Arch Linux Installation Guide.md

• Connect to wifi: wifi-menu
• Partition the disk:
  1. list all disks: fdisk -l
  2. partition the disk: gdisk /dev/disk_name:
  • o: clear all partitions, n: create new partition, p: list partitions, w: save partitions, q: quit
  • create 4 partitions each with their equivalent code for partition type, boot: EF00, system: 8300, home: 8300, and swap: 8200
• Format the partitions:
  • boot partition: mkfs.vfat /dev/boot_partition_name
  • system and home partitions: mkfs.ext4 /dev/system_partition_name && mkfs.ext4 /dev/home_partition_name
  • swap partition: mkswap /dev/swap_partition_name && swapon /dev/swap_partition_name
• Mount the partitions:
  • system partition: mount /dev/system_partition_name /mnt
  • mkdir /mnt/boot
  • mkdir /mnt/home
  • boot partition: mount /dev/boot_partition_name /mnt/boot
  • home partition: mount /dev/home_partition_name /mnt/home
• Install the base system:
  • pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
• Save the mounted partitions to automount them later: genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
• Change root into the new system arch-chroot /mnt
• Setup the bootloader:
  1. bootctl install
  2. add the main entry:
  • cd /boot/loader/entries
  • vi arch.conf and add this:

  title Arch Linux
  linux /vmlinuz-linux
  initrd /intel-ucode.img
  initrd /initramfs-linux.img
  options root=PARTUUID=8cce1cdf-3a6e-4d34-0143e-04305a556409 rw
  

  • get the PARTUUID in vi using :r !blkid, and use the entry of the main system partition (/dev/system_partition_nam2)
  3. add the main config and point to the entry:
  • cd /boot/loader
  • vi loader.conf and add this:

  default arch
  timeout 3
  

• Setup the system
  1. install these packages: pacman -S sudo vim zsh linux-headers intel-ucode mesa xf86-video-intel
  2. set a password for the root account: passwd
  3. create a new user:
  • useradd -m -a wheel,storage,power -s $(which zsh) your_username
  • chown -R your_username:your_username /home/your_username
  • passwd your_username
  • add the user to the sudoers using visudo and add this line:

  your_username ALL=(ALL) ALL
  

  4. setup the timezone: ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/path/to/city /etc/localtime
  5. sync the hardware clock: hwclock --systohc
  6. setup the system locale:
  • in /etc/locale.gen, uncomment en_US.UTF-8
  • locale-gen
  • in /etc/locale.conf, add LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  7. add a hostname: echo your_computer_name >> /etc/hostname
• Prepare the desktop:
  1. install a display server (we will use xorg): pacman -S xorg-server xorg-apps xorg-xinit
  2. install a desktop environment or a window manager
• Install any packages you may need
• Install trizen to access AUR (this should be done after you reboot and access the system):
  • cd /tmp
  • git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/trizen.git
  • cd trizen
  • makepkg -si