antergos-pkgs

Custom package repository for Antergos NeXT ISO builds.

Packages

Package	Description	Source
calamares	Universal installer framework (Qt6)	upstream
calamares-branding-antergos-next	Blue Calamares theme + offline/online installer split + dracut	local
hal	HAL 9000 package manager — dual-mode (pacman wrapper + native standalone)	local
antergos-next-keyring	GPG keyring for the repo	local
antergos-next-mirrorlist	Mirror list for [antergos-pkgs]	local
antergos-next-desktop-settings	Custom GTK/Plasma theme, dconf defaults	local
antergos-wallpapers	Antergos desktop wallpapers	local
yay	AUR helper	AUR
downgrade	Pacman package downgrade tool	AUR

Usage

Add to /etc/pacman.conf:

[antergos-pkgs]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = https://antergos-next.github.io/antergos-packages/

Then:

pacman -Sy
pacman -S calamares hal antergos-next-desktop-settings

What is HAL?

HAL stands for HAL Arch Linux — a dual-mode package manager for Antergos NeXT.

It works two ways:

• Wrapper mode (hal install firefox) — just passes through to pacman, same as always
• Native mode (hal --self install firefox) — standalone. Reads repos, resolves deps, downloads packages, runs install scripts. No pacman needed.

The plan: give HAL enough native features that eventually you won't need pacman at all. One less dependency, one less point of failure. Wrapper mode means nothing breaks today — --self is the future.

"I can't let you do that, Dave. Also if we can delete the init, we're also going to delete systemd out of orbit. Just kidding lol you all would cry in pain."

Calamares installer

The calamares-branding-antergos-next package provides:

• Offline install — unpacks a GNOME squashfs from the ISO (no internet needed)
• Online install — netinstall from the internet with 8 DE choices (KDE, GNOME, Xfce, Budgie, Cinnamon, MATE, LXQt, i3/Sway)
• dracut initramfs — replaces mkinitcpio for faster boot
• Launcher (calamares-next) — zenity/kdialog/dialog GUI to pick offline or online mode

Branches

• master — package definitions, CI builds + deploys to gh-pages
• Calamares packages shipped from upstream (with custom branding)

License

GPL-2.0