# Arch LINUX stuff
**URL:** https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/arch-linux-stuff/1394
**Category:** Hacking
**Created:** [June 28, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/arch-linux-stuff/1394 "2017-06-28T17:12:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@shreeswifty](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/shreeswifty)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/arch-linux-stuff/1394/1 "2017-06-28T17:12:36Z")
Hi
i wanted to start a separate linux thread regarding changing/upgrading features to the organelle~ without
breaking anything crucial that makes the organelle work properly
it would be great if i could see a pacman.conf as to not inadvertantly upgrade and break a core feature.
for example i cannot run makepkg -si as root and that is preventing me from installing csound which is only available with aurget in aur/community but i don;t want to add a user and screw up a login setup
maybe i am overthinking it but with linux i would rather err on the side of caution and avoid headaches later
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### Author:  [@wo3](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/wo3)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/arch-linux-stuff/1394/2 "2017-06-30T20:42:57Z")
The entire OS is set to read only. To set it to read / write you have to remount.
`mount / -o remount,rw`
Another good thing to do is setup a systemctl to get scripts to boot on startup!
I remade /etc/rc.local by creating a systemctl service.
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### Author:  [@quilime](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/quilime)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/arch-linux-stuff/1394/3 "2017-07-05T15:22:47Z")
as @wo3 said, after you set the disc to read/write you should be able to make changes to the disk.
When my Organelle shipped (YMMV), there was a folder called `/root/scripts` and inside was a bunch of convenience scripts, one of which is `remount-rw.sh` and `remount-ro.sh`, which mounts the disk as read/write and read respectively. There’s other stuff in there, too, and it’s a good place to store your own scripts as you make them.
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### Author:  [@shreeswifty](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/u/shreeswifty)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.critterandguitari.com/t/arch-linux-stuff/1394/4 "2017-07-05T18:37:38Z")
you cannot makepkg as root, you have to create a user, i did not want to create a user and then have it stall because of login issues.
i am not fully comfy with Arch yet, i get the concept now but when i wrote the above i was struggling with csound and if you have ever compiled it from source it can be daunting on a system you are expert in, so on a system i had no experience with i erred on the side of caution as i shared. It’s all good now. beyond csound~, rtcmix~, LADSPA, abl\_link~ and perhaps supercollider running via shell i think i am comfortable and confident with the organelle now.