Install Arch linux (Base Intall + OS Settings + Xfce)

arch_install

# show the list of hard drivers
fdisk -l

# setup partitions (change /dev/sda to whatever your hard drive is)
fdisk /dev/sda

# blank out the hard drive
o
# create first partition (/)
n
# select primary
p
# partition number (/)
1
# on first sector press enter
⏎
# on last sector type the size you want
+30G
# if after the previous step shows a message that the partition contains ext4 signature type y, to remove it
# make this partition bootable
a

#======================================================================================
# This is for swap. Because I have an SSD I skip that step, but it's up to you if you                                
# want to create a swap partition or not
# create swap partition
  n
# select primary
  p
# partition number (swap)
  2
# on first sector press enter
  ⏎
# on last sector type the size you want
  +2G
# set the type for that partition
  type
# select swap number partition
  2
# partition type (82 is for swap)
  82
#======================================================================================

# create second partition (/home)
n
# select primary
p
# partition number (/home) if you have a swap partition, the nuumber will be 3, otherwise it will be 2
2
# on first sector press enter
⏎
# on last sector press enter to take the remained hard drive
⏎

# finalize changes
w
# show hard drivers list to verify the changes
fdisk -l

# format OS partition
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
# format home partition (if you have a swap partition, the number will be 3, otherwise will be 2)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

#======================================================================================
# internet access set up                              
# check if you have an internet connection (8.8.8.8 is Google DNS Server)
  ping 8.8.8.8
# if you are getting replies you are ready to continue
#===============================
# wired internet connection
# copy from the examples the ethernet-dhcp interface
  cp /etc/netctl/examples/ethernet-dhcp /etc/netctl/ethernet-dhcp
# show interfaces
  ip a
# change on file the eth0 with the wired interface
  nano /etc/netctl/ethernet-dhcp
  ip link set wired_interface up
  dhcpcd
  reboot
#===============================

#===============================
# wireless internet connection
# copy from the examples the wirelss-wpa interface (the SSID-Name is rooter's name)
  cp /etc/netctl/examples/wirelss-wpa /etc/netctl/SSID-Name
# show interfaces
  ip a  
# on the file set ESSID value with SSID Name and the Key with the WPA password, and the wlan0 with the wireless interface
  nano /etc/netctl/SSID-Name
  ip link set wired_interface up
  netctl start SSID-Name
  reboot
#===============================

#======================================================================================

# mount OS partition
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
# create home directory on mnt directory to mount the home partition
mkdir /mnt/home
# mount home partition
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/home
# verify that the partition have mounted (on the bottom, you must see the mounted partitions
mount

# install the packages for arch linux distribution
pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel
# on packages selection (both times) press enter to install all the packages and then accept the installation
⏎
y

#create fstab file
genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

# Synchronize pacman database and accept the installation
pacman -Syu
y

# get the fine-tunings of distribution install (now we are using ou installation to install the packages we want to)
arch-chroot /mnt

# install some (required and optional) packages -> optional packages are (openssh, linux-headers, linux-lts, linux-lts-headers)
# if you are installing arch on laptop (or if you have or want to add in the future a wireless card on your desktop) the packages (wpa_supplicant, wireless_tools and wpa_actiond) are required, otherwise are optional
pacman -S openssh grub-bios linux-headers linux-lts linux-lts-headers wpa_supplicant wireless_tools wpa_actiond
y

# edit locale file (remove # from the languages you want) WARNING: you must remove the # from the locales with .UTF-8 UTF-8 
nano /etc/locale.gen
# generate locale
locale-gen
# remove locale semantic link
rm /etc/localtime
# create semantic link for zone info (eg ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Athens
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/{continent}/{capital_city_name} /etc/localtime

# sync the clock
hwclock --systohc --utc

# create an initial ramdisk environment
mkinitcpio -p linux

# enable ssh (if you have installed it earlier)
systemctl enable sshd.service

# set password
passwd

# install grub
grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo
# make grub configuration
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

# we are done with the entire proccess, so exit
exit

# unmount home
umount /mnt/home
# unmount OS
umount /mnt

# reboot to start the OS
reboot

base_install

#login as root
#check that everything is installed
df -h

# set locale (we set locale again because some applications will not run unless we do this
localectl set-locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8"

#======================================================================================
# enable swap partition
# find swap partition (something like /dev/mapper/volgroup0-lv_swap or /dev/sda2)
  fdisk -l
# device_node is the swap partition path (from the response copy the UUID)
  mkswap device_node
# add the line:
# UUID=UUID_value     none    swap     defaults     0 0
# HINT: if for any reason you didn't copy the swap UUID type blkid to find it
  nano /etc/fstab
#======================================================================================

#======================================================================================
# edit fstab only if you have a SSD
# add on OS partition and home partition the value discard next to rw
  nano /etc/fstab
#======================================================================================

# reboot to take advantage of these values (if after the reboot you don't have internet connection, just type dhcpcd)
reboot

# install network manager
pacman -Sy networkmanager network-manager-applet dialog
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

# install x
#======================================================================================
# install touchpad (only for touchpads or trackpads)
  pacman -S xf86-input-libinput
  y
#======================================================================================
pacman -S xorg xorg-server xterm xorg-xclock xorg-twm xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils mesa
# config pacman to install 32 bit packages (remove # from mutlilib and from the include below it)
nano /etc/pacman.conf

# install default video card driver (for if nouveau-dri doesn't run try lib32-nouveau-dri
pacman -S xf86-video-nouveau nouveau-dri

# install sudo
pacman -Sy sudo
y

# remove # from %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
EDITOR=nano visudo

# create user account (user_name is your user name)
useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash user_name
# set passwsord to user (user_name is your user name)
passwd user_name

# name our machine (host_name the name for your machine)
hostnamectl set-hostname host_name

# change grub timeout (change set timeout=5 to set timeout=x (two times) (x are the seconds, which must NOT be more that 3600)
nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg

xfce_install

exit
# login as user

# install slim
sudo pacman -S slim slim-themes archlinux-themes-slim xdg-user-dirs

# install xfce
sudo pacman -S xfce4

# open xfce4
startxfce4

# create Trash, Documents, Desktop, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Public, Templates, Videos direcotries
sudo pacman -S ttf-dejavu
sudo pacman -S gvfs

# other settings
# install slim
sudo pacman -S slim

# install leafpad
sudo pacman -S leafpad

# install wget
sudo pacman -S wget

# install yaourt
sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf
# add the following repository at the bottom
[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
sudo pacman -Sy yaourt

# install google chrome
sudo pacman -S chromium

# start xfce4 automatically
sudo pacman -S xorg-xinit
leafpad .xserverrc
# text:
#===================================================
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/bin/Xorg -nolisten tcp "$@" vt$XDG_VTNR
#===================================================
cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
leafpad .xinitrc
# override text:
#===================================================
xscreensaver &
exec startxfce4
#===================================================
leafpad .bash_profile
# append text:
#===================================================
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ -n "$XDG_VTNR" ] && [ "$XDG_VTNR" -eq 1 ]; then
  exec startxfce4
fi
#===================================================

# install xfce4 goodies
sudo pacman -S xfce4-goodies

# install sound
sudo pacman -S alsa-tools alsa-utils
alsamixer
# on alsamixer press m and then add volume or navigate with key arrows. Exit with Esc

# init pacman key
sudo pacman-key --init

# alsa wheel volume
yaourt gvolwheel
# go to start menu and run program "gvolwheel"

sudo pacman -S gnome-alsamixer

# install skype
wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/skypeforlinux-bin.tar.gz
tar zxf skypeforlinux-bin.tar.gz
cd skypeforlinux-bin
makepkg -s
sudo pacman -U /path/to/package/skypeforlinux-bin-xxxxxxx.pkg.tar.xz

# for sound you will be need the pulseaudio
sudo pacman -S pulseaudio

# install package manager
yaourt pamac-aur

# install java
# download jdk from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
tar -zxvf jdk-xxxxx.tar.gz
sudo mv jdk1xxxx /opt/java
chmod +x /opt/java/bin
chomd +x -R /opt/java
nano /etc/profile.d/java.sh
# write
export J2SDKDIR=/opt/java 
export J2REDIR=$J2SDKDIR/jre 
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java
#===================================================
nano /etc/profile.d/oraclejdk8.csh
# write
setenv J2SDKDIR=/opt/java
setenv J2REDIR=$J2SDKDIR/jre 
setenv JAVA_HOME=/opt/java
#===================================================
nano ~/.bashrc
# write
export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
#===================================================
source ~/.bashrc

# unzip zip and rar files
pacman -S file-roller p7zip zip unzip unrar

# customize ui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxaxFZyBQbc