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https://github.com/quinsaiz/archinstall

A script to automate the Arch Linux installation process, including disk partitioning, system configuration, and package installation with customizable options.
https://github.com/quinsaiz/archinstall

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A script to automate the Arch Linux installation process, including disk partitioning, system configuration, and package installation with customizable options.

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# Arch Linux installation guide



## Preparation for installation



### Update the system clock



```bash

timedatectl set-ntp true

```



### Connect to the internet (WiFi)



```bash

rfkill unblock wifi



iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID



iwctl --passphrase "password" station wlan0 connect "SSID"

```



### Create partitions



```bash

fdisk -l



cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1

```



### Format the partitions



#### Create EFI partition



```bash

mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1

```



#### **ext4:**



```bash

mkfs.ext4 -L "arch" /dev/nvme0n1p2



mkfs.ext4 -L "home" /dev/nvme0n1p3

```



#### **f2fs:**



```bash

mkfs.f2fs -f -l "arch" /dev/nvme0n1p2



mkfs.f2fs -f -l "home" /dev/nvme0n1p3

```



### Mounting



````bash

mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt



mkdir -p /mnt/{home,boot/efi}



mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt/home



mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot/efi

````



## Installation



### Installing the main packages



```bash

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux-zen linux-zen-headers linux-firmware amd-ucode networkmanager nano

```



###



- linux linux-headers

- intel-ucode



## Configure the system



### Generate fstab



```bash

genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

```



### Arch Chroot



```bash

arch-chroot /mnt

```



### Time



```bash

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Kyiv /etc/localtime



hwclock --systohc

```



### Localization



```bash

echo -e \

"en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" \

| tee -a /etc/locale.gen



locale-gen



echo \

"LANG=en_US.UTF-8" \

> /etc/locale.conf

```



#### If another language



```bash

echo -e \

"en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8\nuk_UA.UTF-8 UTF-8" \

| tee -a /etc/locale.gen



locale-gen



echo \

"LANG=uk_UA.UTF-8" \

> /etc/locale.conf



echo -e \

"KEYMAP=ua-utf\nFONT=UniCyr_8x16" \

> /etc/vconsole.conf

```



### Hostname



```bash

echo \

"arch" \

> /etc/hostname

```



### Bootloader



```bash

pacman -S grub efibootmgr



grub-install /dev/nvme0n1



grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

```



#### If Windows is installed



```bash

pacman -S os-prober



sed -i \

'/^#GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=/ s/^#//' \

/etc/default/grub



grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

```



### User management



#### Set password for root



```bash

passwd

```



#### Add a new user



```bash

sed -i \

'/^# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/ s/^# //' \

/etc/sudoers



useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash username



passwd username

```



### NetworkManager activation



```bash

systemctl enable NetworkManager

```



### End of installation



```bash

exit



umount -R /mnt



reboot

```



## Post-install



### Connect to the Wi-Fi



```bash

nmtui

```



### Pacman



```bash

sudo sed -i \

'/^#\[multilib\]/,/^#\Include = \/etc\/pacman.d\/mirrorlist/ s/^#//' \

/etc/pacman.conf



sudo sed -i \

's/^ParallelDownloads = 5/ParallelDownloads = 10/' \

/etc/pacman.conf



sudo sed -i \

'/^#Color$/ s/^#//' \

/etc/pacman.conf



sudo pacman -Syu

```



### NVIDIA GPU



```bash

# use nvidia-open for stock linux kernel, nvidia-open-dkms for custom kernels

sudo pacman -S \

nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils \

nvidia-settings --needed 



sudo pacman -S \

vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader \

opencl-nvidia libva libva-utils \

vulkan-tools mesa-utils v4l-utils ffmpeg cuda \

--needed



printf '%s\n' \

'options nvidia_drm modeset=1 fbdev=1' \

| sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-drm.conf > /dev/null



printf '%s\n' \

'blacklist i2c_nvidia_gpu' \

| sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-i2c.conf > /dev/null



printf '%s\n' \

'blacklist nouveau' 'options nouveau modeset=0' \

| sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf > /dev/null



sudo sed -i \

's/^MODULES=(\(.*\))/MODULES=(\1 nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)/' \

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf



sudo mkinitcpio -P



# for verification of installation

sudo cat /proc/driver/nvidia/params

```



### AMD GPU



```bash

sudo pacman -S \

mesa lib32-mesa \

vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon \

--needed



sudo pacman -S \

vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader \

libva-mesa-driver lib32-libva-mesa-driver \

libva libva-utils vulkan-tools mesa-utils \

v4l-utils ffmpeg --needed

```



### GNOME



```bash

sudo pacman -S gnome



sudo systemctl enable gdm



sudo reboot

```



### Installation of basic programs



```bash

sudo pacman -S \

firefox firefox-i18n-uk fastfetch btop nvtop vlc \

qbittorrent obs-studio adw-gtk-theme dosfstools ntfs-3g \

gnome-browser-connector gnome-tweaks bash-completion --needed



paru -S suru-plus-dark-git

```



### Installation paru and pamac



```bash

sudo pacman -S git --needed



git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git && \

cd paru && makepkg -si



paru -S pamac-aur

```



### Sound and equalizer settings



```bash

sudo pacman -S \

pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa \

alsa-utils wireplumber easyeffects --needed



sudo pacman -S lsp-plugins-lv2 calf



sudo curl -L \

"https://github.com/Rikorose/DeepFilterNet/releases/download/v0.5.6/libdeep_filter_ladspa-0.5.6-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.so" \

-o /usr/lib/ladspa/libdeep_filter_ladspa.so

```



### Installation fonts



```bash

sudo pacman -S \

noto-fonts noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji \

ttf-liberation ttf-roboto --needed

```



### Firewall settings



```bash

sudo pacman -S ufw gufw



sudo systemctl enable --now ufw



sudo ufw default deny incoming



sudo ufw default allow outgoing



sudo ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/24 to any port 8000 proto tcp 



sudo ufw enable

```



### Bluetooth



```bash

sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils --needed



sudo systemctl enable --now bluetooth.service

```



### Power profiles



```bash

sudo pacman -S power-profiles-daemon



sudo systemctl enable --now power-profiles-daemon



paru -S ppd-cpu-boost

```



### Gaming utils



```bash

sudo pacman -S steam



sudo pacman -S mangohud lib32-mangohud goverlay gamemode lib32-gamemode



sudo usermod -aG gamemode $(whoami)



paru -S vkbasalt lib32-vkbasalt

```



### Zsh

```bash

sudo pacman -S zsh zsh-completions zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd



chsh -s /bin/zsh



sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"



git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k



sed -i \

's#ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"#ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"#' \

~/.zshrc



printf \

'\n# Plugins\nsource /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh\nsource /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh\n' \

>> ~/.zshrc



printf \

'include /usr/share/nano/*.nanorc\n' \

>> ~/.nanorc

```



### Dnsmasq



```bash

sudo pacman -S dnsmasq



printf '%s\n' \

'[main]' \

'dns=dnsmasq' \

| sudo tee /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/dns.conf > /dev/null



nmcli general reload

```



### Cloudlfare WARP



```bash

paru -S cloudflare-warp-bin



sudo systemctl enable --now warp-svc



warp-cli registration new



systemctl --user mask warp-taskbar

```



### Optimization mkinitcpio



```bash

sudo sed -i \

's/^#COMPRESSION="lz4"/COMPRESSION="lz4"/' \

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf



sudo sed -i \

's/^#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=()/COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=(-9)/' \

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf



sudo mkinitcpio -P

```



### Optimization pacman mirrors



```bash

sudo pacman -S reflector



sudo reflector \

--protocol https \

--country Germany,Ukraine,Poland \

--age 6 \

--sort rate \

--save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist



sudo pacman -Syu

```



### Activation everyweek TRIM



```bash

sudo systemctl enable --now fstrim.timer

```



### SWAP



#### zram-generator



```bash

sudo pacman -S zram-generator



printf '%s\n' \

'[zram0]' \

'zram-size = ram / 2' \

'compression-algorithm = lz4' \

'swap-priority = 100' \

| sudo tee /etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf > /dev/null

```



#### swapfile



```bash

sudo fallocate -l 8G /swapfile



sudo chmod 600 /swapfile



sudo mkswap /swapfile



sudo swapon /swapfile



printf '%s\n' \

'/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0' \

| sudo tee -a /etc/fstab > /dev/null



printf '%s\n' \

'vm.swappiness=10' \

'vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50' \

| sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf > /dev/null

```



### Change volume step



```bash

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys volume-step 2

```



### Recommended extensions



- [AppIndicator](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/)

- [BlurMyShell](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3193/blur-my-shell/)

- [Dash to Dock](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/)

- [Tiling Assistant](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3733/tiling-assistant/)

- [System Monitor](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6807/system-monitor/)



#



### Fix suspend on amdgpu



```bash

sudo sed -i \

's/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="\(.*\)"/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="\1 amdgpu.runpm=0"/' \

/etc/default/grub



sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

```



### For caching new icons



```bash

sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f -t /usr/share/icons/*

```



### Remove standart GNOME apps



```bash

sudo pacman -Rns \

gnome-calendar gnome-characters gnome-clocks \

gnome-connections gnome-contacts gnome-music \

gnome-font-viewer gnome-maps gnome-software \

gnome-tour gnome-weather epiphany \

baobab simple-scan papers snapshot

```



### Cleaning GNOME of unnecessary programs (Be careful)



```bash

sudo pacman -D --asdeps $(pacman -Qqg gnome)



sudo pacman -D --asexplicit \

gnome-shell mutter gdm gnome-control-center \

gnome-console nautilus gnome-session \

gnome-settings-daemon gnome-backgrounds \

gvfs gvfs-mtp gnome-text-editor gnome-calculator \

evince gnome-disk-utility gnome-logs \

gnome-shell-extensions gnome-system-monitor \

loupe sushi xdg-desktop-portal-gnome \

xdg-user-dirs-gtk



sudo pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qqgdtt gnome)



# removal unused dependencies

sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qdtq)

```



### Headphone front panel activation



```bash

alsamixer # Line -> 100%



sudo alsactl store



mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart



cat << 'EOF' > ~/.config/autostart/amixer.sh

#!/bin/bash

for card in 0 1; do

    amixer -c $card sset "Headphone" 100% unmute 2>/dev/null || true

    amixer -c $card sset "Front" 100% unmute 2>/dev/null || true

done

EOF



chmod +x ~/.config/autostart/amixer.sh



cat << 'EOF' > ~/.config/autostart/amixer.desktop

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Amixer Headphone Fix

Comment=Enable headphone front panel on startup

Exec=/bin/bash -c "~/.config/autostart/amixer.sh"

Type=Application

Terminal=true

Hidden=false

StartupNotify=false

X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true

Icon=music

EOF

```