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Install ImageWriter on CachyOS

A graphical utility for writing raw disk images & hybrid isos to USB keys.

From the official CachyOS repo. Install with pacman, no AUR helper needed.

Reviewed Nov 2, 2026 · independent guide

How do I install ImageWriter on CachyOS?

Run this in a terminal, then open ImageWriter from your app menu:

sudo pacman -S imagewriter

imagewriter is in the cachyos repo, the CachyOS project's own package repository, so pacman installs it directly with no AUR helper and no build script. The package is signed with the CachyOS repository key, and pacman checks the signature before it installs.

What should I do after installing ImageWriter?

  1. Open ImageWriter from your app menu.
  2. Or run imagewriter in a terminal.
  3. Run pacman -Qi imagewriter to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove ImageWriter?

Update:

sudo pacman -Syu

Remove:

sudo pacman -Rns imagewriter

What is ImageWriter?

Utility for writing raw disk images & hybrid isos to USB keys.

Package description: A graphical utility for writing raw disk images & hybrid isos to USB keys

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    openSUSE/imagewriter · ★ 191 stars · last commit May 31, 2025

    Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

    1. no progress windowsOpen

      i was using this app to write popos! into toshiba usb disk 8Gb. the app was writing but didnt show any progress windows. but when i pressed super key, it showed the windows tooltip 'writing' but not indicate what % the progress was

      @uciharis · · 1 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    2. Move build system from qmake to CMakeOpen

      With the release of Qt 6, qmake is deprecated and spun-off as a project of its own. We should migrate to CMake.

      @gruenich · · 1 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    3. Drop UDisks1 supportOpen

      UDisks1 has been dead for a long time. It's effectively unused code and we should drop it.

      @Conan-Kudo · · 1 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    4. Publish a release on github (static tarball location)Open

      Hello team, I'd like to make a release so there is a static tarball location (outside of OBS) that I can refer to from the flatpak manifest. See Issue #31 The last archive in OBS is imagewriter-1.10.1432200249.1d253d9.tar.xz Can I just go ahead and make 1.10.1396965491.a4dcffa…

      @lkocman · · 3 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    5. Make a flatpak versionOpen

      @K0-RR · · 2 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    6. Officially provide packages for Fedora.Open

      Similar to what describes, but for Fedora. The current 2 community packages for it are 5 years out-of-date.

      @beedell-roke · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    7. Inclusion in Debian & Ubuntu repositoriesOpen

      Have people already tried to package them?

      @tuxayo · · 2 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    8. Build process is broken in Platform.cpp: sys/sysctl.h: No such file or directory with glibc 2.32.xOpen

      I tried to build from git imagewriter, but build process is broken while processing Platform.cpp: It looks like to be related to glibc which removed sys/sysctl.h back in April 2020: So any glibc version starting with 2.32 is breaking build process.

      @FredBezies · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    9. Inconsistence with dark themeClosed

      I use KDE dark breeze theme and Image Writer v1.10 has some problems with it, the background is so white and text is not visible

      @medmedin2014 · · 5 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    10. Still Relies on Qt4Closed

      Looking at the commit history, it seems that a port to Qt5 happened a few years back. When trying to run without Qt4 libraries, I get this error imagewriter: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory This is on…

      @WingofaGriffin · · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    11. Opening images from the file managerClosed

      @es20490446e · · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    12. Progress screen doesn't appear in the task barClosed

      HOW TO REPRODUCE: 1. Write an image to an USB drive. 2. When the progress bar appears, open the file manager full screen, for example. 3. Try switching to the progress bar window using the icons in the task bar. RESULT: There's no method for switching to the progress screen,…

      @es20490446e · · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    13. Doesn't write the end of the input file in some casesOpen

      i++ in causes the end of the input file not to be written in some cases. How to reproduce: Expected result: a The actual result is a null byte.

      @julianladisch · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    14. GitHub release and development statusOpen

      Is this project still maintained? If yes, could you release versioned tarballs here on GitHub?

      @baimafeima · · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    15. [Instructions for builds on Linux Mint 18.1]Open

      @Wikinaut · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    ImageWriter on CachyOS: questions

    Is ImageWriter in the official CachyOS repo?

    Yes. The imagewriter package is in the cachyos repo, version 1.10.1432200249.1d253d9.2.27-1, built 2026-08-20. Install it with sudo pacman -S imagewriter.

    Do I need an AUR helper for ImageWriter?

    No. It comes from the cachyos repo, so plain pacman installs and updates it, and sudo pacman -Syu keeps it current.

    What is the ImageWriter command?

    imagewriter. The package is called imagewriter.