This note is a guide to install arch Linux flavoured with dwm.
Create bootable disk
lsblk
dd bs=4M if=path/to/archlinux-version-x86_64.iso of=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-My_flash_drive conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress
Connect to internet
iwctl : For wifi connection.
station device get-networks
iwctl --passphrase passphrase station device connect SSID
Clear/Format disk
fdisk /dev/sda
g create new gpt label
p print the partition table
n create a new partition
d delete a partition
q quit without saving changes
w write the new partition table and exit
Format disk type
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
Mounting and file Structure
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/{home,data,etc}
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/data
Basic setup
genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
pacstrap -i /mnt base
arch-chroot /mnt
Install some software
I use linux-lts instead of linux. If you prefer linux, then replace linux-lts with linux.
pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers base-devel linux-firmware vim networkmanager wpa_supplicant wireless_tools netctl dialog nvidia-lts nvidia-utils grub efibootmgr os-prober mtools dosfstools intel-ucode xorg-server xorg neofetch pulseaudio pamixer termite dolphin git vlc vifm i3
System Settings
Setup time
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata > /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc
Setup language
vim /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
vim /etc/locale.conf
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Initiate linux mkinitcpio -p linux-lts
User addition
useradd -m -g users -G wheel myusername
passwd
passwd myusername
Enable users as admin
visudo
enable wheels
Install Grub
GRUB UEFI
mkdir /boot/efi
mount /dev/sda1 /boot/efi
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=grub --recheck
ls -lart /boot/grub/locale/en*mo
cp /usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Optional Swap file
swapfile
fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
chmod 600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
echo "/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | tee -a /etc/fstab
Hostname and host
vim /etc/hostname
mySystemName
vim /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.1.1 mySystemName.localdomain mySystemName
Enable network
systemctl enable NetworkManager
Reboot
After installation
nmcli device wifi list
nmcli device wifi connect SSID password "password"
vim /etc/pacman.d/conf
enable multilib
ILoveCandy
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
yay git
makepkg -si
Install additional software
yay -S brave optimus-manager optimus-manager-qt code zsh vim vi unzip zsh-you-should-use zsh-syntax-highlighting wget pamixer libreoffice-still youtube-dl opusfile opus-tools libopusenc opus cmus openssh
Vim Plug
sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'
nvim .config/nvim/init.vim
PlugInstall
Install FiraCode
Download Firacode.zip from google mkdir /usr/share/fonts/firacode
sudo systemctl edit getty@tty1.service
Paste below
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin username --noclear %I $TERM
Type=idle
Grub config
vi /etc/default/grub
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata
/usr/share/themes -> Material-Black-/usr/share/themes lxappearance
rclone
rclone sync your_folder cloud:your_folder
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