Created: Feb 25, 2021 10:12 AM Tags: ArchLinux, Artix URL: https://youtu.be/nCc_4fSYzRA Updated: Feb 26, 2021 11:08 AM
Installing Artix Linux (Like Arch, but better)
Ctrl
Alt
F2
/F10
/F9
usually goes back into the system TTY if there's ever any problem.
# 1. Verifying if UEFI
ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
# 2. Verify that you have internet (you might need to install `wifi-menu`)
ping <any-website>
# 3. Start witht the disk partitioning
# 3.1. Get root access
sudo su
# 3.2. Enter the `fdisk` utility
lsblk
fdisk /dev/sda
# Press `d` to delete a partition, if you have one.
# `p` lists the partitions.
# 3.3. Start creating your partitions
n
# 3.4. Boot Partition
# Press n twice and then (Last Sector) select +1G for the size of the boot partition.
# 3.5. Root Partition
# The recommended size is 30G
# 3.6. Home Partition
# Just press enter for everything so it takes the rest of the space.
# 3.7. Write Your Partitions
# `fdisk` only writes the partitions once you use the `w` command.
w
# 4. Verify your partitions
lsblk
# 5. Start creating filesystems
# 5.1. Home
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
# If using UEFI, change `ext4` to `fat`: `mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
# 5.2. Root
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
# 5.1. Boot
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
# Now we have all of our partitions with filesystems on them
# 6. Mounting
# 6.1. Mount your root to wherever
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
# 6.2. Create 2 useful directories
mkdir /mnt/home
mkdir /mnt/boot
# 6.3. Mount the Root Partition into the new /mnt/boot, and do the same for the home
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home
# Run `lsblk` to see that everything is mounted where it's supposed to be
# 7. Install the Operating System
# The Artix Wiki tells you which command for which distribution you need to apply
basestrap /mnt base base-devel openrc # pacstrap in ArchLinux
basestrap /mnt linux linux-firmware # this could be done on the command above
# 8. Setting up for reboot
# We need to tell the system how to boot the correct partitions when it reboots.
fstabgen -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab # genfstab in ArchLinux
# -U makes it so the PC uses the UUID of the partition, instead of its alias, which might conflict with something else.
# 9. Configs on the newly installed OS
artix-chroot /mnt # this accesses the installed OS
sh-5.0\# bash
[art /]\# vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist # Optional
[art /]\# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/ # Creating a symbolic link for your timezone
[art /]\# **ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Sao_Paulo /etc/localtime**
[art /]\# ls -l /etc/localtime # should link to America/Sao_Paulo
[art /]\# hwclock --systohc # updates the hardware clock
[art /]\# sudo pacman -Syu vim
[art /]\# vim /etc/locale.gen # Uncomment `en_US`'s UTF and ISO
[art /]\# locale-gen
[art /]\# vim /etc/locale.conf # new file
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
[art /]\# pacman -S networkmanager networkmanager-openrc
[art /]\# ln -s /etc/runit/sv/NetworkManager/ /etc/runit/runsvdir/current # autostarts networkmanager
# OpenRC has a different command for what's above. See the wiki for more. (pacman -S connman-openrc) (rc-update add connmand)
[art /]\# vim /etc/hostname
desktop
[art /]\# vim /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.1.1 desktop.localdomain desktop
[art /]\# vim /etc/conf.d/hostname
hostname='desktop'
[art /]\# pacman -S dhcpcd
[art /]\# pacman -S grub <for dual-boot: os-prober> <for UEFI: efibootmgr>
[art /]\# grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda (UEFI: grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB)
[art /]\# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
[art /]\# passwd
# 10. Entering the Machine
# 10.1. Reboot
# Reboot the machine and enter the username as root and the password you set up above.
exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot
# 10.2. Add a new user:
useradd -mg wheel philippe
passwd philippe
After a Minimal Linux Install: Graphical Envionment and Users
# 1. User setup
useradd -m -g wheel luke
# Other commands useradd, userdel, groupadd, groupdel
# `getent group` lists all groups
# `groups philippe` lists all groups philipe is a part of
vim /etc/sudoers # base-devel should have installed sudo
# Uncomment line 82 or 85
# Minute 6:34 mentions a more custom configuration
# 2. Graphical Desktops
# Two Options: Desktop Environments and Window Managers
# At any rate, install:
sudo pacman -S xf86-video-<intel/amd> xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-xrandr
sudo pacman -S <xterm/konsole> git
# Start the server via `xinit` or `startx`, which will read `~/.xinitrc to know what to start
# Install YAY
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git
cd yay-git
makepkg -si
(yay -S brave-bin)
(yay -S nerd-fonts-mononoki)
sudo pacman -S brave-bin
sudo pacman -S xmonad xmonad-contrib
sudo pacman -S xterm dmenu
# Once you've installed all that
vim .xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
xinitrc
startx
# 3. Configuring XMonad
sudo pacman -S ttf-fira-code xorg-xmodmap
# You can also use the configuration I have on Github to cut most of the following steps down.
# !!! This will probably too much of a configuration change. Don't do it unless you do it step by step.
cd ~
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/psygo/unix_config.git
git pull origin master
# Edit your ~/.xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
exec xmonad &
xinit
# 3.1. Open your browser and search for: xmonad default config.
## Download the: latest darcs template xmonad.hs
# 3.2.
GTK is a toolset for UI on Linux. Many applications use it. Customizing it will affect all of them.
There are tons of themes on the AUR:
sudo pacman -Syu lxappearance
yay -S gtk-blah-blah-blah
Arch Linux Install and Dual Boot with Windows 10 (UEFI) | Step by Step w/ Networking | 2021 Tutorial
Install Windows 10 first, not after Linux. Linux is capable of intelligently managing partitions of all systems, unlike Windows.
- Go to Disk Management on Windows 10
- Right-click on the C disk and shrink its volume. Enter the amount to shrink by in MB.
- Download Arch/Artix
- Go to Balena Etcher and put the image on a drive.
- Search for "boot" on the startup options.
- Use the advanced startup to boot into your ISO.
- Continue with the typical Artix installation.
- Just be careful not to partition the wrong partitions.
- And don't forget to check for UEFI.
- And to install
os-prober
if it does exist.
- And to install
you probably want
to be under the boot section, not home!