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<p class="crumbs"><a href="index.html">home</a> / <a href="install.html">install</a> / requirements</p>
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<h1>Installation requirements</h1>
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<p>Honest about what installing Keru demands.</p>
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<h3>Hard requirements</h3>
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<tr><th>Requirement</th><th>Why</th></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Working network</strong></td><td>The ISO carries only the installer. Everything else — toolchain, kernel, init, libc, tools — is fetched and compiled during install. No network, no install.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>A machine that runs Linux</strong></td><td>Keru is a Linux distribution. The installer boots on x86 (and other archs as they're proven).</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>A target disk/filesystem</strong></td><td>The system is written to the filesystem you choose during install.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>Some patience</strong></td><td>Everything is built from source on your machine. A from-scratch toolchain + system takes time. The compiler, not the package manager, is the bottleneck.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><strong>A willingness to choose</strong></td><td>Keru's only ask is that you form an opinion about init, libc, filesystem, kernel, and tooling. Defaults exist; the decisions are still yours.</td></tr>
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<h3>Not requirements</h3>
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<li><strong>No pre-existing Linux.</strong> You don't need an OS to install from — the ISO + installer handles everything.</li>
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<li><strong>No manual source builds.</strong> The installer drives the whole from-scratch build for you.</li>
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<li><strong>No binary packages.</strong> Nothing precompiled to download. You build what you run.</li>
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<li><strong>No telemetry or accounts.</strong> Nothing phone-home, nothing to sign up for to install.</li>
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<h3>The network, concretely</h3>
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<p>At the first installable release (0.1), the network path is straightforward: wired Ethernet via DHCP, or wireless via <code>nmtui</code>, both handled from inside the installer. <a href="network-setup.html">See the network setup flow.</a></p>
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<h3>What "from the network" means</h3>
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<p>The installer fetches source tarballs (straight from upstream, or via a mirror when <code>SOURCE_MIRROR</code> is set) and pulls package recipes from the GitHub-hosted <a href="kama-repos.html">recipe repository</a>. The heavy lifting is the compiler on your CPU — which is exactly the point of a source-only, from-scratch distribution.</p>
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<div class="callout">If you want fast and prebaked, a binary distro is right there. If you want <em>your</em> machine — built from source to your exact selection — Keru is the one.</div>
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