Commit 2f0abd10 authored by Joseph Bisch's avatar Joseph Bisch
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Add instructions for using gitian-builder with an Arch host

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## Prerequisites:



### Arch:



    sudo pacman -S python2-cheetah qemu rsync

    sudo pacman -S lxc libvirt bridge-utils # for lxc mode



From AUR:



* [apt-cacher-ng](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/apt-cacher-ng/) (you may have to play with permissions (chown to apt-cacher-ng) on files to get apt-cacher-ng to start)

* [debian-archive-keyring](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/debian-archive-keyring/) (for making Debian guests)

* [debootstrap](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/debootstrap/)

* [dpkg](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dpkg/)

* [gnupg1](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnupg1/)

* [multipath-tools](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/multipath-tools/) (for kpartx)

* [ubuntu-keyring](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ubuntu-keyring/) (for making Ubuntu guests)



From Launchpad:



* [vmbuilder](https://launchpad.net/vmbuilder)



Also, I had to modify the default /etc/sudoers file to uncomment the `secure_path` line, because vmbuilder isn't found otherwise when the `env -i ... sudo vmbuilder ...` line is executed (because the i flag resets the environment variables including the PATH).



### Gentoo:



    layman -a luke-jr  # needed for vmbuilder