Arch Linux

Pre

iso

dd if=archlinux-2021.10.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdX

Boot mode (legacy BIOS / UEFI)

ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

Network Connection

ping archlinux.org

• check network interdace

  ip link
  

• Wireless

  • rfkill

  • iwctl

    [iwd]# device list
    [iwd]# station <device name> connect <Network name>
    

Update the system clock

timedatectl set-ntp true
timedatectl status

Partition the disks

• lsblk
• fdisk
• use swap or not ?


Partitioning#Example layouts

Format the partitions

mkfs.ext4 /dev/root_partition
mkswap /dev/swap_partition
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/efi_system_partition

Mount the file systems

mount /dev/root_partition /mnt
mount /dev/efi_system_partition /mnt/boot
swapon /dev/swap_partition

Installation

Select the mirrors

Edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist to make Taiwan's mirror servers on top


Install essential packages

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware vim git networkmanager man-db

Anything you want to install

Configure the system

Fstab

• -U define by UUID (recommend)
• -L define by labels

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

Chroot

arch-chroot /mnt

Time zone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Taipei /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc #generate /etc/adjtime

Localization

• Edit /etc/locale.gen
• uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, zh_TW.UTF-8 UTF-8

locale-gen

/etc/locale.conf

Recommend to use en_US.UTF-8 instead of zh_TW.UTF-8

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Network configuration

/etc/hostname

myhostname

/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1	localhost
::1		localhost
127.0.0.1	myhostname

Initramfs

Creating a new initramfs is usually not required, because mkinitcpio was run on installation of the kernel package with pacstrap.

mkinitcpio -P

Root password

passwd

Boot loader (Dual boot with windows)

!! important !!

pacman -S grub efibootmgr os-prober
os-prober
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Before Reboot

NetworkManager

systemctl enable NetworkManager
systemctl start NetworkManager

Reboot

umount -R /mnt
reboot

Post

pacman

• -S
• -Sy
• -Su
• -Syu
• -Ss
• -Qs

AUR

have to install base-devel package

• makepkg -si

Add user

useradd -m -g wheel user_name
passwd user_name

edit /etc/sudoers to make user_name sudoers

Graphical enviornment

• Desktop Enviornment: Gnome, Unity, KDE, Xfce ....
• Window Manager: i3, dwm, sway .....

Just Choose one you like

dwm

• dwm (AUR)
• dwm-git (AUR)

sway

• wlroots-git (AUR)
• sway-git (AUR)

Each will have different installation (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Window_manager)

Fonts

Choose what you want especially Chinese

Whatever you want ....

• Wifi
• Bluetooth
• .....

Reference

Arch Linux Wiki

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Sway

Luke Smith

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBqpX0_UOc
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSHOb8YU9Gw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCc_4fSYzRA