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Archlinux install guidelines
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Configure the system
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Initramfs
# sed -i '/^HOOKS=/ c "HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect modconf block sd-lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck)"' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
# mkinitcpio -P
MODULES=(vfat)
HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect keyboard sd-vconsole modconf block sd-encrypt sd-lvm2 filesystems fsck)
Install Boot loader
# bootctl --path=/boot install
# cat > /boot/loader/loader.conf << EOF
timeout 3
default archlinux
console-mode max
EOF
# cat > /boot/loader/entries/archlinux.conf << EOF
title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=/dev/linuxVG/archlinux rw quiet
EOF
# cat > /boot/loader/entries/archlinux-fallback.conf << EOF
title Arch Linux fallback
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux-fallback.img
options root=/dev/linuxVG/archlinux rw
EOF
At the end :
# tree /boot
/boot/
├── EFI
│ ├── BOOT
│ │ └── BOOTX64.EFI
│ ├── Linux
│ └── systemd
│ └── systemd-bootx64.efi
├── initramfs-linux-fallback.img
├── initramfs-linux.img
├── intel-ucode.img
├── loader
│ ├── entries
│ │ ├── archlinux.conf
│ │ └── archlinux-fallback.conf
│ ├── loader.conf
│ └── random-seed
└── vmlinuz-linux
6 directories, 10 files
Set root password and reboot
# passwd
# exit
# umount -R /mnt
# reboot
Post-install
Create user and set password
# useradd -m -G wheel,lp -s /bin/bash -c "Fouad FAKIH" fouad
# passwd fouad
Uncomment the following line %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL to allow members of wheel group to
run sudo commands :
EDITOR=nano visudo
Optional disable root login
# passwd -l root
Manual network configuration
ip addr
ip link set enp1s0 up
ip address add 192.168.122.2/24 broadcast + dev enp1s0
ip addr
ip route add default via 192.168.122.1 dev enp1s0
echo "nameserver 192.168.122.1" >> /etc/resolv.conf
ping archlinux.org
Fetching and ranking a live mirror list
# pacman -S pacman-contrib
$ curl -s "https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=FR&country=GB&country=DE&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" | sed -e 's/^#Server/Server/' -e '/^#/d' | rankmirrors -n 10 -
Server = https://mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://appuals.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.mailtunnel.eu/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.eric.ovh/arch/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.arnoldthebat.co.uk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.wormhole.eu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.selfnet.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.cyberbits.eu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.celianvdb.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.oldsql.cc/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://arch-mirror.cloud.louifox.house/$repo/os/$arch
Gnome desktop
# pacman -S gnome
# systemctl enable gdm.service
# systemctl reboot
Enable essential services
Optinal if Virtual machine
spice-vdagent
enable spice-vdagentd.service
qemu-guest-agent
enable qemu-ga.service
Networking
$ systemctl enable --now NetworkManager.service
$ sudo pacman -S systemd-resolvconf usb_modeswitch
Using systemd-resolved for dns
$ systemctl enable --now systemd-resolved.service
$ sudo ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
Using iwd instead of wpa_supplicant
printf '%s\n' '[device]' 'wifi.backend=iwd' >/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/wifi_backend.conf
systemctl disable wpa_supplicant.service
systemctl mask wpa_supplicant.service
Enable Disk trim for SSD drives
systemctl enable fstrim.timer
Software manager
Install gnome-software-packagekit-plugin if you want to use gnome-software
for applications management.
# pacman -S gnome-tweaks dconf fragments seahorse flatpak fwupd
Pamac install
curl -L -O https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pamac-aur.tar.gz
curl -L -O https://aur.archlinux.org/pamac-aur.git
tar xzf pamac-aur.tar.gz
cd pamac-aur
makepkg -sic
Enable AUR
# sed -i '/EnableAUR/ s/^#//' /etc/pamac.conf
# sed -i '/CheckAURUpdates/ s/^#//' /etc/pamac.conf
Gnome Packages
Graphics Install
sudo pacman -S --needed mesa-demos vulkan-radeon vulkan-tools vulkan-intel vulkan-mesa-layer
sudo pacman -S --needed libva-utils libva-mesa-driver libva-intel-driver ##intel-media-driver
sudo pacman -S gst-libav gst-plugins-ugly gstreamer-vaapi
Official repositories
pacman -S gnome gnome-tweaks dconf fragments seahorse
pacman -S gnome-software-packagekit-plugin flatpak fwupd
systemctl enable gdm.service
Networking
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
systemctl enable --now systemd-resolved.service
sudo ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
pacman -S systemd-resolvconf usb_modeswitch
systemctl disable wpa_supplicant.service
systemctl mask wpa_supplicant.service
Bluetooth
systemctl enable bluetooth.service
pacman -S bluez-utils
gpasswd -a fouad lp
Printing
pacman -S --needed cups cups-pdf cups-pk-helper ghostscript gsfonts gutenprint hplip python-gobject python-pyqt5 splix system-config-printer
systemctl enable --now org.cups.cupsd.service
#gpasswd -a fouad sys
Virtualization
pacman -S virt-manager ovmf firewalld dmidecode dnsmasq
systemctl enable --now firewalld.service
PKG_LIST="papirus-icon-theme rsync p7zip lsb-release"
pacman -S $PKG_LIST
Office applications
pacman -S --needed libreoffice-fresh-fr libmythes mythes-{fr,es,en} hunspell hunspell-{en_GB,en_US,es_es,fr} hyphen hyphen-{en,es,fr}
pamac install libreoffice-extension-grammalecte-fr
AUR packages
pamac install nautilus-admin
pamac install gtkhash gtkhash-nautilus
pamac install gtkhash-nautilus
For gtkhash edit PKGBUILD file and remove unecessary file managers.
To load nautilus plugins force quit nautilus if running with :
nautilus -q
Gnome Tweaks
Enable suspend-then-hibernate on Lid close
# mkdir /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/
# printf '%s\n' '[Login]' 'NAutoVTs=3' 'HandleLidSwitch=suspend-then-hibernate' 'HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=lock' >/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/50-local.conf
$ cat /etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/50-local.conf
[Login]
NAutoVTs=3
HandleLidSwitch=suspend-then-hibernate
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=lock
Adjust the delay to enter hibernate mode (Default 180min)
# mkdir /etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d/
# printf '%s\n' '[Sleep]' 'HibernateDelaySec=30min' >/etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d/suspend-then-hibernate.conf
$ cat /etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d/suspend-then-hibernate.conf
[Sleep]
HibernateDelaySec=30min
Enable tap to click in GDM
$ sudo -u gdm dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad tap-to-click true
https://www.archlinux.org/art/
https://sources.archlinux.org/other/artwork/archlinux-logo-{light,dark,black,white}-{scalable.svg,1200dpi.png,90dpi.png}
mkdir -p /usr/share/archlinux/artwork
https://sources.archlinux.org/other/artwork/archlinux-artwork-1.6.tar.gz
$ sudo -u gdm dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.login-screen logo '/usr/share/archlinux/artwork/archlinux-logo-light-1200dpi.png'
Setting Alt-Tab Behaviour
From application to window switcher
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications-backward "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows "['<Super>Tab', '<Alt>Tab']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward "['<Shift><Super>Tab', '<Shift><Alt>Tab']"
SWitching applications in current workspace only
$ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.app-switcher current-workspace-only true
$ sudo systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service
Desktop packages
pacman -S nextcloud-client python-nautilus
pacman -S firefox firefox-i18n-fr