Arch linux install UEFI + KDE

ArchInstall.md

install arch

verify uefi

efivar -l

check internet

ping -c 4 archlinux.org

install vim

pacman -S vim

clock

timedatectl set-ntp true

partition disks /dev/sda1 with 550MB, fat32 EFI /dev/sda2 with 2x RAM, swap /dev/sda3 with rest, ext4

check partitions

lsblk

create partitions

cfdisk

• GPT
• create disks
• write
• quit

format partitions

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1

mkswap /dev/sda2

swapon /dev/sda2

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

mount file systems

mount /dev/sda3 /mnt

mkdir /mnt/boot

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

select mirrors

vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

put austria on top

install base system

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel

fstab

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

there should be 3 partitions

more /mnt/etc/fstab

chroot into new system

arch-chroot /mnt

set local time

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

set hardware clock

hwclock --systohc

locale - set localization

vim /etc/locale.gen

uncomment the one you want

generate locale

locale-gen

set lang variable enter same as selected: LANG=en_US.UTF-8

vim /etc/locale.conf

OR

echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf

hostname

echo Archlinux > /etc/hostname

add hostname to hosts

vim /etc/hosts

add:

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1       localhost
127.0.0.1 Archlinux.localdomain Archlinux

network configuration

pacman -S networkmanager

systemctl enable NetworkManager

root password

passwd

enter root password twice

install and configure bootloader

pacman -S grub efibootmgr

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot

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

only for virtualbox - fix boot

mkdir /boot/EFI/boot

cp /boot/EFI/arch/grubx64.efi /boot/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi

reboot

exit

unmount

umount -a

OR

umount -R /mnt

then

reboot

login with root user!

update pacman

pacman -Syu

install AUR helper

vim /etc/pacman.conf

add these lines:

[arcolinux_repo_iso]
SigLevel = Never
Server = https://arcolinux.github.io/arcolinux_repo_iso/$arch

get new packages

pacman -Sy

install new packages

pacman -S yaourt package-query

!! delete the lines added before

vim /etc/pacman.conf

install some nice stuff

pacman -S bash-completion

add personal account

useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash erik

set password

passwd erik

allow new user to use sudo

EDITOR=vim visudo

uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

log out

exit

log in with new user!

check internet by updating pacman

sudo pacman -Syu

install display server

sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-apps xorg-xinit xterm

test by starting

startx

install graphical driver https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Driver_installation virtualbox just needs virtualbox-guest-utils

install dispaly manager

sudo pacman -S lightdm

sudo pacman -S lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings

sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service

install KDE Plasma

sudo pacman -S plasma-meta

reboot

sudo pacman -S kde-applications-meta