systemd-nspawn is a lightweight container runtime from the Systemd project that uses operating system-level virtualization techniques to manage containers. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install systemd-nspawn on Arch Linux.
Before installing systemd-nspawn, make sure that your system is up-to-date and you have administrative privileges. You can update your system by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
The systemd-nspawn package is available in Arch Linux’s official repositories. You can install it using the pacman package manager by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S systemd-nspawn
This will download and install the latest version of systemd-nspawn along with its dependencies on your system.
To verify that systemd-nspawn has been installed successfully, run the following command in a terminal:
systemd-nspawn --version
This should display the version number of systemd-nspawn.
We have successfully installed systemd-nspawn on Arch Linux by using the pacman package manager. We also verified the installation by running a simple command. We can now use systemd-nspawn to create and manage lightweight containers on our Arch Linux system.
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