arch.md

Table of Contents

• 1. Installation
  • 1.1. Mount USB
  • 1.2. Connect to Wifi
  • 1.3. Update system clock
  • 1.4. Determine correct disk (assuming /dev/sda)
  • 1.5. Partition disks
  • 1.6. Format partitions
  • 1.7. Mount partitions
  • 1.8. Install arch linux
  • 1.9. Generate fstab
  • 1.10. Enter new arch linux install
  • 1.11. Set hostname
  • 1.12. Set locale
  • 1.13. Set root password
  • 1.14. Create user
  • 1.15. Generate initrd image
  • 1.16. Setup grub
  • 1.17. Unmount and restart (remove usb)
• 2. Setup
  • 2.1. General
  • 2.2. XMonad
  • 2.3. XFCE4
  • 2.4. Login
  • 2.5. Yaourt
  • 2.6. Pulse Audio
  • 2.7. Bluetooth
  • 2.8. Network
  • 2.9. SSH
  • 2.10. Power
  • 2.11. Printing
  • 2.12. Essentials
• 3. Usage
  • 3.1. Keybindings
    • 3.1.1. XMonad

Installation

Resources Download - https://www.archlinux.org/download/ Guide - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide

Mount USB

dd if=archlinux-2017.01.01-dual.iso | pv | dd of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

Connect to Wifi

sudo wifi-menu
ping 8.8.8.8

Update system clock

timedatectl set-ntp true

Determine correct disk (assuming /dev/sda)

fdisk -l

Partition disks

cfdisk /dev/sda

Makeup:

• /dev/sda1 - 250MiB - Linux
• /dev/sda2 - 4GiB - Swap
• /dev/sda3 - - Linux

Format partitions

mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
mkswap /dev/sda2
swapon /dev/sda2

Mount partitions

mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

Install arch linux

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel zsh vim git dialog wpa_supplicant

Generate fstab

genfstab -pU /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Enter new arch linux install

arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash

Set hostname

echo MYHOSTNAME > /etc/hostname

Set locale

echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> /etc/locale.conf
echo LANGUAGE=en_US >> /etc/locale.conf
echo LC_ALL=C >> /etc/locale.conf
vim /etc/locale.gen   # uncomment en_US.UTF-8
locale-gen

Set root password

passwd

Create user

useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/zsh MYUSERNAME
passwd MYUSERNAME

Generate initrd image

mkinitcpio -p linux

Setup grub

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

Unmount and restart (remove usb)

exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

Setup

General

sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils mesa xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm xf86-input-synaptics

XMonad

sudo pacman -S xmonad xmonad-contrib xmobar trayer

XFCE4

sudo pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies

Login

sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter

Yaourt

sudo pacman -S yaourt
sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf

# [multilib]
# Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlists

# [archlinuxfr]
# SigLevel = Never
# Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

Pulse Audio

sudo pacman -S pulseaudio pulseadio-bluetooth pulseaudio-alsa paprefs alsa-utils
yaourt -S pasystray

Bluetooth

sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils blueman
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth
sudo systemctl start bluetooth

Network

sudo pacman -S networkmanager metwork-manager-applet networkmanager-openvpn gnome-keyring
sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager
sudo systemctl start NetworkManager

SSH

sudo pacman -S openssh
sudo systemctl enable sshd
sudo systemctl start sshd

Power

sudo pacman -S powertop tlp
yaourt -S thermald
sudo systemctl enable tlp
sudo systemctl start tlp

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/powertop.service

#[Unit]
#Description=Powertop tunings

#[Service]
#Type=oneshot
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/powertop --auto-tune

#[Install]
#WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl enable powertop  
sudo systemctl start powertop

Printing

sudo pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts hplip
yaourt -S libcups

systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service
systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service

systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd-browsed.service
systemctl start org.cups.cupsd-browsed.service

Essentials

sudo pacman -S firefox emacs termite parcellite vlc feh xarchiver rofi gimp htop mlocate tree mutt ranger imagemagick jq mtr ncmpcpp nmap xscreensaver zathura stow compton tmux
yaourt -S google-chrome sublime-text-dev dropbox thunar-dropbox telegram-desktop slack-desktop zoom zeal virtualbox archey-plus speedtest-cli z-git trayer-srg xss-lock spotify tmuxp pgcli

Usage

Keybindings

XMonad

1. Workspaces

   M-<num> - switch to workspace

   M-<left>/<right> - previous / next workspace

2. Monitors

   M-<up>/<down> - previous / next monitor

   M-w/e/r - 1st / 2nd / 3rd monitor

   M-<shift>-<up>/<down> - move pane previous / next monitor

3. Layouts

   M-SPC - cycle through layouts

   M-h/l - shrink / expand layout

   M-./, - decrease / increase master pane count

   M-RET - move current pane to master position

4. Panes (windows)

   M-C - close pane

   M-j/k - previous / next pane

   M-J/K - move pane previous / next position

   M-f - toggle fullscreen

   M-m - minimize current pane

   M-M - un-minimize all minimized clients

5. Applications

   M-<shift>-<enter> - open terminal

   M-F - open file browser

   M-p - launch rofi (application launcher)

   F12 - launch / show termite w/ tmux

   M-F10 - launch / show telegram

   M-g - show all open applications

   M-z - show / hide zeal