[solved] install issue

[cjan]

got Rpi-2, try to install arch.
is there anyway to install without wired network only wifi?
wifi-menu(dialog needed) and no wpa_supplicant prinstalled.

[sdjf]

You could download the packages needed with another computer, put them on external media such as a USB stick, and then install them from there. That is offline package installation, I have a page up about how to do that with pacman, although it may be slightly out of date, the basic technique is the same, I use that all the time for updating and adding packages to my Pi.

http://sdjf.esmartdesign.com/raspberrypi/pacman.html

You will also need to edit an appropriate profile in /etc/netctl, to suit your setup. copy an appropriate wireless profile from /etc/netctl/examples to /etc/netctl and edit it, removing the other one. You can install packages and update pi without having that profile working, but it will be necessary once the packages are installed, for them to run properly.

If you have not yet installed Arch at all, then the instructions are here and do not require any specific type of internet connection:

http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7 ... berry-pi-2

[cjan]

just download a file 'dialog' for wifi-menu dependence, only..only..only...
then, wifi-menu do the magic auto to bring WIFI connected. thanks @sdjf

ps. archlinuxarm, why?why?why?

[sdjf]

Glad you have your wifi working now. Not sure I understand your new question, but if you are asking why this works automatically in another distribution and not in archlinuxarm, it is because the beauty of arch linux is we choose the packages we need, rather than having them forced on us as part of the distribution. Not everyone needs wifi, nor does everyone need dialog. Hence, those do not come preinstalled.