.. _install-arch:
.. os-image-location::

    [arch-linux]
    download_type = 'checksum-file'
    url = 'https://fastly.mirror.pkgbuild.com/images/latest/Arch-Linux-x86_64-cloudimg.qcow2.SHA256'
    filename_pattern = '.*\.qcow2'

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Installing Red on Arch Linux
============================

.. include:: _includes/supported-arch-x64.rst

.. include:: _includes/linux-preamble.rst

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Installing the pre-requirements
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Install the pre-requirements with pacman:

.. prompt:: bash

    sudo pacman -Syu git jre25-openjdk-headless base-devel nano

On Arch Linux, Python 3.11 can be installed from the Arch User Repository (AUR) from the ``python311`` package.

The manual build process is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages. You can install ``python311`` package with the following commands:

.. prompt:: bash

    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/python311.git /tmp/python311
    cd /tmp/python311
    makepkg -sicL
    cd -
    rm -rf /tmp/python311

.. Include common instructions:

.. include:: _includes/create-env-with-venv3.11.rst

.. include:: _includes/install-and-setup-red-unix.rst
