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Arch Linux Installation Guide
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Arch Linux Installation Guide
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cryp7ic/archie
- Owner: Cryp7ic
- Created: 2022-04-01T19:59:24.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-01-09T14:47:41.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-20T16:27:47.638Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: archlinux, dwm, ext4, grub
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- Size: 4.61 MB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# Arch Linux Installation Guide
A guide for installing Arch Linux made by Cryp7ic.
> **Note:** GRUB bootloader, ext4 file system, DWM.
## Table of contents
- [Network Configuration](#network-configuration)
- [Disk Configuration](#disk-configuration)
- [Mounting](#mounting)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Create File System Table](#create-file-system-table)
- [Set Zoneinfo](#set-zoneinfo)
- [GRUB](#grub)
- [Unmount & Reboot](#unmount-&-reboot)
- [DWM](#dwm)
- [Post Install](#post-install)
## Network Configuration
Check whether you have Internet connection.
```shell
$ ping 8.8.8.8
```
**Wi-Fi connections**
Get into interactive mode
```shell
[iwd]# iwctl
```
If you do not know your wireless device name, list the wireless devices:
```shell
[iwd]# device list
```
List all available networks:
```shell
[iwd]# station get-networks
```
Connect to a network:
```shell
[iwd]# station connect <"SSID">
```
If it is asking for a pass phrase, you can supply it as a command line argument:
```shell
$ iwctl --passphrase station connect <"SSID">
```
## Disk Configuration
#### Disk Partitioning
**List disks**
```shell
$ lsblk
```
Choose the right disk..
In my case, it is /dev/sda
```shell
# gdisk /dev/sda
```
**EFI Partition**
Command (? for help): `n` - for 'New'
Partition number (1-128, default 1): `Enter`
First sector (...): `Enter`
Last sector (...): `+300M` - Stands for 300MB
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): `ef00`
**Swap Partition**
Command (? for help): `n` - for 'New'
Partition number (2-128, default 2): `Enter`
First sector (...): `Enter`
Last sector (...): `+1024M` - Stands for 1GB
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): `8200`
**Root Partition**
Command (? for help): `n` - for 'New'
Partition number (3-128, default 3): `Enter`
First sector (...): `Enter`
Last sector (...): `Enter`
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): `Enter`
**Write**
`w`
#### Disk Formatting
**Check partitions:**
```shell
$ lsblk
```
**EFI Partition**
```shell
# mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1
```
**Swap Partition**
```shell
# mkswap /dev/sda2
```
**Root Partition**
```shell
# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
```
## Mounting
```shell
# mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
```
```shell
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
```
```shell
# swapon /dev/sda2
```
```shell
# mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
```
Check:
```shell
$ lsblk
```
## Installation
```shell
# pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring
```
> intel-ucode for intel CPUs, amd-ucode for AMD CPUs
`pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware git networkmanager dhcpcd neovim man-db intel-ucode sudo iwd sof-firmware grub efibootmgr`
## Create File System Table
`genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab`
`arch-chroot /mnt`
## Set Zoneinfo
**Find yours:**
```shell
# ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
```
```shell
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Tallinn /etc/localtime
```
```sh
# hwclock --systohc
```
```shell
# vim /etc/locale.gen
```
Uncomment "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"
```shell
# locale-gen
```
```shell
# echo "LANG=en_UK.UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.conf
```
**Keyboard:**
```shell
# echo "KEYMAP=en_US" >> /etc/vconsole.conf
```
**Hostname file:**
```shell
# echo "arch" >> /etc/hostname
```
**Optional:**
```shell
# mkinitcpio -P
```
**Hosts file:**
```shell
# echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" >> /etc/hosts
# echo "::1 localhost" >> /etc/hosts
# echo "127.0.1.1 arch.localdomain arch" >> /etc/hosts
```
**Add a root password:**
```shell
# passwd
```
**Add a user:**
```shell
# useradd -m -G wheel
```
```shell
# echo " ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/
```
## GRUB
Install GRUB:
```shell
# grub-install
```
```shell
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
```
**Check if you can switch users**
```shell
# su
```
## Unmount & Reboot
```shell
# exit
# exit
# umount -R /mnt
# reboot
```
```shell
# systemctl enable NetworkManager
# systemctl start NetworkManager
# nmtui
```
## DWM
**Update & download xorg**
```shell
$ sudo pacman -Syu
```
```shell
$ sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit
```
**Downloading some packages**
```shell
sudo pacman -S alacritty picom feh firefox dolphin
```
**Download & configure DWM**
```shell
$ cd ~/.config
[cryp7ic@arch .config]$ git clone https://github.com/cryp7ic/dwm.git
$ cd dwm
$ sudo make clean install
```
Set the alacritty path in **config.def.h**
**dmenu**
```shell
[cryp7ic@dwm]$ cd ..
[[email protected]]$ git clone https://git.suckless.org/dmenu
$ cd dmenu
$ nvim config.def.h
(Change the font size to 16)
$ sudo make clean install
```
**startx**
```shell
$ nvim .xinitrc
---
picom &
dwm
```
**Alacritty**
Download the official alacritty.yml file
```shell
$ mkdir ~/.config/alacritty
```
Now move the official .yml file into *~/.config/alacritty*
```shell
$ mv alacritty.yml ~/.config/alacritty/
```
Configure alacritty:
```shell
$ cd ~/.config/alacritty
```
```shell
$ nvim alacritty.yml
Uncomment:
window
padding
x: 15
y: 15
opacity: 0.5
font
normal:
family: Fira Code
style: regular
size: 10.0
```
**fish shell**
```shell
$ sudo pacman -S fish
```
```shell
$ which fish
/usr/bin/fish
```
```shell
$ nvim ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
Uncomment:
fish:
program: /usr/bin/fish
args:
- --login
```
**Wallpapers**
```shell
$ feh --bg-fill /path/to/file.png
```
The file *.fehbg* sets the recently used wallpaper if run.
If you want to set the wallpaper on start every single time:
```shell
$ nvim .xinitrc
picom &
~/.fehbg &
dwm
```
**neofetch**
```shell
$ nvim .config/fish/config.fish
Add those lines:
function fish_greeting
neofetch
end
```
**sxhkd**
sxhkd is used for hot key management
```shell
$ sudo pacman -S sxhkd
$ nvim .config/sxhkdrc
Configure it. (i have some functions in github (cryp7ic/dotfiles))
$ nvim .xinitrc
it should look like this:
sxhkd -c ~/.config/sxhkdrc &
picom &
~/.fehbg &
dwm
```
**Date & time**
```shell
$ mkdir .scripts
$ cd .scripts
$ nvim time.sh
---
#!/bin/sh
while true; do
xsetroot -name "$(date)"
sleep 1
done
```
```shell
$ chmod +x time.sh
```
```shell
$ cd ..
$ nvim .xinitrc
---
sxhkd -c ~/.config/sxhkdrc &
~/.scripts/time.sh &
picom &
~/.fehbg &
dwm
```
**Audio**
```shell
$ sudo pacman -S pavucontrol
```
**Running startx:**
```shell
$ startx
```
## Post Install
- Enable paccache.timer to clear the package cache weekl
- if using an SSD, enable fstrim.timer to discard unused blocks periodically
- Setup a firewall such as ufw or firewalld
- Install and configure reflector to frequently update the mirrorlist automatically
- Enable Parallel Downloads in /etc/pacman.conf
- Install intel-ucode or amd-ucode microcode depending on your CPU
- For laptops, setup CPU frequency scaling and optimise battery life with tlp, autocpu-freq, powertop or power-profiles-daemon etc
- Install a backup kernel like LTS or Zen kernel
- For NVIDIA users, create a pacman hook to ensure initramfs gets updated on every nvidia or kernel upgrade
- Install noto-fonts for basic font coverage
```shell
pacman -S papirus-icon-theme arc-gtk-theme network-manager-applet dialog mtools dosfstools base-devel linux-headers avahi xdg-user-dirs xdg-utils gvfs gvfs-smb nfs-utils inetutils dnsutils bluez bluez-utils cups hplip alsa-utils pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack bash-completion rsync acpi acpi_call tlp virt-manager qemu qemu-arch-extra edk2-ovmf bridge-utils dnsmasq vde2 openbsd-netcat iptables-nft ipset firewalld nss-mdns acpid os-prober virtualbox wireshark-qt flameshot discord haruna
```
**Graphics card drivers**
AMD:
```shell
$ pacman -S --noconfirm xf86-video-amdgpu
```
NVIDIA:
```shell
$ pacman -S --noconfirm nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings nvidia-prime
```
**Enabling services**
```shell
systemctl enable NetworkManager
systemctl enable bluetooth
systemctl enable cups.service
systemctl enable sshd
systemctl enable avahi-daemon
systemctl enable tlp
systemctl enable reflector.timer
systemctl enable fstrim.timer
systemctl enable libvirtd
systemctl enable firewalld
systemctl enable NetworkManager
systemctl enable bluetooth
systemctl enable cups.service
systemctl enable sshd
systemctl enable avahi-daemon
systemctl enable tlp
systemctl enable reflector.timer
systemctl enable fstrim.timer
systemctl enable libvirtd
systemctl enable firewalld
systemctl enable acpid
```
Arch Linux (arch.conf)
> **Note:** To enable EFI for a virtual machine using the graphical interface, open the settings of the virtual machine, choose *System* item from the panel on the left and *Motherboard* tab from the right panel, and check the checkbox *Enable EFI (special OSes only)*.