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Install instantOS or instantCLI ​

The same installer handles both a fresh instantOS installation and adding the instantOS command-line utilities to an existing Linux system:

sh
bash <(curl -fsSL instantos.io/install)

It detects the environment automatically:

  • On an up-to-date Arch Linux live ISO, it installs ins and starts the interactive instantOS system installer.
  • On an existing Linux installation, it installs instantCLI and its ins utilities without starting the system installer.

The script requests elevated permissions when needed, so do not run the command itself with sudo.

There is an ongoing effort to make the instantOS utilities available on other distros. A large part of them are already working, and at this point vanilla Arch can be considered fully supported by the new instantOS utilities.

This also largely works on Ubuntu and Debian.

System requirements ​

  • 5.8 GB storage
  • 64-bit processor
  • Potato or better

Updating to a new build does NOT require reinstalling the OS. A simple

sh
ins update

takes care of that.

instantOS-specific packages are hosted on packages.instantos.io.
For other packages, the default Arch repos are used.

What happened to the live ISO? ​

The Arch Linux ISO build process changed, which breaks the way instantOS builds its ISOs. Additionally, the package repo config changed upstream which requires up-to-date Arch-based ISOs to install. For that reason, until this is fixed, use the CLI installer from an Arch Linux ISO.

Nix packages ​

Nix packages are available from the Nix User Repository (NUR) - completely cached by the Cachix binary cache. Quick instructions on how to install using Nix and NixOS can be found here:

Information about the live ISO ​

The default user and password are instantos and instantos with no root password.

Archive ​

This contains an archive of older installation ISOs. It is usually recommended not to use these and go for the latest build instead.