---
title: Arch Spin pt. 2 — Initial setup
subtitle: First steps to rolling your own spin
description: Setting up the basics for build your own Arch-based spin with archiso, the official development tool
cover: /assets/spin/arch-spin/pt-2.png
date: 2018-08-17T14:11:07-04:00
categories:
  - Technology
Tags:
  - Arch Linux
  - Arch Spin
---

 *I **think** I'm going to call it a spin . . .*
* Install the package `archiso` from the official repos or `archiso-git`
  from the AUR
* `$ mkdir ~/<build-directory>`
    * Replace `<build-directory>` with wherever you want the iso build
      to be stored. This is where we'll be spending all of our time
      configuring. Mine is at `~/liveiso/` and that's the path I'll be
      using in this and future posts
* `$ sudo cp -r /usr/share/archiso/configs/releng/ ~/liveiso`
* Edit `~/liveiso/packages.x86_64` to install desired software
    * This will be addressed in the next post, `packages.x86_64`, where
      I also give some quick ways to install everything you might want.