Complete Guide: Installing mkinitcpio on Manjaro 2025

1. Install "mkinitcpio" package

This is a short guide on how to install mkinitcpio on Manjaro


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mkinitcpio on Manjaro:


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

Repository : core
Name : mkinitcpio
Version : 37.2-1.6
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 gzip systemd
Optional Deps : zstd: Use zstd 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 : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 77.93 KiB
Installed Size : 155.92 KiB
Packager : Philip M
Build Date : Tue Jan 16 23:50:54 2024
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature