Omarchy Mac installation steps (Dual Boot)

Step 1: Install Arch minimal from Asahi Alarm

Visit https://asahi-alarm.org/ and run the following script in your Terminal to start Asahi Alarm Installer:

curl https://asahi-alarm.org/installer-bootstrap.sh | sh

Once inside the Asahi Alarm Installer, follow the on-screen instructions carefully. A few recommendations:

• You should have at least 50 GB available on your SSD for the Linux partition.
• Choose Asahi Arch Minimal from the list of OS options the installer provides.

Step 2: Initial Arch Linux Setup

After installation, boot into Arch Linux and perform the initial setup:

1. Log into root - username and password: root
2. Configure wifi - Run nmtui for network setup (if you get an error after activating your wifi, reboot)
3. Update system - Run pacman -Syu
4. Install essential packages - Run pacman -S sudo git base-devel chromium
5. Set locale - Run nano /etc/locale.gen and uncomment en_US.UTF-8, save and exit. Run locale-gen, then nano /etc/locale.conf and verify it shows LANG=en_US.UTF-8. If it doesn't, change it to LANG=en_US.UTF-8. Run locale and then reboot.

Step 3: Create User Account

Create a new user account and configure sudo access:

1. Create user - useradd -m -G wheel <username>
2. Set password - passwd <username>
3. Configure sudo - EDITOR=nano visudo
4. Enable wheel group - Uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
   • For unattended installation, uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL instead (no password prompts during install)
5. Save and exit - Ctrl O, Enter, Ctrl X
6. Switch to new user - su - <username>

Step 4: Install AUR Helper and Omarchy Mac

As your new user, set up the AUR helper and install Omarchy Mac:

1. Install yay AUR helper:

   git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
   cd yay
   makepkg -si

2. Clone and setup Omarchy Mac:

   git clone https://github.com/malik-na/omarchy-mac.git ~/.local/share/omarchy
   cd ~/.local/share/omarchy
   bash install.sh

   Wait for the installation to complete and enter your password when prompted.

Note: If mirrors break during installation, run bash fix-mirrors.sh then run install.sh again.

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Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Asahi Linux and Asahi Alarm for making Linux possible on M1/M2 Macs
• Thanks to DHH for creating Omarchy

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to Omarchy Mac! 🎉

• tayowrld
• Owen Singh (itsOwen)
• Matthias Millhoff
• George Dobreff
• Luke Van
• Wésley Guimarães
• Vince Picone
• Oleh Khomei
• Mike Deufel
• Gwynspring
• DinMon
• Aslkhon