initramfs
Depends On : awk mkinitcpio-busybox>=1.19.4-2 kmod util-linux>=2.23
libarchive coreutils bash binutils diffutils findutils
grep filesystem>=2011.10-1 zstd systemd
Optional Deps : gzip: Use gzip compression for the initramfs image
xz: Use lzma or xz compression for the initramfs image
bzip2: Use bzip2 compression for the initramfs image
lzop: Use lzo compression for the initramfs image
lz4: Use lz4 compression for the initramfs image
mkinitcpio-nfs-utils: Support for root filesystem on NFS
Conflicts With : systemd<255.4-2 cryptsetup<2.7.0-3 mdadm<4.3-2
lvm2<2.03.23-3
Replaces : None
Download Size : 60.20 KiB
Installed Size : 184.10 KiB
Packager : Morten Linderud
Build Date : Mon Mar 4 18:22:01 2024
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature