---
title: "Installation on Arch Linux"
description: "Installation of Home Assistant on your Arch Linux computer."
---

[Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org/) is a lightweight and flexible Linux distribution for x86_64.

Install the needed Python packages.

```bash
sudo pacman -S python
sudo pacman -S python-pip
```

From here on, we recommend you to follow the
[virtualenv](https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/installation/virtualenv/) guide.