Arch Linux Installation

nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1

#https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WPA_supplicant
#wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
#wpa_cli
wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c <(wpa_passphrase SSID PASSPHRASE)

dhcpcd wlan0

ping archlinux.org

timedatectl set-ntp true

cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p3
mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p4

mount /dev/nvme0n1p4 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/efi
mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt/efi

cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak

curl -s "https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=GB&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" | sed -e 's/^#Server/Server/' -e '/^#/d' > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware sudo man-db man-pages texinfo nano htop wpa_supplicant dhcpcd which efibootmgr grub reflector

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

arch-chroot /mnt

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

hwclock --systohc

locale-gen

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

echo reece-bp-desktop > /etc/hostname

echo 127.0.0.1    localhost >> /etc/hosts
echo ::1          localhost >> /etc/hosts

reflector --verbose --latest 100 --age 12 --protocol https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist --country GB

pacman -Syu

passwd

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB

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

lsblk -o UUID /dev/sda3 >> /etc/fstab
 # edit file so that last line looks like:
 UUID=209e09c5-c678-4b32-abe8-8142f9cd50ba /home ext4 defaults 0 1

Set last digit to last order of volumes to be mounted

# Setup a new user
useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash reece
passwd reece

EDITOR=nano visudo
%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Install graphics drivers
pacman -Ss xf86-video

# Install open source Nvidia drivers
pacman -S xf86-video-nouveau

systemctl start dhcpcd
systemctl enable dhcpcd

# Setup xorg
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg
pacman -S xorg-server plasma-desktop konsole

pacman -S plastma plasma-nm packagekit-qt5 sddm sddm-kcm konsole firefox dolphin archey3

systemctl enable sddm
systemctl enable NetworkManager


Reboot