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Arch Linux install guide

Before install

  1. download arch iso and flash it onto usb stick with BalenaEtcher
  2. plug usb stick into the machine
  3. enter bios by pressing f2 (also might be f6 f10 or del) when booting and put the usb stick to the top of the boot order
  4. save changes, exit and reboot

Connect to internet (wifi)

start iwctl

iwctl

scan for networks

station wlan0 scan

show all available networks

station wlan0 get-networks

connect to network

station wlan0 connect NAME_OF_NETWORK

Set up system clock and timezones

list all timezones (exit with q)

timedatectl list-timezones

set timezone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Bratislava /etc/localtime

sync clock

timedatectl set-ntp true

hwclock --systohc

Partition your disk

list all available disks

fdisk -l

start partitioning your disk (could be named /dev/sda, /dev/nvme0n1 or /dev/mmcblk0, I will use /dev/nvme0n1)

fdisk /dev/nvme0n1

view all the commands for fdisk

m

create a new gpt table

g

create 4 partitions (EFI, SWAP, ROOT and HOME)

EFI (create partition, assign the number 1 to it, select how big it should be, change the type to EFI partition)

n
1
(just press enter)
+350M
t
1
1

SWAP (create partition, assing the number 2 to it, select how big it should be, change the type to Linux swap)

n
2
(just press enter)

if using laptop this should be your ram size + few gb (my ram is 32gb so +34G)

+34G

change the type to Linux swap

t
2

to get this number type L which prints all available partition types

19

Linux root filesystem (create new partition, assign the number 3 to it, select how big it should be, dont have to change the type)

n
3
(just press enter)
+140G

Linux home filesystem (create new partition, assign the number 4 to it, select how big it should be, dont have to change the type)

n
4
(just press enter)
(just press enter)

to save all changes press w

w

Format partitions

format the EFI, SWAP, ROOT and HOME partitions (and enable swap)

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p2
swapon /dev/nvme0n1p2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3
mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p4

Install base

mount all partitions except swap on /mnt

mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/nvme0n1p4 /mnt/home

install linux

pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware

generate fstab (save partition mount points)

genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Chroot

change root into the new arch install

arch-chroot /mnt

setup clock and timezone again

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Bratislava /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

download vim (basic vim commands: I to enter insert mode, Esc to exit insert mode, to exit and save :wq (also you have to be out of insert mode), to just exit without saving :q! (also you have to be out of insert mode))

pacman -S vim

Localisation

setup keyboard layout

vim /etc/locale.gen

find this line

#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

uncomment it e.g.

en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

generate locale

locale-gen

setup en_US.UTF-8 as default fallback

echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.conf

Networking

setup hostname (replace framework for your hostname)

echo "framework" >> /etc/hostname

setup hosts (ip lookup table)

vim /etc/hosts

copy this into /etc/hosts (replace framework for your hostname)

127.0.0.1   localhost
::1         localhost
127.0.1.1   framework.localdomain  framework

Permissions

setup root password

passwd

add user, set password and give permissions (replace simon with your username)

useradd -m simon
passwd simon
usermod -aG wheel,audio,video,optical,storage simon

download sudo with pacman

pacman -S sudo

setup sudo

EDITOR=vim visudo

find this line

#%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

uncomment it e.g.

%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

save and exit by pressing Ecs and :wq

Bootloader (EFISTUB)

install efibootmgr

pacman -S efibootmgr

get partuuid of your root partition

vim /etc/fstab

copy the string next to UUID= (my root partition is /dev/nvme0n1p3)

# /dev/nvme0n1p3
UUID=17ccf50c-592a-41c2-ac96-ec3f8157385c	/         	ext4      	rw,relatime	0 1

add efi entry (replace after --disk your disk, after --part number of boot partition, after UUID= your UUID of root partition)

efibootmgr --disk /dev/nvme0n1 --part 1 --create --label "Arch Linux" --loader /vmlinuz-linux --unicode 'root=UUID=17ccf50c-592a-41c2-ac96-ec3f8157385c rw quiet loglevel=3 rd.systemd.show_status=false rd.udev.log_level=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 inird=/intel-ucode.img initrd=/initramfs-linux.img'

check if everything is correct

efibootmgr -u

on next reboot check in bios if entry "Arch Linux" is on top of the boot order

Other packages install and setup

install base packages

pacman -S base-devel networkmanager wpa_supplicant intel-ucode linux-headers git man-pages man-db

setup network manager

systemctl enable NetworkManager

Reboot

exit chroot

exit

unmount file system

umount -R /mnt

reboot pc and remove usb stick

reboot

POST INSTALLATION

connect to internet

sudo nmtui

Pacman and aur

download the archlinux-keyring package

sudo pacman -S archlinux-keyring

sync databases and update all packages

sudo pacman -Syu

download yay (aur package manager)

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git

install yay

cd ./yay
makepkg -si

Silent boot

Follow arch wiki here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/silent_boot

Minor last things

disable beep at shutdown

touch ~/.xprofile
echo "xset -b" >> ~/.xprofile