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If you do not have a wired connection you will have to download packages with Arch Linux running in a virtual machine first, for doing an offline installation directly on the MacBook. If you have a wired connection, and if you would like to install Arch Linux directly on the MacBook and not simply as a virtual machine, skip to the installation. One or two USB drives: For installing Arch Linux directly on the MacBook One for the Arch Linux installer disk image and, if you do not have a wired connection, another one for the packages required when doing an offline installation.VirtualBox: If you do not have a wired connection, or if you would like to simply install Arch Linux as a virtual machine.Etcher: For installing Arch Linux directly on the MacBook software for writing disk image files to USB drives.
#ARCH LINUX MACBOOK AIR INTERNET HOW TO#
Here's what I did to get Arch Linux (2020.12.01 release) running on a MacBook Air (2015 model), and how to get it running on any MacBook or machine with a Broadcom wireless network card, or some other proprietary network card, and also how to simply install it as a virtual machine.
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The Arch Linux Broadcom wireless network driver package is available online, but the proprietary driver software is not included with the installer media, so unless you have a wired connection and an adapter, and you want to install it directly on the MacBook as opposed to simply installing it as a virtual machine, you will not be able to connect to a network to download it during installation. Installing Arch Linux on a MacBook would be relatively easy with the installation guide if it wasn't for Apple's Broadcom wireless network hardware.