VPS Guide: Your Go-To for VPS, Ubuntu & Command Line Success

Install Arch Linux Pacman

Category: VPS Setup

Set up Pacman on an Arch Linux VPS for package management—Arch comes with it pre-installed so update with

pacman -Syu

to sync repos and upgrade (e g expect kernel 6 x) Install SSH with

pacman -S openssh

MySQL with

pacman -S mariadb

and initialize it via

mariadb-install-db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr

then start with

systemctl start mariadb

Add FTP with

pacman -S vsftpd

and enable with

systemctl enable vsftpd

Open ports with iptables—e g

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

On Vultr this lean setup ensures uptime—test with

pacman -Qs mariadb

to confirm installs expecting version output