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@@ -73,6 +73,23 @@ When doing so, attach any `install-session_*.log` to the issue ticket which can # Testing +## Using a Live ISO Image + +If you want to test a commit, branch or bleeding edge release from the repository using the vanilla Arch Live ISO image, you can replace the version of archinstall with a new version and run that with the steps described below. + + 1. You need a working network connection + 2. Install the build requirements with `pacman -Sy; pacman -S git python-pip` + *(note that this may or may not work depending on your RAM and current state of the squashfs maximum filesystem free space)* + 3. Uninstall the previous version of archinstall with `pip uninstall archinstall` + 4. Now clone the latest repository with `git clone https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall` + 5. Enter the repository with `cd archinstall` + *At this stage, you can choose to check out a feature branch for instance with `git checkout torxed-v2.2.0`* + 6. Build the project and install it using `python setup.py install` + +After this, running archinstall with `python -m archinstall` will run against whatever branch you chose in step 5. + +## Without a Live ISO Image + To test this without a live ISO, the simplest approach is to use a local image and create a loop device.<br> This can be done by installing `pacman -S arch-install-scripts util-linux` locally and doing the following: |