Step 1: Edit /etc/pacman.conf add information below before the [core] entry. [larch] Server = ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/larch/larch7/i686 # There must be a blank line after this! Step 2: Run pacman -Sy as root to update packages. Step 3: Run pacman -S larch as root to install larch and also create a directory /home/larchbuild Step 4: Run larch ..