Alexis Piéplu pieplu

I've used this guide through 2024 despite archinstall and it's still more or less valid. After having used archinstall twice and having encountered obscure issues (luksOpen taking ages, or slow reboots in general) I switched back to a manual setup and it seems to be almost as straightforward.

Always refer to the official guide in case of doubt.

First things first

One important thing first: the environment you will encounter on the live image is very different from what you'll end up installing, some things are significantly easier there: e.g. wifi tools come

Epson recently released official drivers for their printers for linux. Even very old printers can now be made to work in linux in two clicks!

Guide

Install paru (or other AUR helper)

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git && cd paru && makepkg -si

Install package system-config-printer

	//
	// MIT License
	//
	// Copyright (c) 2018 Ali Sharif
	//
	// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
	// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
	// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
	// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
	// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

	[Trigger]
	Operation = Remove
	Type = Package
	Target = *

	[Action]
	Description = Clearing cache...
	When = PostTransaction
	Exec = /home/<user>/.local/bin/tools/removehook