Once Linux has booted you’ll be at the shell, this is where you’re going to setup your disks. While the computer restarts hold down ALT on the keyboard to bring up Apple’s EFI bootloader. Plug your USB drive into your Macbook and restart your computer. Also dd overwrites anything on the drive. The status=progress option was added in Coreutils 2.81 so check you’re using an up-to date version of Coreutils before trying this command. Use dd like this:ĭd if=archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M status=progress & sync

Access to WiFi (lots of other guides say WiFi does not work out of the box but as of January 2020 I assume the kernel module for WiFi card has been included?) or an Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter.ĭownload the latest ISO from Arch Linux.

Access to another computer to use dd on, such as: OSX, Linux any unix.

It also includes loads of other helpful guides written by other authors which may help you fix a problem.

The Arch wiki has loads of information if you get stuck. While the installation was relatively painless configuring the system utilities and configuring the retina screen was not. Last year I decided to install the latest Arch Linux ISO onto my 2015 Retina MacBook Pro. How To Install Arch Linux on a MacBook Pro How To Install Arch Linux on a MacBook Pro Lewis Codes Follow Me

Arch linux macbook pro mid 2014