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    On Arch Linux.
sudo pacman -S bitcoin-daemon tor

sudo systemctl enable tor.service
sudo systemctl start tor.service
Create /etc/systemd/system/bitcoin.service.
You should change the username u to match yours.
[Unit]
Description=bitcoin
After=tor.target

[Service]
PIDFile=/home/u/.bitcoin/bitcoind.pid
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bitcoind -onion=127.0.0.1:9050
User=u

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl enable bitcoin.service
sudo systemctl start bitcoin.service
Watch the logs.
tail -f ~/.bitcoin/debug.log

A simpler way without systemd or Tor.
sudo pacman -S bitcoin-daemon

bitcoind
That's all.