[arch-general] Add wpa_supplicant to the Group 'Base'

LoneVVolf lonewolf at xs4all.nl
Tue Apr 28 16:43:37 UTC 2015


On 28-04-15 16:35, Jeremy O'Brien wrote:
> I'll reserve my opinions on including wpa_supplicant in base, but I feel
> that it at least deserves a mention in the Arch Installation Guide. It's
> strange to me that the installer has better networking support than the
> base system. I've installed Arch on 5 different laptops, and I've
> forgotten about wpa_supplicant on every one of them. Maybe something
> like "Other packages or groups can be installed by appending their names
> to the above command (space seperated), possibly including the boot
> loader or wireless networking packages" under "Install the base
> packages". Thoughts?
Wrong section i think, and no need to use pacstrap.
After chrooting into your install, you can use pacman iirc .
The bootloader already has a section lower on the page, a new section 
"wireless" just after that
would be  a good idea i think.

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