Arch linux install

readme.md

Installing - Partitionning, mounting, bootstrapping

• efibvars -l
  • Make sure you see some
• lsblk
• lsblk -f
• cgdisk /dev/sda
  • ddd
  • n -> enter -> 24500000 -> enter -> root
  • n -> enter -> enter -> enter -> boot (min 500mb)
  • w
  • q
• mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
• mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda2
• mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
• mkdir /mnt/boot
• mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot
• vi /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
  • /Cannada -> Enter -> 2dd -> Ctrl-UUU -> p -> :wq
• pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel
• genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
• vi /mnt/etc/fstab
  • Verify

Installing - Setting up

• arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
• vi /etc/locale.gen
  • Find en_US.UTF-8 and uncomment _
• locale-gen
• echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf _
• ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern /etc/localtime
• hwclock --systohc --utc
• echo kiasaki-workstation > /etc/hostname
• vi /etc/pacman.conf
  • uncomment "multilib"
  • add "[archlinuxfr]\nSigLevel = Never\nServer = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch"
• pacman -Sy
• passwd
• useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/bash kiasaki
• passwd kiasaki
• pacman -S sudo git openssl curl vim openssh yaourt bash-completion grub os-prober
• visudo
  • decomment line like %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
• grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=arch_grub --recheck
• grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
• ip link
  • note currently used interface
• systemctl enable dhcpcd@[interface].service
• systemctl start dhcpcd@[interface].service
• exit
• umount -R /mnt
• reboot

Installing - Getting comfortable, Xorg, i3-wm

• login using user account
• sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit mesa xf86-video-ati
• sudo pacman -Sg i3
• sudo pacman -S i3-wm
• yaourt -S i3status i3bar
• sudo pacman -S alsa-utils xclip ttf-droid
• sudo vim /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
  • add "exec i3" at the bottom
• sudo cp /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-ttf-droid-sans-fontconfig.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/