updated to latest commits

.github/workflows/python-publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# This workflow will upload a Python Package using Twine when a release is created
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/en/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions#publishing-to-package-registries
+
+name: Upload archinstall to PyPi
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install setuptools wheel twine
+    - name: Build and publish
+      env:
+        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
+        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+      run: |
+        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        twine upload dist/*

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ Also, do not squash your commits after you have submitted a pull request, as thi
 At present the current contributors are (alphabetically):
 
  * Anton Hvornum ([@Torxed](https://github.com/Torxed))
+ * Borislav Kosharov ([@nikibobi](https://github.com/nikibobi))
  * demostanis ([@demostanis](https://github.com/demostanis))
+ * Giancarlo Razzolini (@[grazzolini](https://github.com/grazzolini))
+ * j-james ([@j-james](https://github.com/j-james))
  * Jerker Bengtsson ([@jaybent](https://github.com/jaybent))
+ * Ninchester ([@ninchester](https://github.com/ninchester))
+ * Philipp Schaffrath ([@phisch](https://github.com/phisch))
  * Varun Madiath ([@vamega](https://github.com/vamega))
  * nullrequest ([@advaithm](https://github.com/advaithm))

PKGBUILDs/archinstall-bin/PKGBUILD

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Contributor: Anton Hvornum anton@hvornum.se
 
 pkgname="archinstall-bin"
-pkgver="2.1.1"
+pkgver="2.1.3"
 pkgdesc="Installs a pre-built binary of ${pkgname}"
 pkgrel=1
 url="https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall"

PKGBUILDs/archinstall/PKGBUILD

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Contributor: demostanis worlds <demostanis@protonmail.com>
 
 pkgname="archinstall"
-pkgver="2.1.1"
+pkgver="2.1.3"
 pkgdesc="Installs launcher scripts for archinstall"
 pkgrel=1
 url="https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall"

PKGBUILDs/python-archinstall/PKGBUILD

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Contributor: demostanis worlds <demostanis@protonmail.com>
 
 pkgname="python-archinstall"
-pkgver="2.1.1"
+pkgver="2.1.3"
 pkgdesc="Installs ${pkgname} as a python library."
 pkgrel=1
 url="https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall"

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ The installer also doubles as a python library to install Arch Linux and manage
  * archinstall [matrix.org](https://app.element.io/#/room/#archinstall:matrix.org) channel
  * archinstall [#archinstall@freenode (IRC)](irc://#archinstall@FreeNode)
  * archinstall [documentation](https://python-archinstall.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html)
- * archinstall ISO's: https://archlinux.life/
 
 
 # Installation & Usage
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ The installer also doubles as a python library to install Arch Linux and manage
     $ sudo pacman -S archinstall
 
 Or simply `git clone` the repo as it has no external dependencies *(but there are optional ones)*.<br>
-Or run the pre-compiled binary attached in every release as `archinstall-v[ver].tar.gz`.
+Or use `pip install --upgrade archinstall` to use as a library.
 
 ## Running the [guided](examples/guided.py) installer
 
@@ -88,10 +87,5 @@ This will create a *5GB* `testimage.img` and create a loop device which we can u
 `archinstall` is installed and executed in [guided mode](#docs-todo). Once the installation is complete,<br>
 ~~you can use qemu/kvm to boot the test media.~~ *(You'd actually need to do some EFI magic in order to point the EFI vars to the partition 0 in the test medium so this won't work entirely out of the box, but gives you a general idea of what we're going for here)*
 
-You can also run a pre-built ISO with pip and python
+There's also a [Building and Testing](https://github.com/Torxed/archinstall/wiki/Building-and-Testing) guide.<br>
-
+It will go through everything from packaging, building and running *(with qemu)* the installer against a dev branch.
-    # qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cdrom /home/user/Downloads/archinstall-2020.07.08-x86_64.iso -machine q35,accel=kvm -device intel-iommu -cpu host -m 4096 -boot order=d -drive file=./testimage.img,format=raw -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=/usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.fd -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=/usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF_VARS.fd
-
-and once inside, just do
-
-    # python -m archlinux guided

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.1
+2.1.3

__init__.py

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+# This __init__ file is just here to support the
+# use of archinstall as a git submodule.
 from .archinstall import *

archinstall/lib/disk.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import glob, re, os, json, time, hashlib
-import pathlib
+import pathlib, traceback
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from .exceptions import DiskError
 from .general import *
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class BlockDevice():
 				if part_id not in self.part_cache:
 					## TODO: Force over-write even if in cache?
 					if part_id not in self.part_cache or self.part_cache[part_id].size != part['size']:
-						self.part_cache[part_id] = Partition(root_path + part_id, part_id=part_id, size=part['size'])
+						self.part_cache[part_id] = Partition(root_path + part_id, self, part_id=part_id, size=part['size'])
 
 		return {k: self.part_cache[k] for k in sorted(self.part_cache)}
 
@@ -130,16 +130,22 @@ class BlockDevice():
 				return True
 		return False
 
+	def flush_cache(self):
+		self.part_cache = OrderedDict()
+
 class Partition():
-	def __init__(self, path, part_id=None, size=-1, filesystem=None, mountpoint=None, encrypted=False, autodetect_filesystem=True):
+	def __init__(self, path :str, block_device :BlockDevice, part_id=None, size=-1, filesystem=None, mountpoint=None, encrypted=False, autodetect_filesystem=True):
 		if not part_id:
 			part_id = os.path.basename(path)
+
+		self.block_device = block_device
 		self.path = path
 		self.part_id = part_id
 		self.mountpoint = mountpoint
 		self.target_mountpoint = mountpoint
 		self.filesystem = filesystem
 		self.size = size # TODO: Refresh?
+		self._encrypted = None
 		self.encrypted = encrypted
 		self.allow_formatting = False # A fail-safe for unconfigured partitions, such as windows NTFS partitions.
 
@@ -175,28 +181,48 @@ class Partition():
 		elif self.target_mountpoint:
 			mount_repr = f", rel_mountpoint={self.target_mountpoint}"
 
-		if self.encrypted:
+		if self._encrypted:
 			return f'Partition(path={self.path}, real_device={self.real_device}, fs={self.filesystem}{mount_repr})'
 		else:
 			return f'Partition(path={self.path}, fs={self.filesystem}{mount_repr})'
 
+	@property
+	def encrypted(self):
+		return self._encrypted
+
+	@encrypted.setter
+	def encrypted(self, value :bool):
+		if value:
+			log(f'Marking {self} as encrypted: {value}', level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+			log(f"Callstrack when marking the partition: {''.join(traceback.format_stack())}", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+
+		self._encrypted = value
+
 	@property
 	def real_device(self):
-		if not self.encrypted:
+		if not self._encrypted:
 			return self.path
 		else:
 			for blockdevice in json.loads(b''.join(sys_command('lsblk -J')).decode('UTF-8'))['blockdevices']:
 				if (parent := self.find_parent_of(blockdevice, os.path.basename(self.path))):
 					return f"/dev/{parent}"
-			raise DiskError(f'Could not find appropriate parent for encrypted partition {self}')
+		#	raise DiskError(f'Could not find appropriate parent for encrypted partition {self}')
+		return self.path
 
 	def detect_inner_filesystem(self, password):
 		log(f'Trying to detect inner filesystem format on {self} (This might take a while)', level=LOG_LEVELS.Info)
 		from .luks import luks2
-		with luks2(self, 'luksloop', password, auto_unmount=True) as unlocked_device:
+
-			return unlocked_device.filesystem
+		try:
+			with luks2(self, 'luksloop', password, auto_unmount=True) as unlocked_device:
+				return unlocked_device.filesystem
+		except SysCallError:
+			return None
 
 	def has_content(self):
+		if not get_filesystem_type(self.path):
+			return False
+		
 		temporary_mountpoint = '/tmp/'+hashlib.md5(bytes(f"{time.time()}", 'UTF-8')+os.urandom(12)).hexdigest()
 		temporary_path = pathlib.Path(temporary_mountpoint)
 
@@ -213,8 +239,10 @@ class Partition():
 
 	def safe_to_format(self):
 		if self.allow_formatting is False:
+			log(f"Partition {self} is not marked for formatting.", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
 			return False
 		elif self.target_mountpoint == '/boot' and self.has_content():
+			log(f"Partition {self} is a boot partition and has content inside.", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
 			return False
 
 		return True
@@ -225,10 +253,11 @@ class Partition():
 		"""
 		from .luks import luks2
 
-		if not self.encrypted:
+		if not self._encrypted:
 			raise DiskError(f"Attempting to encrypt a partition that was not marked for encryption: {self}")
 
 		if not self.safe_to_format():
+			log(f"Partition {self} was marked as protected but encrypt() was called on it!", level=LOG_LEVELS.Error, fg="red")
 			return False
 
 		handle = luks2(self, None, None)
@@ -247,6 +276,11 @@ class Partition():
 		if allow_formatting is None:
 			allow_formatting = self.allow_formatting
 
+		# To avoid "unable to open /dev/x: No such file or directory"
+		start_wait = time.time()
+		while pathlib.Path(path).exists() is False and time.time() - start_wait < 10:
+			time.sleep(0.025)
+
 		if not allow_formatting:
 			raise PermissionError(f"{self} is not formatable either because instance is locked ({self.allow_formatting}) or a blocking flag was given ({allow_formatting})")
 
@@ -288,6 +322,12 @@ class Partition():
 
 		else:
 			raise UnknownFilesystemFormat(f"Fileformat '{filesystem}' is not yet implemented.")
+
+		if get_filesystem_type(path) == 'crypto_LUKS' or get_filesystem_type(self.real_device) == 'crypto_LUKS':
+			self.encrypted = True
+		else:
+			self.encrypted = False
+
 		return True
 
 	def find_parent_of(self, data, name, parent=None):
@@ -313,6 +353,24 @@ class Partition():
 				self.mountpoint = target
 				return True
 
+	def unmount(self):
+		try:
+			exit_code = sys_command(f'/usr/bin/umount {self.path}').exit_code
+		except SysCallError as err:
+			exit_code = err.exit_code
+
+			# Without to much research, it seams that low error codes are errors.
+			# And above 8k is indicators such as "/dev/x not mounted.".
+			# So anything in between 0 and 8k are errors (?).
+			if exit_code > 0 and exit_code < 8000:
+				raise err
+
+		self.mountpoint = None
+		return True
+
+	def umount(self):
+		return self.unmount()
+
 	def filesystem_supported(self):
 		"""
 		The support for a filesystem (this partition) is tested by calling
@@ -343,7 +401,8 @@ class Filesystem():
 		if self.blockdevice.keep_partitions is False:
 			log(f'Wiping {self.blockdevice} by using partition format {self.mode}', level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
 			if self.mode == GPT:
-				if sys_command(f'/usr/bin/parted -s {self.blockdevice.device} mklabel gpt',).exit_code == 0:
+				if self.raw_parted(f'{self.blockdevice.device} mklabel gpt').exit_code == 0:
+					self.blockdevice.flush_cache()
 					return self
 				else:
 					raise DiskError(f'Problem setting the partition format to GPT:', f'/usr/bin/parted -s {self.blockdevice.device} mklabel gpt')
@@ -380,7 +439,7 @@ class Filesystem():
 
 	def raw_parted(self, string:str):
 		x = sys_command(f'/usr/bin/parted -s {string}')
-		o = b''.join(x)
+		log(f"'parted -s {string}' returned: {b''.join(x)}", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
 		return x
 
 	def parted(self, string:str):
@@ -392,25 +451,33 @@ class Filesystem():
 		"""
 		return self.raw_parted(string).exit_code
 
-	def use_entire_disk(self, root_filesystem_type='ext4', encrypt_root_partition=True):
+	def use_entire_disk(self, root_filesystem_type='ext4'):
-		self.add_partition('primary', start='1MiB', end='513MiB', format='vfat')
+		log(f"Using and formatting the entire {self.blockdevice}.", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
-		#TODO: figure out what do for bios, we don't need a seprate partion for the bootloader
 		if hasUEFI():
+			self.add_partition('primary', start='1MiB', end='513MiB', format='fat32')
 			self.set_name(0, 'EFI')
 			self.set(0, 'boot on')
-		# TODO: Probably redundant because in GPT mode 'esp on' is an alias for "boot on"?
+			# TODO: Probably redundant because in GPT mode 'esp on' is an alias for "boot on"?
-		# https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/html_node/set.html
+			# https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/html_node/set.html
 			self.set(0, 'esp on')
 			self.add_partition('primary', start='513MiB', end='100%')
 
 			self.blockdevice.partition[0].filesystem = 'vfat'
 			self.blockdevice.partition[1].filesystem = root_filesystem_type
+			log(f"Set the root partition {self.blockdevice.partition[1]} to use filesystem {root_filesystem_type}.", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
 
 			self.blockdevice.partition[0].target_mountpoint = '/boot'
 			self.blockdevice.partition[1].target_mountpoint = '/'
 
-		if encrypt_root_partition:
+			self.blockdevice.partition[0].allow_formatting = True
-			self.blockdevice.partition[1].encrypted = True
+			self.blockdevice.partition[1].allow_formatting = True
+		else:
+			#we don't need a seprate boot partition it would be a waste of space
+			self.add_partition('primary', start='1MB', end='100%')
+			self.blockdevice.partition[0].filesystem=root_filesystem_type
+			log(f"Set the root partition {self.blockdevice.partition[0]} to use filesystem {root_filesystem_type}.", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+			self.blockdevice.partition[0].target_mountpoint = '/'
+			self.blockdevice.partition[0].allow_formatting = True
 
 	def add_partition(self, type, start, end, format=None):
 		log(f'Adding partition to {self.blockdevice}', level=LOG_LEVELS.Info)

archinstall/lib/exceptions.py

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ class UnknownFilesystemFormat(BaseException):
 class ProfileError(BaseException):
 	pass
 class SysCallError(BaseException):
-	pass
+	def __init__(self, message, exit_code):
+		super(SysCallError, self).__init__(message)
+		self.message = message
+		self.exit_code = exit_code
 class ProfileNotFound(BaseException):
 	pass
 class HardwareIncompatibilityError(BaseException):

archinstall/lib/general.py

@@ -105,8 +105,13 @@ class sys_command():#Thread):
 		self.status = 'starting'
 
 		user_catalogue = os.path.expanduser('~')
-		self.cwd = f"{user_catalogue}/.cache/archinstall/workers/{kwargs['worker_id']}/"
+
-		self.exec_dir = f'{self.cwd}/{os.path.basename(self.cmd[0])}_workingdir'
+		if (workdir := kwargs.get('workdir', None)):
+			self.cwd = workdir
+			self.exec_dir = workdir
+		else:
+			self.cwd = f"{user_catalogue}/.cache/archinstall/workers/{kwargs['worker_id']}/"
+			self.exec_dir = f'{self.cwd}/{os.path.basename(self.cmd[0])}_workingdir'
 
 		if not self.cmd[0][0] == '/':
 			# "which" doesn't work as it's a builtin to bash.
@@ -251,7 +256,7 @@ class sys_command():#Thread):
 		if self.exit_code != 0 and not self.kwargs['suppress_errors']:
 			#self.log(self.trace_log.decode('UTF-8'), level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
 			#self.log(f"'{self.raw_cmd}' did not exit gracefully, exit code {self.exit_code}.", level=LOG_LEVELS.Error)
-			raise SysCallError(f"{self.trace_log.decode('UTF-8')}\n'{self.raw_cmd}' did not exit gracefully (trace log above), exit code: {self.exit_code}")
+			raise SysCallError(message=f"{self.trace_log.decode('UTF-8')}\n'{self.raw_cmd}' did not exit gracefully (trace log above), exit code: {self.exit_code}", exit_code=self.exit_code)
 
 		self.ended = time.time()
 		with open(f'{self.cwd}/trace.log', 'wb') as fh:

archinstall/lib/installer.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import os, stat, time, shutil, subprocess
+import os, stat, time, shutil, pathlib
 
 from .exceptions import *
 from .disk import *
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from .mirrors import *
 from .systemd import Networkd
 from .output import log, LOG_LEVELS
 from .storage import storage
-from .hardware import *
 
 class Installer():
 	"""
@@ -54,8 +53,6 @@ class Installer():
 		}
 
 		self.base_packages = base_packages.split(' ')
-		if not hasUEFI():
-			base_packages.append('grub') # if it isn't uefi is must be bios therefore we need grub as systemd-boot is uefi only
 		self.post_base_install = []
 		storage['session'] = self
 
@@ -172,10 +169,19 @@ class Installer():
 		return True if sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} locale-gen').exit_code == 0 else False
 
 	def set_timezone(self, zone, *args, **kwargs):
-		if not len(zone): return True
+		if not zone: return True
+		if not len(zone): return True # Redundant
 
-		o = b''.join(sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/{zone} /etc/localtime'))
+		if (pathlib.Path("/usr")/"share"/"zoneinfo"/zone).exists():
-		return True
+			(pathlib.Path(self.mountpoint)/"etc"/"localtime").unlink(missing_ok=True)
+			sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/{zone} /etc/localtime')
+			return True
+		else:
+			self.log(
+				f"Time zone {zone} does not exist, continuing with system default.",
+				level=LOG_LEVELS.Warning,
+				fg='red'
+			)
 
 	def activate_ntp(self):
 		self.log(f'Installing and activating NTP.', level=LOG_LEVELS.Info)
@@ -292,13 +298,22 @@ class Installer():
 		# TODO: Use python functions for this
 		sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} chmod 700 /root')
 
+		# Configure mkinitcpio to handle some specific use cases.
+		# TODO: Yes, we should not overwrite the entire thing, but for now this should be fine
+		# since we just installed the base system.
 		if self.partition.filesystem == 'btrfs':
 			with open(f'{self.mountpoint}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf', 'w') as mkinit:
-				## TODO: Don't replace it, in case some update in the future actually adds something.
 				mkinit.write('MODULES=(btrfs)\n')
 				mkinit.write('BINARIES=(/usr/bin/btrfs)\n')
 				mkinit.write('FILES=()\n')
-				mkinit.write('HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block encrypt filesystems keyboard fsck)\n')
+				mkinit.write('HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block encrypt filesystems keymap keyboard fsck)\n')
+			sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} mkinitcpio -p linux')
+		elif self.partition.encrypted:
+			with open(f'{self.mountpoint}/etc/mkinitcpio.conf', 'w') as mkinit:
+				mkinit.write('MODULES=()\n')
+				mkinit.write('BINARIES=()\n')
+				mkinit.write('FILES=()\n')
+				mkinit.write('HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block encrypt filesystems keymap keyboard fsck)\n')
 			sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} mkinitcpio -p linux')
 
 		self.helper_flags['base'] = True
@@ -314,62 +329,75 @@ class Installer():
 		self.log(f'Adding bootloader {bootloader} to {self.boot_partition}', level=LOG_LEVELS.Info)
 
 		if bootloader == 'systemd-bootctl':
-			if hasUEFI():
+			# TODO: Ideally we would want to check if another config
-				o = b''.join(sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} bootctl --no-variables --path=/boot install'))
+			# points towards the same disk and/or partition.
-				with open(f'{self.mountpoint}/boot/loader/loader.conf', 'w') as loader:
+			# And in which case we should do some clean up.
-					loader.write('default arch\n')
-					loader.write('timeout 5\n')
 
-				## For some reason, blkid and /dev/disk/by-uuid are not getting along well.
+			# Install the boot loader
-				## And blkid is wrong in terms of LUKS.
+			sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} bootctl --no-variables --path=/boot install')
-				#UUID = sys_command('blkid -s PARTUUID -o value {drive}{partition_2}'.format(**args)).decode('UTF-8').strip()
-				with open(f'{self.mountpoint}/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf', 'w') as entry:
-					entry.write('title Arch Linux\n')
-					entry.write('linux /vmlinuz-linux\n')
-					entry.write('initrd /initramfs-linux.img\n')
-					## blkid doesn't trigger on loopback devices really well,
-					## so we'll use the old manual method until we get that sorted out.
 
+			# Modify or create a loader.conf
+			if os.path.isfile(f'{self.mountpoint}/boot/loader/loader.conf'):
+				with open(f'{self.mountpoint}/boot/loader/loader.conf', 'r') as loader:
+					loader_data = loader.read().split('\n')
+			else:
+				loader_data = [
+					f"default {self.init_time}",
+					f"timeout 5"
+				]
 			
-					if self.partition.encrypted:
+			with open(f'{self.mountpoint}/boot/loader/loader.conf', 'w') as loader:
-						for root, folders, uids in os.walk('/dev/disk/by-uuid'):
+				for line in loader_data:
-							for uid in uids:
+					if line[:8] == 'default ':
-								real_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(root, uid))
+						loader.write(f'default {self.init_time}\n')
-								if not os.path.basename(real_path) == os.path.basename(self.partition.real_device): continue
-								if hasAMDCPU(): # intel_paste is intel only, it's redudant on AMD systens
-									entry.write(f'options cryptdevice=UUID={uid}:luksdev root=/dev/mapper/luksdev rw\n')
-								else:
-									entry.write(f'options cryptdevice=UUID={uid}:luksdev root=/dev/mapper/luksdev rw intel_pstate=no_hwp\n')
-
-								self.helper_flags['bootloader'] = bootloader
-								return True
-							break
 					else:
-						for root, folders, uids in os.walk('/dev/disk/by-partuuid'):
+						loader.write(f"{line}")
-							for uid in uids:
-								real_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(root, uid))
-								if not os.path.basename(real_path) == os.path.basename(self.partition.path): continue
-								if hasAMDCPU():
-									entry.write(f'options root=PARTUUID={uid} rw\n')
-								else:
-									entry.write(f'options root=PARTUUID={uid} rw intel_pstate=no_hwp\n')
 
-								self.helper_flags['bootloader'] = bootloader
+			## For some reason, blkid and /dev/disk/by-uuid are not getting along well.
-								return True
+			## And blkid is wrong in terms of LUKS.
-							break
+			#UUID = sys_command('blkid -s PARTUUID -o value {drive}{partition_2}'.format(**args)).decode('UTF-8').strip()
-				raise RequirementError(f"Could not identify the UUID of {self.partition}, there for {self.mountpoint}/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf will be broken until fixed.")
+
-			else:
+			# Setup the loader entry
-				raise RequirementError("Systemd-boot is UEFI only it can not be installed or used on bios")
+			with open(f'{self.mountpoint}/boot/loader/entries/{self.init_time}.conf', 'w') as entry:
-		elif bootloader == 'grub-install':
+				entry.write(f'# Created by: archinstall\n')
-			if hasUEFI():
+				entry.write(f'# Created on: {self.init_time}\n')
-				o = b''.join(sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB'))
+				entry.write(f'title Arch Linux\n')
-				sys_command('/usr/bin/arch-chroot  grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg')
+				entry.write(f'linux /vmlinuz-linux\n')
-			else:
+				entry.write(f'initrd /initramfs-linux.img\n')
-				root_device = subprocess.check_output(f'basename "$(readlink -f "/sys/class/block/{self.partition.path.strip("/dev/")}/..")',shell=True).decode().strip()
+				## blkid doesn't trigger on loopback devices really well,
-				if root_device == "block":
+				## so we'll use the old manual method until we get that sorted out.
-					root_device = f"{self.partition.path}"
+
-				o = b''.join(sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.mountpoint} grub-install --target=--target=i386-pc /dev/{root_device}'))
+
-				sys_command('/usr/bin/arch-chroot  grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg')
+				if self.partition.encrypted:
+					log(f"Identifying root partition by DISK-UUID on {self.partition}, looking for '{os.path.basename(self.partition.real_device)}'.", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+					for root, folders, uids in os.walk('/dev/disk/by-uuid'):
+						for uid in uids:
+							real_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(root, uid))
+
+							log(f"Checking root partition match {os.path.basename(real_path)} against {os.path.basename(self.partition.real_device)}: {os.path.basename(real_path) == os.path.basename(self.partition.real_device)}", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+							if not os.path.basename(real_path) == os.path.basename(self.partition.real_device): continue
+
+							entry.write(f'options cryptdevice=UUID={uid}:luksdev root=/dev/mapper/luksdev rw intel_pstate=no_hwp\n')
+
+							self.helper_flags['bootloader'] = bootloader
+							return True
+						break
+				else:
+					log(f"Identifying root partition by PART-UUID on {self.partition}, looking for '{os.path.basename(self.partition.path)}'.", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+					for root, folders, uids in os.walk('/dev/disk/by-partuuid'):
+						for uid in uids:
+							real_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(root, uid))
+
+							log(f"Checking root partition match {os.path.basename(real_path)} against {os.path.basename(self.partition.path)}: {os.path.basename(real_path) == os.path.basename(self.partition.path)}", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+							if not os.path.basename(real_path) == os.path.basename(self.partition.path): continue
+
+							entry.write(f'options root=PARTUUID={uid} rw intel_pstate=no_hwp\n')
+
+							self.helper_flags['bootloader'] = bootloader
+							return True
+						break
+
+			raise RequirementError(f"Could not identify the UUID of {self.partition}, there for {self.mountpoint}/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf will be broken until fixed.")
 		else:
 			raise RequirementError(f"Unknown (or not yet implemented) bootloader added to add_bootloader(): {bootloader}")
 
@@ -377,7 +405,17 @@ class Installer():
 		return self.pacstrap(*packages)
 
 	def install_profile(self, profile):
-		profile = Profile(self, profile)
+		# TODO: Replace this with a import archinstall.session instead in the profiles.
+		# The tricky thing with doing the import archinstall.session instead is that
+		# profiles might be run from a different chroot, and there's no way we can
+		# guarantee file-path safety when accessing the installer object that way.
+		# Doing the __builtins__ replacement, ensures that the global vriable "installation"
+		# is always kept up to date. It's considered a nasty hack - but it's a safe way
+		# of ensuring 100% accuracy of archinstall session variables.
+		__builtins__['installation'] = self
+
+		if type(profile) == str:
+			profile = Profile(self, profile)
 
 		self.log(f'Installing network profile {profile}', level=LOG_LEVELS.Info)
 		return profile.install()

archinstall/lib/luks.py

@@ -64,8 +64,37 @@ class luks2():
 		with open(key_file, 'wb') as fh:
 			fh.write(password)
 
-		o = b''.join(sys_command(f'/usr/bin/cryptsetup -q -v --type luks2 --pbkdf argon2i --hash {hash_type} --key-size {key_size} --iter-time {iter_time} --key-file {os.path.abspath(key_file)} --use-urandom luksFormat {partition.path}'))
+		try:
-		if b'Command successful.' not in o:
+			# Try to setup the crypt-device
+			cmd_handle = sys_command(f'/usr/bin/cryptsetup -q -v --type luks2 --pbkdf argon2i --hash {hash_type} --key-size {key_size} --iter-time {iter_time} --key-file {os.path.abspath(key_file)} --use-urandom luksFormat {partition.path}')
+		except SysCallError as err:
+			if err.exit_code == 256:
+				log(f'{partition} is being used, trying to unmount and crypt-close the device and running one more attempt at encrypting the device.', level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+				# Partition was in use, unmount it and try again
+				partition.unmount()
+
+				# Get crypt-information about the device by doing a reverse lookup starting with the partition path
+				# For instance: /dev/sda
+				devinfo = json.loads(b''.join(sys_command(f"lsblk --fs -J {partition.path}")).decode('UTF-8'))['blockdevices'][0]
+
+				# For each child (sub-partition/sub-device)
+				if len(children := devinfo.get('children', [])):
+					for child in children:
+						# Unmount the child location
+						if child_mountpoint := child.get('mountpoint', None):
+							log(f'Unmounting {child_mountpoint}', level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+							sys_command(f"umount -R {child_mountpoint}")
+
+						# And close it if possible.
+						log(f"Closing crypt device {child['name']}", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
+						sys_command(f"cryptsetup close {child['name']}")
+
+				# Then try again to set up the crypt-device
+				cmd_handle = sys_command(f'/usr/bin/cryptsetup -q -v --type luks2 --pbkdf argon2i --hash {hash_type} --key-size {key_size} --iter-time {iter_time} --key-file {os.path.abspath(key_file)} --use-urandom luksFormat {partition.path}')
+			else:
+				raise err
+
+		if b'Command successful.' not in b''.join(cmd_handle):
 			raise DiskError(f'Could not encrypt volume "{partition.path}": {o}')
 	
 		return key_file
@@ -84,7 +113,7 @@ class luks2():
 		sys_command(f'/usr/bin/cryptsetup open {partition.path} {mountpoint} --key-file {os.path.abspath(key_file)} --type luks2')
 		if os.path.islink(f'/dev/mapper/{mountpoint}'):
 			self.mapdev = f'/dev/mapper/{mountpoint}'
-			unlocked_partition = Partition(self.mapdev, encrypted=True, filesystem=get_filesystem_type(self.mapdev), autodetect_filesystem=False)
+			unlocked_partition = Partition(self.mapdev, None, encrypted=True, filesystem=get_filesystem_type(self.mapdev), autodetect_filesystem=False)
 			unlocked_partition.allow_formatting = self.partition.allow_formatting
 			return unlocked_partition
 

archinstall/lib/output.py

@@ -96,7 +96,17 @@ def log(*args, **kwargs):
 	if (filename := storage.get('LOG_FILE', None)):
 		absolute_logfile = os.path.join(storage.get('LOG_PATH', './'), filename)
 		if not os.path.isfile(absolute_logfile):
-			os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(absolute_logfile))
+			try:
+				Path(absolute_logfile).parents[0].mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+			except PermissionError:
+				# Fallback to creating the log file in the current folder
+				err_string = f"Not enough permission to place log file at {absolute_logfile}, creating it in {Path('./').absolute()/filename} instead."
+				absolute_logfile = Path('./').absolute()/filename
+				absolute_logfile.parents[0].mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+				absolute_logfile = str(absolute_logfile)
+				storage['LOG_PATH'] = './'
+				log(err_string, fg="red")
+
 			Path(absolute_logfile).touch() # Overkill?
 
 		with open(absolute_logfile, 'a') as log_file:

archinstall/lib/profiles.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os, urllib.request, urllib.parse, ssl, json, re
 import importlib.util, sys, glob, hashlib
 from collections import OrderedDict
-from .general import multisplit, sys_command, log
+from .general import multisplit, sys_command
 from .exceptions import *
 from .networking import *
 from .output import log, LOG_LEVELS
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class Script():
 		self.spec = None
 		self.examples = None
 		self.namespace = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(self.path))[0]
+		self.original_namespace = self.namespace
+		log(f"Script {self} has been loaded with namespace '{self.namespace}'", level=LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
 
 	def __enter__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 		self.execute()
@@ -138,7 +140,6 @@ class Script():
 		if not self.namespace in sys.modules or self.spec is None:
 			self.load_instructions()
 
-		__builtins__['installation'] = self.installer # TODO: Replace this with a import archinstall.session instead
 		self.spec.loader.exec_module(sys.modules[self.namespace])
 
 		return sys.modules[self.namespace]
@@ -146,7 +147,6 @@ class Script():
 class Profile(Script):
 	def __init__(self, installer, path, args={}):
 		super(Profile, self).__init__(path, installer)
-		self._cache = None
 
 	def __dump__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 		return {'path' : self.path}
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ class Profile(Script):
 		return f'Profile({os.path.basename(self.profile)})'
 
 	def install(self):
+		# Before installing, revert any temporary changes to the namespace.
+		# This ensures that the namespace during installation is the original initation namespace.
+		# (For instance awesome instead of aweosme.py or app-awesome.py)
+		self.namespace = self.original_namespace
 		return self.execute()
 
 	def has_prep_function(self):
@@ -203,3 +207,10 @@ class Application(Profile):
 			return self.localize_path(self.profile)
 		else:
 			raise ProfileNotFound(f"Application cannot handle scheme {parsed_url.scheme}")
+
+	def install(self):
+		# Before installing, revert any temporary changes to the namespace.
+		# This ensures that the namespace during installation is the original initation namespace.
+		# (For instance awesome instead of aweosme.py or app-awesome.py)
+		self.namespace = self.original_namespace
+		return self.execute()

archinstall/lib/user_interaction.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import getpass
+import getpass, pathlib, os, shutil
 from .exceptions import *
 from .profiles import Profile
 from .locale_helpers import search_keyboard_layout
@@ -9,15 +9,44 @@ from .networking import list_interfaces
 ## TODO: Some inconsistencies between the selection processes.
 ##       Some return the keys from the options, some the values?
 
+def get_terminal_height():
+	return shutil.get_terminal_size().lines
+
+def get_terminal_width():
+	return shutil.get_terminal_size().columns
+
+def get_longest_option(options):
+	return max([len(x) for x in options])
+
 def get_password(prompt="Enter a password: "):
 	while (passwd := getpass.getpass(prompt)):
 		passwd_verification = getpass.getpass(prompt='And one more time for verification: ')
 		if passwd != passwd_verification:
 			log(' * Passwords did not match * ', bg='black', fg='red')
 			continue
+
+		if len(passwd.strip()) <= 0:
+			break
+
 		return passwd
 	return None
 
+def print_large_list(options, padding=5, margin_bottom=0, separator=': '):
+	highest_index_number_length = len(str(len(options)))
+	longest_line = highest_index_number_length + len(separator) + get_longest_option(options) + padding
+	max_num_of_columns = get_terminal_width() // longest_line
+	max_options_in_cells = max_num_of_columns * (get_terminal_height()-margin_bottom)
+
+	if (len(options) > max_options_in_cells):
+		for index, option in enumerate(options):
+			print(f"{index}: {option}")
+	else:
+		for row in range(0, (get_terminal_height()-margin_bottom)):
+			for column in range(row, len(options), (get_terminal_height()-margin_bottom)):
+				spaces = " "*(longest_line - len(options[column]))
+				print(f"{str(column): >{highest_index_number_length}}{separator}{options[column]}", end = spaces)
+			print()
+
 def ask_for_superuser_account(prompt='Create a required super-user with sudo privileges: ', forced=False):
 	while 1:
 		new_user = input(prompt).strip(' ')
@@ -31,7 +60,7 @@ def ask_for_superuser_account(prompt='Create a required super-user with sudo pri
 			raise UserError("No superuser was created.")
 
 		password = get_password(prompt=f'Password for user {new_user}: ')
-		return {new_user: password}
+		return {new_user: {"!password" : password}}
 
 def ask_for_additional_users(prompt='Any additional users to install (leave blank for no users): '):
 	users = {}
@@ -44,12 +73,23 @@ def ask_for_additional_users(prompt='Any additional users to install (leave blan
 		password = get_password(prompt=f'Password for user {new_user}: ')
 		
 		if input("Should this user be a sudo (super) user (y/N): ").strip(' ').lower() in ('y', 'yes'):
-			super_users[new_user] = password
+			super_users[new_user] = {"!password" : password}
 		else:
-			users[new_user] = password
+			users[new_user] = {"!password" : password}
 
 	return users, super_users
 
+def ask_for_a_timezone():
+	timezone = input('Enter a valid timezone (Example: Europe/Stockholm): ').strip()
+	if (pathlib.Path("/usr")/"share"/"zoneinfo"/timezone).exists():
+		return timezone
+	else:
+		log(
+			f"Time zone {timezone} does not exist, continuing with system default.",
+			level=LOG_LEVELS.Warning,
+			fg='red'
+		)
+
 def ask_to_configure_network():
 	# Optionally configure one network interface.
 	#while 1:
@@ -102,11 +142,10 @@ def ask_for_main_filesystem_format():
 		'btrfs' : 'btrfs',
 		'ext4' : 'ext4',
 		'xfs' : 'xfs',
-		'f2fs' : 'f2fs',
+		'f2fs' : 'f2fs'
-		'vfat' : 'vfat'
 	}
 
-	value = generic_select(options.values(), "Select your main partitions filesystem by number or free-text: ")
+	value = generic_select(options.values(), "Select which filesystem your main partition should use (by number or name): ")
 	return next((key for key, val in options.items() if val == value), None)
 
 def generic_select(options, input_text="Select one of the above by index or absolute value: ", sort=True):
@@ -131,7 +170,10 @@ def generic_select(options, input_text="Select one of the above by index or abso
 	if len(selected_option.strip()) <= 0:
 		return None
 	elif selected_option.isdigit():
-		selected_option = options[int(selected_option)]
+		selected_option = int(selected_option)
+		if selected_option >= len(options):
+			raise RequirementError(f'Selected option "{selected_option}" is out of range')
+		selected_option = options[selected_option]
 	elif selected_option in options:
 		pass # We gave a correct absolute value
 	else:
@@ -156,7 +198,10 @@ def select_disk(dict_o_disks):
 			print(f"{index}: {drive} ({dict_o_disks[drive]['size'], dict_o_disks[drive].device, dict_o_disks[drive]['label']})")
 		drive = input('Select one of the above disks (by number or full path): ')
 		if drive.isdigit():
-			drive = dict_o_disks[drives[int(drive)]]
+			drive = int(drive)
+			if drive >= len(drives):
+				raise DiskError(f'Selected option "{drive}" is out of range')
+			drive = dict_o_disks[drives[drive]]
 		elif drive in dict_o_disks:
 			drive = dict_o_disks[drive]
 		else:
@@ -182,10 +227,10 @@ def select_profile(options):
 		for index, profile in enumerate(profiles):
 			print(f"{index}: {profile}")
 
-		print(' -- The above list is pre-programmed profiles. --')
+		print(' -- The above list is a set of pre-programmed profiles. --')
 		print(' -- They might make it easier to install things like desktop environments. --')
-		print(' -- (Leave blank to skip this next optional step) --')
+		print(' -- (Leave blank and hit enter to skip this step and continue) --')
-		selected_profile = input('Any particular pre-programmed profile you want to install: ')
+		selected_profile = input('Enter a pre-programmed profile name if you want to install one: ')
 
 		if len(selected_profile.strip()) <= 0:
 			return None
@@ -265,24 +310,13 @@ def select_mirror_regions(mirrors, show_top_mirrors=True):
 	selected_mirrors = {}
 
 	if len(regions) >= 1:
-		for index, region in enumerate(regions):
+		print_large_list(regions, margin_bottom=2)
-			print(f"{index}: {region}")
 
-		print(' -- You can enter ? or help to search for more regions --')
 		print(' -- You can skip this step by leaving the option blank --')
-		print(' -- (You can use Shift + PageUp to scroll in the list --')
 		selected_mirror = input('Select one of the above regions to download packages from (by number or full name): ')
 		if len(selected_mirror.strip()) == 0:
 			return {}
 
-		elif selected_mirror.lower() in ('?', 'help'):
-			filter_string = input('Search for a region containing (example: "united"): ').strip().lower()
-			for region in mirrors:
-				if filter_string in region.lower():
-					selected_mirrors[region] = mirrors[region]
-
-			return selected_mirrors
-
 		elif selected_mirror.isdigit() and (pos := int(selected_mirror)) <= len(regions)-1:
 			region = regions[int(selected_mirror)]
 			selected_mirrors[region] = mirrors[region]

examples/guided.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 	# 3. Check that we support the current partitions
 	# 2. If so, ask if we should keep them or wipe everything
 	if archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].has_partitions():
-		archinstall.log(f"{archinstall.arguments['harddrive']} contains the following partitions:", fg='red')
+		archinstall.log(f"{archinstall.arguments['harddrive']} contains the following partitions:", fg='yellow')
 
 		# We curate a list pf supported paritions
 		# and print those that we don't support.
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 						new_filesystem = input(f"Enter a valid filesystem for {partition} (leave blank for {partition.filesystem}): ").strip(' ')
 						if len(new_filesystem) <= 0:
 							if partition.encrypted and partition.filesystem == 'crypto_LUKS':
-								if (autodetected_filesystem := partition.detect_inner_filesystem(archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None))):
+								old_password = archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None)
+								if not old_password:
+									old_password = input(f'Enter the old encryption password for {partition}: ')
+
+								if (autodetected_filesystem := partition.detect_inner_filesystem(old_password)):
 									new_filesystem = autodetected_filesystem
 								else:
 									archinstall.log(f"Could not auto-detect the filesystem inside the encrypted volume.", fg='red')
@@ -127,11 +131,17 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 		elif option == 'format-all':
 			archinstall.arguments['filesystem'] = archinstall.ask_for_main_filesystem_format()
 			archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].keep_partitions = False
+	else:
+		# If the drive doesn't have any partitions, safely mark the disk with keep_partitions = False
+		# and ask the user for a root filesystem.
+		archinstall.arguments['filesystem'] = archinstall.ask_for_main_filesystem_format()
+		archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].keep_partitions = False
 
 	# Get disk encryption password (or skip if blank)
 	if not archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None):
-		archinstall.arguments['!encryption-password'] = archinstall.get_password(prompt='Enter disk encryption password (leave blank for no encryption): ')
+		if (passwd := archinstall.get_password(prompt='Enter disk encryption password (leave blank for no encryption): ')):
-	archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].encryption_password = archinstall.arguments['!encryption-password']
+			archinstall.arguments['!encryption-password'] = passwd
+			archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].encryption_password = archinstall.arguments['!encryption-password']
 
 	# Get the hostname for the machine
 	if not archinstall.arguments.get('hostname', None):
@@ -139,7 +149,7 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 
 	# Ask for a root password (optional, but triggers requirement for super-user if skipped)
 	if not archinstall.arguments.get('!root-password', None):
-		archinstall.arguments['!root-password'] = archinstall.get_password(prompt='Enter root password (Recommended: leave blank to leave root disabled): ')
+		archinstall.arguments['!root-password'] = archinstall.get_password(prompt='Enter root password (Recommendation: leave blank to leave root disabled): ')
 
 	# Ask for additional users (super-user if root pw was not set)
 	archinstall.arguments['users'] = {}
@@ -147,7 +157,7 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 	if not archinstall.arguments.get('!root-password', None):
 		archinstall.arguments['superusers'] = archinstall.ask_for_superuser_account('Create a required super-user with sudo privileges: ', forced=True)
 
-	users, superusers = archinstall.ask_for_additional_users('Any additional users to install (leave blank for no users): ')
+	users, superusers = archinstall.ask_for_additional_users('Enter a username to create a additional user (leave blank to skip & continue): ')
 	archinstall.arguments['users'] = users
 	archinstall.arguments['superusers'] = {**archinstall.arguments['superusers'], **superusers}
 
@@ -170,7 +180,7 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 
 	# Additional packages (with some light weight error handling for invalid package names)
 	if not archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None):
-		archinstall.arguments['packages'] = [package for package in input('Additional packages aside from base (space separated): ').split(' ') if len(package)]
+		archinstall.arguments['packages'] = [package for package in input('Write additional packages to install (space separated, leave blank to skip): ').split(' ') if len(package)]
 
 	# Verify packages that were given
 	try:
@@ -182,6 +192,11 @@ def ask_user_questions():
 	# Ask or Call the helper function that asks the user to optionally configure a network.
 	if not archinstall.arguments.get('nic', None):
 		archinstall.arguments['nic'] = archinstall.ask_to_configure_network()
+		if not archinstall.arguments['nic']:
+			archinstall.log(f"No network configuration was selected. Network is going to be unavailable until configured manually!", fg="yellow")
+
+	if not archinstall.arguments.get('timezone', None):
+		archinstall.arguments['timezone'] = archinstall.ask_for_a_timezone()
 
 
 def perform_installation_steps():
@@ -232,10 +247,10 @@ def perform_installation_steps():
 	with archinstall.Filesystem(archinstall.arguments['harddrive'], archinstall.GPT) as fs:
 		# Wipe the entire drive if the disk flag `keep_partitions`is False.
 		if archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].keep_partitions is False:
-			fs.use_entire_disk(root_filesystem_type=archinstall.arguments.get('filesystem', 'btrfs'),
+			fs.use_entire_disk(root_filesystem_type=archinstall.arguments.get('filesystem', 'btrfs'))
-								encrypt_root_partition=archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', False))
+		
-		# Otherwise, check if encryption is desired and mark the root partition as encrypted.
+		# Check if encryption is desired and mark the root partition as encrypted.
-		elif archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None):
+		if archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None):
 			root_partition = fs.find_partition('/')
 			root_partition.encrypted = True
 				
@@ -243,8 +258,11 @@ def perform_installation_steps():
 		# which ones are safe to format, and format those.
 		for partition in archinstall.arguments['harddrive']:
 			if partition.safe_to_format():
-				if partition.encrypted:
+				# Partition might be marked as encrypted due to the filesystem type crypt_LUKS
-					partition.encrypt(password=archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None))
+				# But we might have omitted the encryption password question to skip encryption.
+				# In which case partition.encrypted will be true, but passwd will be false.
+				if partition.encrypted and (passwd := archinstall.arguments.get('!encryption-password', None)):
+					partition.encrypt(password=passwd)
 				else:
 					partition.format()
 			else:
@@ -262,7 +280,6 @@ def perform_installation_steps():
 										language=archinstall.arguments['keyboard-language'],
 										mirrors=archinstall.arguments['mirror-region'])
 		else:
-			archinstall.arguments['harddrive'].partition[1].format('ext4')
 			perform_installation(device=fs.find_partition('/'),
 									boot_partition=fs.find_partition('/boot'),
 									language=archinstall.arguments['keyboard-language'],
@@ -305,18 +322,17 @@ def perform_installation(device, boot_partition, language, mirrors):
 			if archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None) and archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None)[0] != '':
 				installation.add_additional_packages(archinstall.arguments.get('packages', None))
 
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('profile', None) and len(profile := archinstall.arguments.get('profile').strip()):
+			if archinstall.arguments.get('profile', None):
-				installation.install_profile(profile)
+				installation.install_profile(archinstall.arguments.get('profile', None))
 
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('users', None):
+			for user, user_info in archinstall.arguments.get('users', {}).items():
-				for user in archinstall.arguments.get('users'):
+				installation.user_create(user, user_info["!password"], sudo=False)
-					password = users[user]
-					installation.user_create(user, password, sudo=False)
-			if archinstall.arguments.get('superusers', None):
-				for user in archinstall.arguments.get('users'):
-					password = users[user]
-					installation.user_create(user, password, sudo=Tru)
 			
+			for superuser, user_info in archinstall.arguments.get('superusers', {}).items():
+				installation.user_create(superuser, user_info["!password"], sudo=True)
+
+			if (timezone := archinstall.arguments.get('timezone', None)):
+				installation.set_timezone(timezone)
 
 			if (root_pw := archinstall.arguments.get('!root-password', None)) and len(root_pw):
 				installation.user_set_pw('root', root_pw)

profiles/awesome.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if __name__ == 'awesome':
 	editor = "nano"
 	filebrowser = "nemo gpicview-gtk3"
 	webbrowser = "chromium" # TODO: Ask the user to select one instead
-	utils = "openssh sshfs git htop pkgfile scrot dhclient wget libu2f-host"
+	utils = "openssh sshfs htop scrot wget"
 
 
 	installation.add_additional_packages(f"{webbrowser} {utils} {filebrowser} {editor}")