Installation for Asus Zenfone 2 devices (use i686 instead of x86_64)

[gauloics]

Installation for Asus Zenfone 2 devices (i686). Change or enter a new mirror
Server = https://mirror.archlinux32.org/$arch/$repo during installation or after the installation is complete you can change it manually in arch /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.
If your screen appears like [root18: 24arch] $ then while you can ignore the error(temporarily). Then open the /etc/resolv.conf file to make sure there are

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

if it is not there then write it into the file and save it. Then open the etc/pacman.conf file and change the Architecture value from auto to i686, change the SigLevel value from Required DatabaseOptional to Never (only temporarily), then save.
Then try run
keys
pci
maybe there some error, ignore it.

Then run
pacman -S ca-certificates-utils
pacman -Syu

[root15:19arch]$ pacman -S ca-certificates-utils
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (1) Old Version New Version Net Change
core/ca-certificates-utils 20160507-1 20180821-1.0 0.08 MiB
Total Installed Size: 0.09 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.08 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

pres Y then enter...
if you see like

:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) upgrading ca-certificates-utils [############################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/2) Rebuilding certificate stores...

it's mean installation complete
Then run
pacman -Syu
Maybe still have some warning and 1 error.
After full upgrade is complete, check the history during installation, if there is a warning stating that there is a new file created with filename.pacnew then use the filemanager to replace the old file with the newly created file.

For example, a new file named pacman.conf.pacnew, then change the old file name pacman.conf to pacman.conf.bak (for backup if there is a problem can be returned immediately), then rename the new file pacman.conf.pacnew to pacman.conf .

Especially for the pacman.conf file, after you change the pacman.conf.pacnew file to pacman.conf, don't forget to change the value from Architecture from auto to i686, but don't need to change the SigLevel part.
For mirrorlist file, don't forget to uncomment one of the server list.
Also,,, Just ignore warning for this section, don't need to change file name:

warning: /etc/group installed as /etc/group.pacnew
warning: /etc/gshadow installed as /etc/gshadow.pacnew
warning: /etc/passwd installed as /etc/passwd.pacnew
warning: /etc/resolv.conf installed as /etc/resolv.conf.pacnew
warning: /etc/shadow installed as /etc/shadow.pacnew

Update server gpg-agent by runing
rm -rf arch/etc/pacman.d/gnupg
keys

If you've error about locale like

/usr/bin/locale-gen: line 33: sed: command not found
.UTF-8/usr/bin/locale-gen: line 35: sed: command not found
.../usr/bin/locale-gen: line 38: sed: command not found

run pacman -Syu sed, may there some other pakages installation. Then run locale-gen

Try one more time run pacman -Syu, if you can see

[root18:24arch]$ pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
there is nothing to do

means you are successful and archlinux is in your hands

[SDRausty]

@gauloics it is great to hear that you are finally successful! I took your notes into account to create another version. Hopefully it shall install and configure with one tap on i686. Can you check whether this 4d678cd commit brings the install and configuration closers to one tap on the architecture being discussed? Installing in an alternative directory with setupTermuxArch.sh i customdir to test is an option. The current version of setupTermuxArch.sh is now v1.6.id0604.

[gauloics]

Thank you very much Mr. @SDRausty for your guidance
issu #121 solved

[gauloics]

Still so far for one tap installation

1. The mirrorlist of the archlinux and archlinux32 repositories is different, so that installing the archlinux32 package will fail if you use the default mirrorlist.
2. If the mirrorlist has been replaced, the installation is blocked by an imperfect keyring, so it will still change the architecture value from auto to i686 and negate the SigLevel first.
3. After the second stage is still hindered because of the conflict of ca-certificates-utils: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt exists in the filesystem, it must delete the file first. And you have to install the package manually and individually before installing another package, because it's like a boarding pass for other packages.
4. Sed for locale-gen also doesn't buildin, it must be installed manually

[gauloics]

If there is time, actually I also want to contribute, while learning coding, but I still do not understand about github repository, whether when I use git clone then any code changes directly affect the source code?
I tried reading the help on the github website, but it was too much and I didn't know where to start if I wanted to learn to be specific about this case. And believe me I'm still too new to coding. Just for learning for myself, what if I want to try tweaking the code so I can run it on the same architecture as my device but it doesn't directly affect the parent repository before it is truly perfect?

[SDRausty]

Thank you very much Mr. @SDRausty for your guidance

@gauloics you are welcome 💎

Still so far for one tap

installation and configuration.

Can you run setupTermuxArch.sh manual altdir to check whether the system is being detected correctly. Edit _I686_() in setupTermuxArchConfigs.sh like so:

_I686_() {
        echo found i686
        exit 86

And post your output. The run should exit with Code 86 if detection went smoothly. If we take it one step at a time @gauloics, this goal is achievable for this architecture. One tap installation and configuration is amazing to observe on arm architectures.

I tried reading the help on the github website

Use keywords in a search engine to help. There are many tutorials in the Internet about GitHub. Also, are you familiar with Instructional GitHub and Git Foundations Videos Can Be Downloaded for Viewing at Your Leisure? This feature is abbreviated to the command yt in TermuxArch Arch Linux.

Enter the following to dowload this video series into your favorite folder:

$ yt https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0lo9MOBetEHhfG9vJzVCTiDYcbhAiEqL

This way you will be able to view Git and GitHub Foundations from your favorite folder at your leisure.

[gauloics]

add note

1. Not support blackarch because don't have i686 repositories
2. Openjdk still has to install manually

[SDRausty]

@gauloics thanks for the update. I am working on setupTermuxArch.sh o customdir; This option is about Linux flavors. You should be able to login with ./customdir/startarch+customdir r ash for Alpine Linux after installing (<2M download). Would you care to review this new option which is being constructed?

[gauloics]

Can you run setupTermuxArch.sh manual altdir to check whether the system is being detected correctly. Edit I686() in setupTermuxArchConfigs.sh like so:
I686() {
echo found i686
exit 86
And post your output. The run should exit with Code 86 if detection went smoothly. If we take it one step at a time @gauloics, this goal is achievable for this architecture. One tap installation and configuration is amazing to observe on arm architectures.

I followed this and the script still downloads this file,

🕛> 🕓 Downloading archlinux-bootstrap-2017.03.01-i686.tar.gz from http: //archive.archlinux.org… This may take a long time pending connection.

[SDRausty]

Detected x86_64 Android operating system.

@gauloics this might sound redundant; for this device the line should read, "Detected x86 (i686) Android operating system." Do I understand you correctly on this issue? Can you run termux-info, and share the results also?

[SDRausty]

@gauloics this commit 9d62278#diff-2ddec689150ab81d43c07b5aae0ccb1dL129 changes the output message in _PRINT_DETECTED_SYSTEM_(). This function used to get system information from uname. Now it gets this information from getprop. How does it display on the ASUS?