Installation Guides
Overview
Installation guides for every release of the full edition of Manjaro (i.e. complete with a desktop environment, popular software applications, and codecs), have been provided bellow for both beginners and experienced users. These guides may also be used to install Manjaro as a main operating system, or within a virtual machine environment using Oracle's Virtualbox.
In either instance, if necessary, guides are also available to help you Download Manjaro, Check a Downloaded ISO Image For Errors, and to Burn an ISO File to disc or USB flash-drive / data stick. Otherwise, rebooting your computer (or starting your virtual machine) after connecting your installation media should be sufficient to start the process. If you find that your computer continues to boot into your existing operating system despite this, then check that:
- The ISO Download and/or installation media has not been corrupted, and that
- Your disc drive or USB flash-drive - depending on which you are using to install - is listed higher up in the boot order than your hard drive (i.e. that they will be booted from first).
Checking and amending your boot order if necessary will require either going into your computer's BIOS settings (if installing Manjaro as your main operating system), or Virtualbox's System Settings (if installing in a virtual machine).
Manjaro 0.8.2
In addition to the standard Stable Installer, Manjaro 0.8.2 also provides the experimental Testing Installer, which is specifically aimed at more experienced users. The Testing Installer provides several new - and advanced - features not otherwise found in the Stable Installer, including support for the:
- Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
- B-tree file system (btrfs)
- Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage system
1. Installation Guide for Beginners: A simple guide where no technical knowledge or expertise is required. Please note however, that while there is no need to manually partition your hard disk or edit any configuration files, using this guide will result in completely erasing your hard disk during the installation process. (NEW!)
2. Installation Guide for Experienced Users: This guide involves manually partitioning your hard disk in addition to manually editing the necessary configuration files. As such, if desired, using this guide will allow Manjaro to be installed alongside an existing operating ststem, provide additional language support, and may result in improved performance. (TBA)
3. Testing Installer Installation Guide (TBA)
Manjaro 0.8.0 and 0.8.1
1. Installation Guide for Beginners: This guide covers the automatic preparation of your computer's hard disk, which will be undertaken by the installer for you. Although optional, detailed explanations have also been provided to manually edit configuration files if desired, in order to improve performance. Please note that using this guide will result in completely erasing your hard disk during the installation process. Manjaro will be installed alone, so backup your personal files first!
2. Installation Guide for Experienced Users: This guide covers the manual preparation of your computer's hard disk, where partitioning must be undertaken by hand. Manually partitioning the hard drive provides the ability to retain and therefore dual-boot with any other operating system already installed. As some technical knowledge and experience is assumed, the guide provides less detailed explanations.