

Note: the third step moves the sources into the build directory so that makepkg finds it locally and do not attempt to download them. Go back to your arch and from your stick run # pacman -U *.pkg.tar.*įor broadcom, (or similar for unofficial packets) # tar xzf For broadcom, for example download the b43-firmware tarball but also the. If you go the unofficial way, find the page on the AUR and download the tarball for the packet, but also all dependencies and all sources. You will have to search a little bit round to find the right package. If you are really unlucky, the pacman database may be too old and you will not find the packets in their indicated version. Download all the packets using for example curl, wget or simply your browser. Unmount the key and find an internet connection on another PC. If you really want to install the broadcom drivers (or your ethernet card is also an unofficial packet) also issue # pacman -Sp base-devel b43-fwcutter > pkgs_list.txt # pacman -Sp your_ethernet_driver > pkgs_list.txt Mount the USB stick on your fresh install and create a list of packages to download. The idea is to let pacman prepare a list of downloads, use another PC and a USB stick to convey the packets to your install. Compiling from AUR will be harder, so if you can first setup the ethernet using official packages, that will be better. Note: never use -asroot in normal situation. For broadcom, you will need to install from AUR: # pacman -Syy base-devel Then mount your newly installed partition (for example on /mnt) and chroot into your system using # arch-chroot /mntįrom there, you will be able to update pacman's database and install the desired packages.

You seem to be able to get a working connection on the installation media, so here is one idea: Start the arch live CD and setup your network.
