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# Arch Linux install scripts



Note: These scripts are not meant to be another full-fledged Arch installer. They are made to fit my devices: Dell XPS 7390 and custom desktop build (Ryzen 3700X and RX 5700XT). In any case, as long as you don't use a Nvidia GPU, they should work fine.



## Install script



- LVM on LUKS

- LUKS2

- systemd-boot (with Pacman hook for automatic updates)

- systemd init hooks (instead of busybox)

- SSD Periodic TRIM

- Intel/AMD microcode

- Standard Kernel + LTS kernel as fallback

- Hibernate support

- NMI watchdog disabled

- Swappiness set to 20



### Requirements



- UEFI mode

- NVMe SSD

- TRIM compatible SSD

- CPU: Intel (Skylake or newer) / AMD

- GPU: AMDGPU - only if CPU vendor is AMD (this combination is hard-coded. For now, base script checks for CPU vendor and if it's AMD, then it'll also install required drivers for AMD GPU)



### Partitions



| Name                                                 | Type  | Mountpoint |

| ---------------------------------------------------- | :---: | :--------: |

| nvme0n1                                              | disk  |            |

| ├─nvme0n1p1                                          | part  |   /boot    |

| ├─nvme0n1p2                                          | part  |            |

|    └─cryptlvm                         | crypt |            |

|        ├─vg0-swap |  lvm  |   [SWAP]   |

|        └─vg0-root |  lvm  |     /      |



## Post install script



- Gnome / KDE / Sway / i3 (separate scripts)

- PipeWire instead of PulseAudio

- UFW (deny incoming, allow outgoing)

- Automatic login

- Fonts

- paru (AUR helper)

- Plymouth

- Flatpak support

- Syncthing

- Browsers:

  - Firefox (see below: MISC - Firefox required configs for VA-API support)

  - Chrome: via Flatpak, with hardware acceleration enabled

  - Chromium: via Flatpak, with hardware acceleration enabled



## Installation guide



1. Download and boot into the latest [Arch Linux iso](https://www.archlinux.org/download/)

2. Connect to the internet. If using wifi, you can use `iwctl` to connect to a network:

   - scan for networks: `station wlan0 scan`

   - list available networks: `station wlan0 get-networks`

   - connect to a network: `station wlan0 connect SSID`

3. Give highest priority to the closest mirror to you on /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist by moving it to the top

4. Sync repos: `pacman -Sy` and install wget `pacman -S wget`

5. `wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gjpin/arch-linux/master/1_install.sh`

6. Change the variables at the top of the file (lines 3 through 9)

   - continent_country must have the following format: Zone/SubZone . e.g. Europe/Berlin

   - run `timedatectl list-timezones` to see full list of zones and subzones

7. Run the script: `./1_install.sh`

8. Reboot into Arch Linux

9. Connect to wifi with `nmtui`

10. `wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gjpin/arch-linux/master/2_gnome.sh` or `2_plasma.sh` or `2_sway.sh`

11. Run the script: `./2_gnome.sh` or `./2_plasma.sh` or `./2_sway.sh`



## Misc guides



### Firefox required configs for VA-API support



- Run `flatpak --user override --socket=wayland --env=MOZ_WEBRENDER=1 --env=MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 --env=GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 org.mozilla.firefox`

- At about:config set `gfx.webrender.enabled`, `media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled` `widget.wayland-dmabuf-vaapi.enabled` to true and `media.ffvpx.enabled` to false and then restart browser

  - Read original blog post [here](https://mastransky.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/firefox-on-fedora-finally-gets-va-api-on-wayland/)

  - Note: base script already sets the required environment variables. Only changing these 2 configs suffices



### How to install Paru (AUR helper)



```

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru-bin.git

cd paru-bin

makepkg -si --noconfirm

cd ..

rm -rf paru-bin

```



### How to enable secure boot



1. `sudo pacman -S --noconfirm sbctl`

2. Confirm secure boot is disabled and delete existing keys in the bios (should automatically go into setup mode)

3. Confirm status (setup mode): `sudo sbctl status`

4. Create new keys: `sudo sbctl create-keys`

5. Enroll new keys: `sudo sbctl enroll-keys`

6. Confirm status (setup mode should now be disabled): `sudo sbctl status`

7. Confirm what needs to be signed: `sudo sbctl verify`

8. Sign with new keys:



- `sudo sbctl sign -s /boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI`

- `sudo sbctl sign -s /boot/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi`

- `sudo sbctl sign -s /boot/vmlinuz-linux`

- `sudo sbctl sign -s /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts`



9. Reboot and enable secure boot in the bios

10. Confirm status (secure boot enabled): `sudo sbctl status`



### How to chroot



```

mkdir -p /mnt/boot

mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p2 cryptlvm

mount /dev/vg0/root /mnt

arch-chroot /mnt

```



### How to install Firefox Gnome theme



```

echo "Installing Firefox Flatpak Gnome theme"

git clone https://github.com/rafaelmardojai/firefox-gnome-theme/ && cd firefox-gnome-theme

./scripts/install.sh -f ~/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/.mozilla/firefox

rm -rf ~/firefox-gnome-theme

```



### How to install Lutris and Steam (Flatpak)



```

# Sources:

# https://gitlab.com/freedesktop-sdk/freedesktop-sdk/-/wikis/Mesa-git

# https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom#flatpak

# https://github.com/flathub/net.lutris.Lutris



# Add Flatpak repos

flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo

flatpak update --appstream



# Install mesa-git

flatpak install --user --assumeyes flathub-beta org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.mesa-git//20.08 org.freedesktop.Platform.GL32.mesa-git//20.08



# Install Lutris

flatpak install --user --assumeyes flathub-beta net.lutris.Lutris//beta

flatpak install --user --assumeyes flathub org.gnome.Platform.Compat.i386 org.freedesktop.Platform.GL32.default org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default



# Give Lutris Flatpak access to external drive

flatpak override --user --filesystem=/mnt/data/games/lutris net.lutris.Lutris



# Install Steam

flatpak install --user --assumeyes flathub com.valvesoftware.Steam

flatpak install --user --assumeyes com.valvesoftware.Steam.CompatibilityTool.Proton



# Give Steam Flatpak access to external drive

flatpak override --user --filesystem=/mnt/data/games/steam com.valvesoftware.Steam



# Make Steam and Lutris Flatpak use mesa-git

sed -i "s,Exec=,Exec=env FLATPAK_GL_DRIVERS=mesa-git ," ~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/com.valvesoftware.Steam.desktop

sed -i "s,Exec=,Exec=env FLATPAK_GL_DRIVERS=mesa-git ," ~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/net.lutris.Lutris.desktop



# Download latest release from GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom and move it to Steam Flatpak

curl -Ls https://api.github.com/repos/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/latest | grep -wo "https.*tar.gz" | wget -qi -

mkdir -p ~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/

tar -xzf Proton-* -C ~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/data/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/



# To enable proton ge: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom#enabling



# Allow Steam Link through the Firewall

sudo ufw allow from 192.168.1.0/24 to any port 27036:27037 proto tcp comment "steam link"

sudo ufw allow from 192.168.1.0/24 to any port 27031:27036 proto udp comment "steam link"

```