themindfulcoder/ArchLinuxInstall.md

## ArchLinuxInstall.md

      
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    Verify UEFI mode is enabled

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

Setup network

wifi-menu
ping archlinux.org

Enable network system clock synchronization

timedatectl set-ntp true

Configure hard drive partitions

# Create partition table
parted -s /dev/nvme0n1 mklabel gpt

# Create partition for /boot
parted -s /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 513MiB
parted -s /dev/nvme0n1 set 1 boot on

# Create partition for /
parted -s /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart primary ext4 513MiB 50.5GiB

# Create partition for /home 
parted -s /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart primary ext4 50.5GiB 450.5GiB

# Create the swap partition (hibernation)
parted -s /dev/nvme0n1 mkpart primary linux-swap 450.5GiB 100%

Format the newly created partitions

mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3
mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p4

Mount the partitions

mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt

mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1

mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/nvme0n1p3

swapon /dev/nvme0n1p4

Update the mirrorlist to use your preferred mirror first

vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Install arch into /mnt

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel intel-ucode

Generate the file table

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

CHROOT into your new distro

arch-chroot /mnt 

Set your timezone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Johannesburg /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

Set your localization

vi /etc/locale.gen
> en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

locale-gen

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

Set the machines hostname

echo myHostName > /etc/hostname
vi /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 myHostName.localdomain myHostName

ping myHostName

Update /boot

mkinitcpio -p linux

Install Bootloader

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-boot
bootctl install
touch /boot/loader/loader.conf
> #timeout 3
> default arch

MY_ROOT_UUID=$(blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/nvme0n1p2)

touch /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf
> title   Arch Linux
> linux   /vmlinuz-linux
> initrd  /intel-ucode.img
> initrd  /initramfs-linux.img
> options root=UUID=$MY_ROOT_UUID rw video=eDP-1:1920x1080@60:e drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=edid/1920x1080.bin

Set root password and create basic user

passwd

useradd -m my_user_name
passwd my_user_name

Grant your new user sudo privledges

visudo
> my_user_name  ALL=(ALL) ALL

Install some basic applications

pacman -S networkmanager network-manager-applet reflector vim

Update mirrorlist using reflector

reflector --country ZA --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Setup Graphical Environment

pacman -S xorg xorg-server xorg-apps
pacman -S sddm i3
pacman -S dmenu ffmpeg i3status imagemagick rxvt-unicode
systemctl enable sddm.service
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

mkdir -p /home/my_user_name/.config/i3
cp /etc/i3/config /home/my_user_name/.config/i3/config

mkdir -p /home/my_user_name/.config/i3status
cp /etc/i3status/config /home/my_user_name/.config/i3status/config

Exit and reboot

exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

Connecting to wifi after rebooting

nmcli dev wifi connect <SSID> password <password>

General Recommendations

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/General_recommendations