ArchLinux Installation

cfdisk, mkfs.ext4, mount
network

for wired:

    dhcpcd

for wireless:

    wifi-menu

mirrorlist

 \# www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/all
 nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 pacman -syy

install basic system
```
 pacstrap /mnt base base_devel vim
```

make fstab

 genfstab -p -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
 # -U --> UUID
 # -L --> Label
 # after installation, remove /lib/tmpfiles.d/uuidd.conf

change root
```
 arch-chroot /mnt
```
select a mirror
```
 vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
```

locale

 vim /etc/locale.gen
 locale-gen
 echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
 echo Asia/Shanghai > /etc/timezone
 echo arch > /etc/hostname
 ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Shanghai /etc/localtime
 hwclock --systohc --utc

Create an initial ramdisk environment
```
 mkinitcpio -p linux
```

install and configure a bootloader

pacman -S syslinux
syslinux-install_update -iam
vim /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg

passwd, useradd, exit
```
useradd -m peter
```
unmount, reboot
Configures and Softwares

paclist core

paclist extra

paclist community

sudo

  vim /etc/sudoers
  # peter ALL=(ALL) ALL

slim

  vim /etc/slim.conf
  # current_theme archlinux-simplyblack

xf86-input

  xf86-input-keyboard

  xf86-input-mouse

  xf86-input-synaptics  # for notebook touchpads

  xf86-input-vmmouse  # for vmware mouse

If systemd change network interfaces, reseting as following:

  ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules
  or
  mv /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules.bak

PDF for Chinese
```
  pacman -S poppler-data
```

install grub

  os-prober
  pacman -S grub-bios
  grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
  cp /usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGS/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo
  grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

qt-theme

  vim ~/.config/Trolltech.conf

  - [qt]
  - style=GTK+

clipboard in fcitx

Ctrl + ;

solve “GPGME ERROR: No Data”

  vim /etc/pacman.conf

  - SigLevel = Never

Network Time Protocol Daemon

  pacman -S ntp
  vim /etc/ntp.conf

  - server {0..3}.asia.pool.ntp.org

  hwclock -w
  systemctl enable ntpd
  reboot

  \# list configured peers
  ntpq -np

change NIC’s MAC address
```
  pacman -S macchanger
```
Acoustic spectrum analyser

http://spek.cc

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ArchLinux Installation