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Arch Setup (with Awesome)
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wifi-menu | |
ping www.google.com | |
# setup disk partitions | |
cfdisk. | |
# format disk partitions | |
lsblk /dev/sda | |
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 | |
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2 | |
# mount disk partitions. | |
# root partition. | |
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt | |
# home partition. | |
mkdir /mnt/home | |
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/home | |
# install the base. | |
pacstrap /mnt base | |
# generate a fstab. | |
genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab | |
# alter fstab using following guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fstab#Field_definitions | |
nano /mnt/etc/fstab | |
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot | |
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash | |
# set root password | |
passwd | |
# install GRUB2 | |
pacman -S grub | |
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg | |
nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg # edit menu-entry listings | |
grub-install --recheck /dev/sda | |
# unmount | |
exit | |
umount /mnt/{home,} | |
reboot | |
# setup permanent wired network connection | |
systemctl enable dhcpcd.service | |
systemctl start dhcpcd.service | |
# hostname | |
hostnamectl set-hostname arch | |
# keymap | |
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KEYMAP | |
ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps | |
localectl set-keymap uk | |
# locale | |
nano /etc/locale.gen | |
# Uncomment the desired locale | |
locale-gen | |
localectl set-locale LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 | |
# timezone | |
ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/ | |
timedatectl set-timezone Europe/London | |
# enable multilib for 32bit installation on 64bit arch | |
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multilib | |
nano /etc/pacman.conf | |
# [multilib] | |
# Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | |
pacman -Syy | |
# setup user | |
useradd -m -g users -s /bin/bash edd | |
passwd edd | |
pacman -S sudo | |
visudo # enable user as desired | |
# login as your new account | |
# setup basic build utilities | |
sudo pacman -S multilib-devel fakeroot git jshon wget make pkg-config autoconf automake patch | |
# packer - Arch User Repository | |
wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pa/packer/packer.tar.gz | |
tar zxvf packer.tar.gz | |
cd packer && makepkg | |
sudo pacman -U packer<tab> | |
# xorg | |
sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils mesa | |
sudo pacman -S xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm | |
# select the correct video drivers | |
pacman -Ss xf86-video | less | |
# virtualBox guest | |
sudo pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils | |
sudo sh -c "echo -e 'vboxguest\nvboxsf\nvboxvideo' > /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf" | |
sudo systemctl enable vboxservice.service | |
# intel graphics | |
sudo pacman -S xf86-video-intel libva-intel-driver | |
# laptop touchpad | |
pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics | |
# awesome | |
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Awesome | |
sudo pacman -S awesome vicious | |
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc | |
echo "exec awesome" >> ~/.xinitrc | |
mkdir -p ~/.config/awesome/ | |
cp /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua ~/.config/awesome/ |
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All I got here are great yet I am still new to using just wm's and no DE,I'm quite familiar with openbox and my setup there conky etc. How do I get my existing conky and autostart here?
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Awesome, it was very helpfull