A gist of my adventure with arch linux

installation.sh

#Issues:
#1. can't browse files from kde connect devices in dolphin
#2. mounting a drve requires sudo
#and more upcoming...


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# step 1 install arch linux on bios/mbr partitions

# boot to arch.iso
# select install arch

#check internet connection
ip a
ping pypi.org

#synchronize the time with internet
timedatectl set-ntp true

#check partitions
lsblk

#partitions the drives
cfdisk /dev/sda
    
    #!select lable as dos if prompted
    
    #create root partition
    #partition type>(primary)
    #file type>(83 linux)

    #format root partition with proper format
    mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

    #mount partitions
    mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

#install the base system
pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware nano

#generate FSTAB file
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
cat /mnt/etc/fstab

#enter the installation leaving the installer
arch-chroot /mnt

#setup timezone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime

#synchronize hwclock
hwclock --systohc

#setup locales
nano /etc/locale.gen # and uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.conf

#setup hostname(replace hostname with your desired name)
echo "hostname" >> /etc/hostname

#setup hosts file (hostname same as above)
nano /etc/hosts #and type the following
127.0.0.1   localhost
::1         localhost
127.0.0.1   hostname.localdomain    hostname

#install necessary packages
pacman -S grub networkmanager network-manager-applet \
dialog wireless_tools wpa_supplicant os-prober mtools \
dosfstools base-devel linux-headers fish openssh

#setup bootloader
    grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda 
    #! if you see a warning do this 
    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 seek=32 
    #hit enter and run the previous command again

    #generate grub config file
    grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
    
#create password for root
passwd

#exit installation
exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

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#post innstallation

#activate internet
systemctl start NetworkManager

#enable internet
systemctl enable NetworkManager

#install graphics drivers
pacman -S xf86-video-intel

#create new user
useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/fish username
passwd username

#give sudo access to above user
EDITOR=nano visudo #uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

#create a swapfile
fallocate -l 4G /swapfile
chmod 600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
nano /etc/fstab #and add the line below
/swapfile       none            swap            defaults        0 0

#install display server audio driver
pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa

#install Desktop Manager
pacman -S sddm
systemctl enable sddm

#install plasma
pacman -S plasma

#install basic apps
pacman -S firefox kate ark gwenview spectacle vlc kdeconnect git kcal mosh

#install bluetooth drivers
pacman -S bluez bluez-utils

#enable bluetooth
systemctl enable bluetooth

reboot

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#booting to Plasma

#install yay
sudo git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay && makepkg -si

#setup wifi
yay -S b43-firmware-classic
reboot

#optimize mirrorlist
yay -S reflector
sudo reflector --latest 20 --protocol http --protocol https --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

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#optional packages
yay -S filelight krfb kgpg krename inkscape ksystemlog