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How to Install EndeavourOS Step by Step
EndeavourOS is a terminal-centric Arch-based Linux distribution that provides a cool and
elegant desktop environment and prides itself in having a vibrant community of opensource
developers.
Like all rolling releases, it’s an evolving distribution that aims at provides the best
and the latest software packages.
If you fancy an Arch-based distribution with a beginner-friendly User Interface, then EndeavourOS
is the go-to Linux flavor.
In this guide, we will journey through a step-by-step installation of EndeavourOS with screenshots.
Prerequisites As you get started, here is what you need:
An ISO image of EndeavourOS.
You can download the latest release this from the official download page.
The latest release combines both the offline & online installer.
The offline installer ships with XFCE while the online installer offers you the option
of 7 desktop environments including GNOME, LXQt, MATE, Cinnamon, KDE Plasma and GNOME
Budgie.
A 16 GB USB pendrive for creating a bootable installation medium.
A good internet connection (for the online installation option)
A System with minimum 4GB RAM and 10 GB hard disk space.
Step 1) Create a bootable USB Drive The first step is to create a bootable USB
drive from the downloaded ISO image.
This is simple and you can use the Rufus utility tool which is free to download and use.
Once you have made your USB drive bootable, plug it in on the target system where you
will install EndeavourOS and reboot.
Be sure to set the boot priority in such a way that your bootable USB drive will be detected
first.
Step 2) Begin EndeavourOS installation On the boot-up screen, you will see a grub
menu with a number of options listed.
By default, the first option will be highlighted, and this is the option we will select to kick-start
the installation.
Boot-EndeavourOS-ISO-File
Soon thereafter, you will see a flurry of boot messages on the screen as the live installer
gets ready.
Boot-Screen-endeavouros In a short moment, the EndeavorOS live environment
will come to view, and a pop-up dialogue box will appear with a list of options.
Since our goal is to install EndeavorOS select ‘Start the installer‘ to begin the installation.
Choose-Start-Installer-Option
A pop-up will appear providing you with two installation methods: Offline and Online.
You can select either depending on your environment.
In this case, we went with the offline method.
Offline-endeavouros-Installation
Step 3) Select installation language Once you have selected your preferred installation
option, The calamares installer will be displayed.
The first step will be to select your preferred installation language.
Then click on ‘Next’.
Choose-Language-Endeavouros-installation
Step 4) Configure locale and timezone settings In the next step, select your geographical
location and set the timezone accordingly.
Then click ‘Next’.
TimeZone-During-EndeavourOS-Installation
Step 5) Configure Keyboard The next step will require you to configure
your keyboard.
This is, by default, set to English(US).
Feel free to configure it to your preferred language and model and perform a typing test
in the text field provided below.
Keyboard-Layout-for-EndeavourOS-Installation
Once you are satisfied with your selection, click on ‘Next’.
Step 6) Create disk partitions In disk partitioning, you get two options:
Automatic and manual partitioning.
The ‘automatic partitioning’ option allows the installer to automatically configure the
disk partitions and is especially recommended for beginners in Linux.
The ‘manual partitioning’ option gives you total freedom of creating your disk partitions.
It allows you to specify your own partitions and their sizes.
In this guide, we settled for automatic partitioning.
To choose this option, click on the ‘Erase disk’ option.
Then click ‘Next’.
Erase-Disk-for-EndeavourOS-Installation
Step 7) Create a regular login user In this step, create a login user by specifying
the username and password.
Be sure to also specify your PC name as well.
Create-Local-User-During-EndeavourOS-Installation Step 8) Overview of pre-installation summary
Before the actual installation of EndeavourOS begins with the copying of system files and
packages on your PC, a pre-installation summary will be provided with all your configuration
selections.
Go through all the settings and ensure that all looks good.
If you are satisfied with what you have, click ‘Install’.
Otherwise, click on ‘back’ and change your settings.
Choose-Install-EndeavourOS Once you click on the ‘Install’ button,
a pop-up will appear prompting you start the installation.
So, click ‘Install now’.
Choose-Install-Now-Option-EndeavourOS
The installation will commence as the installer copies all the required files and software
packages on your PC.
This takes a while, and in our case, it took roughly 25 minutes.
At this point, you can take a break and grab some coffee.
EndeavourOS-Installation-Progress Once the installation is complete, you will
be prompted to restart your PC.
So, select the ‘Restart now’ button and click ‘Done’ to reboot your PC.
At this point, be sure to remove the bootable installation medium.
Reboot-System-after-EndeavourOS-Installation Step 9) Boot System with EndeavourOS
When the system reboots, select the first option as indicated.
Bootloader-Screen-EndeavourOS
When the login page is presented, provide your password and press the ‘Login’ button.
Login-Screen-EndeavourOS
This ushers you to the EndeavourOS XFCE elegant desktop environment.
Click on the ‘EndeavourOS’ button to browse various applications and get started.
Desktop-Screen-EndeavourOS
Feel free to run the neofetch utility to probe for more information such as the OS, kernel,
uptime, number of installed packages , resolution, CPU type and so much more.
Neofetch-Output-EndeavourOS
And that’s it.
We have successfully walked you through the installation of EndeavourOS.
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