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Install Arch Linux
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This is my personal setup almost every time I install Arch Linux.
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This is meant for me as being something I can quickly reference.
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Change localkeys to my keyboard layout
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You can find your keymap file by using localectl:
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```bash
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localectl list-keymaps
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```
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In my case I have a Serbian keyboard layout.
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```bash
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loadkeys sr-latin
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```
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Create Partitions
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To list block devices :
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```bash
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lsblk
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```
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Now, select a device to partition
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```bash
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cfdisk /dev/DEVICE
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```
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Set up the partions, mount and use swap
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Let us say you have a simple setup:
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- /boot/efi partition (vfat)
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- / partition (ext4)
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- /home partition (ext4)
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NOTE: `lsblk` is a very nice tool to doublecheck your partition(s) structure.
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First we format to the file systems we want:
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```bash
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mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/PART (/boot/efi)
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mkfs.ext4 /dev/PART (/, /home)
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```
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And then mount the file systems to /mnt:
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```bash
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# Mount / (root)
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mount /dev/sdaxY /mnt
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```
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Create /mnt structure, one-liner:
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```bash
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mkdir -p /mnt/{boot,home}
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```
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```bash
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# Mount /boot, /home
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mount /dev/PART /mnt/<point>
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```
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Installing the actual base system and doas
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Install the base system, with some packages I like as well.
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```bash
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pacstrap /mnt base base-devel opendoas neovim iwd dhcpcd linux linux-headers linux-firmware
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```
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Generate the fstab (so it knows how things are mounted)
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This is why we had to mount everything as first, so genfstab
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would know what to do when generating the fstab.
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```bash
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genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
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```
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chroot into the installed system with /bin/bash
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```bash
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arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
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```
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Locale (system language)
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Depending on what you want, you change the /etc/locale.gen file:
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```bash
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nvim /etc/locale.gen
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```
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NOTE: Use UTF-8 whenever possible.
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DOUBLE NOTE: If you are from America, you don't need to change the file.
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When done, you simply generate the locales you want and tell the system what you
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want to use.
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Generate:
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```bash
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locale-gen
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```
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Tell the system what we use:
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```bash
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echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
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export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
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```
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Timezone
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Symlink/Set your timezone:
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```bash
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ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/CONTINENT/CITY /etc/localtime
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```
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Set system to the Hardware Clock
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```bash
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hwclock --systohc --local
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```
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Hostname
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Choose an awesome hostname:
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```bash
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echo myhostname > /etc/hostname
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```
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Edit /etc/vconsole.conf:
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```bash
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KEYMAP=sr-latin
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```
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Add matching entries to hosts:
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```bash
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127.0.0.1 localhost
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::1 localhost
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127.0.1.1 myhostname.localdomain myhostname
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```
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Ramdisk
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Initial ramdisk environment.
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```bash
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mkinitcpio -P
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```
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This actually ran under the pacstrap process, I just like to be safe.
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Root Password
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Be stronk:
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```bash
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passwd
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```
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Grub (Bootloader)
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Well, we need a bootloader:
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```bash
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pacman -S refind
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```
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It's as simple as
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```bash
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refind-install
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```
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Also, it will break on first boot. You will have to find a way to boot without it and do refind-install again within the system.
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Exit arch-chroot
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```bash
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exit
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```
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Umount /mnt and reboot
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Unmount EVERYTHING and reboot the system.
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```bash
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umount -R /mnt
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reboot
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```
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Login as Root to Arch Linux and permantly set the keymap (keyboard)
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-------------------------------------------------------------------
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Now we want to make our keyboard layout permanent:
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```bash
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localectl set-keymap --no-convert sr-latin
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```
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Add User and set Password
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```bash
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useradd -m -g users -G audio,video,network,games,wheel -s /bin/bash username
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passwd username
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```
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Change sudoers file using nvim
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```bash
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EDITOR=nvim visudo
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```
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Uncomment wheel group.
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`# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL`
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Enable services :
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```bash
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systemctl enable --now dhcpcd iwd
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```
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Logout of Root
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```bash
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exit
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```
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Login as your username and test sudo with pacman
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```bash
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sudo pacman -Syyu ...
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```
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