Notes from the time I installed Arch Linux.

arch-linux-install.md

Install archer, Jan 14, 2024

• https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-install/

Boot from install medium

Set BIOS to UEFI

Prepare on nvme1 (n1) CT2000P3SSD8 /dev/nvme0n1

• timedatectl *fdisk -l

• lsblk

• cfdisk /dev/nvme1n1

  g = gpt disk label nvme1n1 259:5 0 1.8T 0 disk ├─nvme1n1p1 259:6 0 1G 0 EFI System ├─nvme1n1p2 259:7 0 4G 0 Swap └─nvme1n1p3 259:8 0 1.8T 0 Linux Filesystem

• mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/nvme1n1p1

• mkswap /dev/nvme1n1p2

• mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme1n1p3

• mount /dev/nvme1n1p3 /mnt

• skip this: mount --mkdir /dev/nvme1n1p1 /mnt/boot

• swapon /dev/nvme1n1p2

  Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/nvme1n1p1 2048 2099199 2097152 1G EFI System /dev/nvme1n1p2 2099200 10487807 8388608 4G Linux swap /dev/nvme1n1p3 10487808 3907028991 3896541184 1.8T Linux filesystem

Install

• pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware sudo neovim openssh networkmanager sof-firmware man-db man-pages texinfo curl git

• genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

• arch-chroot /mnt

• ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime

• locale-gen

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

• echo "archer" > /etc/hostname

• systemctl enable NetworkManager

• systemctl enable sshd

• passwd

• useradd -m -G wheel allen

• passwd allen

• EDITOR=nvim visudo # Uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

GRUB

• pacman -Sy grub efibootmgr os-prober mtools

• mkdir /boot/efi

• mount /dev/nvme1n1p1 /boot/efi

• grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=Archer-Grub --efi-directory=/boot/EFI

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

  /boot/vmlinux-linux /boot/initramfs-linux.img /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img /boot/grub/{fonts,locale,themes,x86_64-efi,grub.sfg,grubenv}/ /boot/EFI/{IDNAME}/grubx64.efi

• exit

• unmount -R /mnt

• reboot

Creating a new initramfs is usually not required, because mkinitcpio was run on installation of the kernel package with pacstrap

• pacman -S linux # Installs kernal (vmlinuz-linux)
• mkinitcpio -P # Creates boot ramdisk (initramfs-linux.img)

User account

Bootstrap from another host:

• scp -rp Sync .ssh archer:

• ssh archer

• mkdir logs etc www src bin tmp Downloads Desktop Documents

• sudo pacman -Sy zsh rust node python-pip python-pynvim tmux base-devel

• sudo pacman -Sy fzf exa ripgrep curl git htop fd dog bat lsd dust duf jq sd gping procs httpie

• sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

• rm .zshrc && ln -s Sync/dot-files/.zshrc

• ln -s Sync/dot-files/.environment also link .gitconfig .gitmessage .irbrc .tmux.conf .gemrc

• git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

• git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

• git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

https://www.lunarvim.org/docs/installation

• sudo pacman -Sy fzf python-pynvim make LV_BRANCH='release-1.3/neovim-0.9' bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LunarVim/LunarVim/release-1.3/neovim-0.9/utils/installer/install.sh)

• git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

• tmux + I (capital i, as in Install) to fetch the plugin.

AUR Packages

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_and_upgrading_packages https://aur.archlinux.org/

• cd

• mkdir AUR

• cd AUR

• git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/rbenv.git

• cd rbenv

• git pull # to upgrade

• cat PKGBUILD # See what it does

• makepkg -i # Make + install makepkg sudo pacman -U *.zst # May have to choose one

• git clean -dfx # like make clean

• https://aur.archlinux.org/ruby-build.git # not ruby-install ;-)

The yay package installs other AUR packages. Install it first, then:

• yay -S packagenames...

NVIDIA Card

• lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)" 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060] (rev a1) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060] Kernel driver in use: nouveau

• Nvidia site reports driver version 535.146.02

• Nouveau: NV170 GeForce RTX 3060, Nvidia 3D codename Ampere

• NV176 (GA106) GeForce RTX (3050, 3060)

• pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings cuda cudnn nvidia-cuda-toolkit

The nvidia package adds a module to the kernel, which might freak out grub. If so, check EFI mount, reinstall linux (kernel) package, and mkinitcpio -P

KDE

Fonts

• sudo pacman -S ttf-meslo-nerd

• sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts

• sudo pacman -S gnu-free-fonts ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-croscore ttf-dejavu ttf-droid ttf-ibm-plex ttf-liberation

• sudo pacman -S sddm

• sudo systemctl enable sddm

• sudo pacman -S plasma konsole dolphin ark kwrite kcalc spectacle partitionmanager packagekit-qt5

• sudo pacman -S alsa-utils bluez bluez-utils

• sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service