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authorWoodpecker CI <emmett1.2miligrams@protonmail.com>2026-06-02 16:09:40 +0000
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<h1>Install Alice</h1>
<p>Here is a guide to installing Alice Linux on your computer using the chroot method. You can do this from your existing Linux distribution or from a live environment, such as Alice Live or another Linux distribution. Make sure your chosen environment has the necessary partitioning tools, filesystem tools, and extraction tools.</p>
<h2>Get Alice rootfs tarball</h2>
-<p>Download the Alice rootfs tarball from the <a href="https://codeberg.org/emmett1/alicelinux/releases">release</a> page, along with its <code>sha256sum</code> file.</p>
+<p>Download the Alice rootfs tarball from the <a href="https://alicelinux.org/download.html">download</a> page, along with its <code>sha256sum</code> file.</p>
<pre><code>$ curl -O &lt;url&gt;
$ curl -O &lt;url&gt;.sha256sum
</code></pre>
@@ -210,31 +210,31 @@ alicelinux-rootfs-20240525.tar.xz: OK
<pre><code># /mnt/alice/usr/bin/apkg-chroot /mnt/alice
</code></pre>
<p>Any further commands after this will be executed inside the Alice environment.</p>
-<h2>Configure apkg.conf</h2>
-<p>Once we have the repositories cloned, we need to configure <code>apkg</code>. <code>apkg</code> is Alice's package build system (or package manager). By default, Alice does not provide an <code>apkg</code> config file (yes, <code>apkg</code> can work without a config file), but we need to create one. The <code>apkg</code> config file should be located at <code>/etc/apkg.conf</code> by default. Let's create one.</p>
+<h2>Configure apkg</h2>
+<p>Once we have the repositories cloned, we need to configure <code>apkg</code>. <code>apkg</code> is Alice's package build system (or package manager). <code>apkg</code> configuration is environment-based -- settings are exported as environment variables. Place them in <code>/etc/profile.d/apkg.sh</code> for system-wide configuration, or in <code>~/.profile</code> for per-user configuration.</p>
<p>First, we set <code>CFLAGS</code> and <code>CXXFLAGS</code>. Alice base packages are built using <code>-O3 -march=x86-64 -pipe</code>. You can use these settings or change them to your preference.</p>
-<pre><code># echo 'export CFLAGS=&quot;-O3 -march=x86-64 -pipe&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/apkg.conf
+<pre><code># echo 'export CFLAGS=&quot;-O3 -march=x86-64 -pipe&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/apkg.sh
</code></pre>
<p>And use whats in <code>CFLAGS</code> for <code>CXXFLAGS</code>.</p>
-<pre><code># echo 'export CXXFLAGS=&quot;$CFLAGS&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/apkg.conf
+<pre><code># echo 'export CXXFLAGS=&quot;$CFLAGS&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/apkg.sh
</code></pre>
<p>Next set <code>MAKEFLAGS</code>. I will use <code>6</code> for my <code>8 threads</code> machine.</p>
-<pre><code># echo 'export MAKEFLAGS=&quot;-j6&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/apkg.conf
+<pre><code># echo 'export MAKEFLAGS=&quot;-j6&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/apkg.sh
</code></pre>
<p>I'm also going to set <code>NINJAJOBS</code> here. Without it, <code>ninja</code> will use all threads of your machine when compiling.</p>
-<pre><code># echo 'export NINJAJOBS=&quot;6&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/apkg.conf
+<pre><code># echo 'export NINJAJOBS=&quot;6&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/apkg.sh
</code></pre>
<p>Next, we need to set the package's build scripts path (I'll call it <code>package repos</code>) so <code>apkg</code> can find them. The <code>APKG_REPO</code> variable can accept multiple values for multiple <code>package repos</code>.</p>
<p>Alice provides two (2) <code>package repos</code> (at the time of this writing): <code>core</code> and <code>extra</code>. <code>core</code> contains all base packages, and <code>extra</code> includes other packages beyond the base.</p>
<p>I'm gonna use directory <code>/var/lib/repos/core</code> and <code>/var/lib/repos/extra</code> for <code>core</code> and <code>extra</code> repos respectively.</p>
-<pre><code># echo 'APKG_REPO=&quot;/var/lib/repos/core /var/lib/repos/extra&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/apkg.conf
+<pre><code># echo 'export APKG_REPO=&quot;/var/lib/repos/core /var/lib/repos/extra&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/apkg.sh
</code></pre>
<p>You can also create a directory the community repo.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>NOTE: The community repo is not held to the same standards as the official repos.
Additionally all repo paths must be declared in the APKG_REPO variable, separated by a single space.</p>
</blockquote>
-<pre><code># echo 'APKG_REPO=&quot;/var/lib/repos/core /var/lib/repos/extra /var/lib/repos/community&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/apkg.conf
+<pre><code># echo 'export APKG_REPO=&quot;/var/lib/repos/core /var/lib/repos/extra /var/lib/repos/community&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/apkg.sh
</code></pre>
<p>Next, we will set up directories for <code>packages</code>, <code>sources</code>, and <code>work</code>. By default, these directories are inside the package template, but we will change them to <code>/var/cache/pkg</code>, <code>/var/cache/src</code>, and <code>/var/cache/work</code> respectively. You can change these to any location where you want to store these files.</p>
<p>First, create the directories.</p>
@@ -242,21 +242,21 @@ Additionally all repo paths must be declared in the APKG_REPO variable, separate
# mkdir -p /var/cache/src
# mkdir -p /var/cache/work
</code></pre>
-<p>Then add these paths to <code>/etc/apkg.conf</code>.</p>
-<pre><code># echo 'APKG_PACKAGE_DIR=/var/cache/pkg' &gt;&gt; /etc/apkg.conf
-# echo 'APKG_SOURCE_DIR=/var/cache/src' &gt;&gt; /etc/apkg.conf
-# echo 'APKG_WORK_DIR=/var/cache/work' &gt;&gt; /etc/apkg.conf
+<p>Then add these paths to <code>/etc/profile.d/apkg.sh</code>.</p>
+<pre><code># echo 'export APKG_PACKAGE_DIR=/var/cache/pkg' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/apkg.sh
+# echo 'export APKG_SOURCE_DIR=/var/cache/src' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/apkg.sh
+# echo 'export APKG_WORK_DIR=/var/cache/work' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/apkg.sh
</code></pre>
-<h2>Configure reposync.conf</h2>
-<p><code>reposync</code> is a tool to sync package templates from git repositories. Add remote repos for <code>core</code> and <code>extra</code> into <code>/etc/reposync.conf</code>. The format of remote repos in <code>reposync.conf</code> is <code>&lt;gitrepo&gt;|&lt;branch&gt;|&lt;localpath&gt;</code>.</p>
-<pre><code># echo 'https://codeberg.org/emmett1/alicelinux|core|/var/lib/repos/core' &gt;&gt; /etc/reposync.conf
-# echo 'https://codeberg.org/emmett1/alicelinux|extra|/var/lib/repos/extra' &gt;&gt; /etc/reposync.conf
+<h2>Configure reposync</h2>
+<p><code>reposync</code> is a tool to sync package templates from git repositories. Like <code>apkg</code>, <code>reposync</code> configuration is environment-based. Add remote repos for <code>core</code> and <code>extra</code> to <code>/etc/profile.d/reposync.sh</code> (system-wide) or <code>~/.profile</code> (per-user). The format is <code>&lt;gitrepo&gt;|&lt;branch&gt;|&lt;localpath&gt;</code>.</p>
+<pre><code># echo 'export REPOSYNC_CORE=&quot;https://codeberg.org/emmett1/alicelinux|core|/var/lib/repos/core&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/reposync.sh
+# echo 'export REPOSYNC_EXTRA=&quot;https://codeberg.org/emmett1/alicelinux|extra|/var/lib/repos/extra&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/reposync.sh
</code></pre>
<p>If you also want the community repo, add it as well.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>NOTE: The community repo is not held to the same standards as the official repos.</p>
</blockquote>
-<pre><code># echo 'https://codeberg.org/emmett1/alicelinux|community|/var/lib/repos/community' &gt;&gt; /etc/reposync.conf
+<pre><code># echo 'export REPOSYNC_COMMUNITY=&quot;https://codeberg.org/emmett1/alicelinux|community|/var/lib/repos/community&quot;' &gt;&gt; /etc/profile.d/reposync.sh
</code></pre>
<p>Now run <code>reposync</code> to sync latest package templates.</p>
<pre><code># reposync
@@ -309,14 +309,6 @@ NOTE: <code>apkg -a</code> prints all installed packages on the system.</p>
<p>If your hardware requires firmware, install it using.</p>
<pre><code># apkg -I linux-firmware
</code></pre>
-<h2>Install bootloader</h2>
-<p>In this guide, I'm going to use <code>grub</code> as the bootloader. Install <code>grub</code>.</p>
-<pre><code># apkg -I grub
-</code></pre>
-<p>Then generate grub config.</p>
-<pre><code># grub-install /dev/sdX
-# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
-</code></pre>
<h2>Hostname</h2>
<p>Change <code>alice</code> to the hostname of your choice.</p>
<pre><code># echo alice &gt; /etc/hostname
@@ -353,20 +345,6 @@ Create a symlink from <code>/etc/sv/&lt;service&gt;</code> to <code>/var/service
<p>Set the password for the <code>root</code> user.</p>
<pre><code># passwd
</code></pre>
-<h2>Networking</h2>
-<p>You might want to set up networking before rebooting. For wifi connection, install <code>wpa_supplicant</code>.</p>
-<pre><code># apkg -I wpa_supplicant
-</code></pre>
-<p>Configure your SSID.</p>
-<pre><code># wpa_passphrase &lt;YOUR SSID&gt; &lt;ITS PASSWORD&gt; &gt;&gt; /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
-</code></pre>
-<p>Enable the service.</p>
-<pre><code># ln -s /etc/sv/wpa_supplicant /var/service
-</code></pre>
-<p>Then configure &amp; enable <code>udhcpc</code> service.</p>
-<pre><code># vi /etc/sv/udhcpc/conf
-# ln -s /etc/sv/udhcpc /var/service
-</code></pre>
<h2>Timezone</h2>
<p>Install <code>tzdata</code>.</p>
<pre><code># apkg -I tzdata
@@ -378,6 +356,10 @@ Create a symlink from <code>/etc/sv/&lt;service&gt;</code> to <code>/var/service
<pre><code># cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kuala_Lumpur /etc/localtime
# apkg -r tzdata
</code></pre>
+<h2>Install bootloader</h2>
+<p>See the <a href="bootloader.html">bootloader documentation</a> for installing and configuring a bootloader.</p>
+<h2>Networking</h2>
+<p>See the <a href="networking.html">networking documentation</a> for setting up networking.</p>
<h2>Reboot and enjoy!</h2>
<p>Exit the chroot environment and unmount the Alice partition, then reboot.</p>
<pre><code># exit