ArchLinux Installation

archlinux_install.md

ArchLinux Installation

1. cfdisk, mkfs.ext4, mount

2. network

for wired:

    dhcpcd

for wireless:

    wifi-menu

3. mirrorlist

    \# www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/all
    nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    pacman -syy
   

4. install basic system

    pacstrap /mnt base base_devel vim
   

5. make fstab

    genfstab -p -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
    # -U --> UUID
    # -L --> Label
    # after installation, remove /lib/tmpfiles.d/uuidd.conf
   

6. change root

    arch-chroot /mnt
   

7. select a mirror

    vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
   

8. locale

    vim /etc/locale.gen
    locale-gen
    echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
    echo Asia/Shanghai > /etc/timezone
    echo arch > /etc/hostname
    ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai /etc/localtime
    hwclock --systohc --utc
   

9. Create an initial ramdisk environment

    mkinitcpio -p linux
   

10. install and configure a bootloader

    pacman -S syslinux
    syslinux-install_update -iam
    vim /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
    

11. passwd, useradd, exit

    useradd -m peter
    

12. unmount, reboot

13. Configures and Softwares

paclist core

paclist extra

paclist community

• sudo

    vim /etc/sudoers
    # peter ALL=(ALL) ALL
  

• slim

    vim /etc/slim.conf
    # current_theme archlinux-simplyblack
  

• xf86-input

    xf86-input-keyboard
  
    xf86-input-mouse
  
    xf86-input-synaptics  # for notebook touchpads
  
    xf86-input-vmmouse  # for vmware mouse
  

• If systemd change network interfaces, reseting as following:

    ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules
    or
    mv /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules.bak
  

• PDF for Chinese

    pacman -S poppler-data
  

• install grub

    os-prober
    pacman -S grub-bios
    grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
    cp /usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGS/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo
    grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
  

• qt-theme

    vim ~/.config/Trolltech.conf
  
    - [qt]
    - style=GTK+
  

• clipboard in fcitx

Ctrl + ;

• solve “GPGME ERROR: No Data”

    vim /etc/pacman.conf
  
    - SigLevel = Never
  

• Network Time Protocol Daemon

    pacman -S ntp
    vim /etc/ntp.conf
  
    - server {0..3}.asia.pool.ntp.org
  
    hwclock -w
    systemctl enable ntpd
    reboot
  
    \# list configured peers
    ntpq -np
  

• change NIC’s MAC address

    pacman -S macchanger
  

• Acoustic spectrum analyser

http://spek.cc