arch linux install configuration

install.conf

1. select keymap
2. disk partitions
3. configure mirror list
4. base system install
5. configure fstab
6. configure hostname
7. configure locale | configure timezone
8. configure hardclock
9. configure network
10. configure pacman
11. configure mkinitcpio
12. root password
13. install bootloader | configure bootloader
14. desktop environments
15. display manager
16. window manager


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#  installation arch linux step-by-step           #
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1. select keymap

command : locadkeys us

2. disk partitons | create disk

command : lsblk -l

command : cfdisk or cfdisk -z

create disk

/dev/sda1 boot
/dev/sda2 root
/dev/sda3 home
/dev/sda4 swap 

disk size

boot - 500mb, 
root - 100 gb, 
home - 50gb,
swap - 8gb

command : lsblk -l

command : mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

command : mkswap /dev/sd2

command : mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

command : swapon /dev/sda2

command : mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

command : mkdir -p /mnt/home

command : mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home

command : ping www.google.com

3. configure mirror list

command : nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

4. install base system

command : pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel

5. configure fstab

command : genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
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# command : nano /mnt/etc/fstab
or 
# command : genfstab -U -p /mnt : sed `s/rw,realtime,data=ordered/defaults,realtime/` >> /mnt/etc/fstab
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6. configure hostname | add hostname

command : arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash

command : echo Lh4cKg > /etc/hostname

command : hostnamectl set-hostname Lh4cKg 

7. configure locale | configure timezone

command : nano /etc/locale.gen

unlock '#'

en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US ISO-8859-1

command : locale-gen

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

command : export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

command : ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tbilisi /etc/localtime

8. configure hardclock

command : hwclock --systohc --utc

9. configure network 

command : sudo pacman -S networkmanager dnsmasq

command : pacman -S network-manager-applet networkmanager-dispatcher-ntpd

command : pacman -S wireless_tools wpa_supplicant wpa_actiond dialog
 
command : systemctl enable NetworkManager.service  # 

command : systemctl enable dhcpcd.service    # locale network

command : ip link

10. configure pacman

command : nano /etc/pacman.conf

unluck '#'
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

11. configure mkinitcpio

command : mkinitcpio -p linux

12. root password

command : passwd

*=== add user ===*

command : useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash lh4ckg  # lh4ckg is my user

command : passwd lh4ckg

command : pacman -Syy

command : pacman -S sudo 

command : nano /etc/sudoers

change root 
root ALL=(ALL) ALL

to
lh4ckg ALL=(ALL) ALL

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or
uncoment "#"

%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
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13. install bootloader | configure bootloader

command : pacman -S grub-bios

command : grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda

or 

command : grub-install --force /dev/sda

#command : cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo

command : pacman -S os-prober dosfstools syslinux

command : grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

command : exit

command : umount /mnt/home
command : umount /mnt

command : reboot

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			choose grub arch linux and root use

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# Installing Display Manager, Desktop Environment  and Window Manager #
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===                                            XFCE 4.12                                          ===
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command : pacman -S sudo

command : pacman -S xorg

command : sudo pacman -S alsa-utils

command : sudo pacman -S ttf-dejavu ttf-ms-fonts

command : sudo pacman -S ttf-google-fonts-hg ttf-google-fonts-git

command : sudo pacman -S xfce4

command : sudo pacman -S gamin

command : sudo pacman -S gstreamer0.10-base-plugins

command : startxfce4   #graphical interface xfce4 DE

command : su

command : sudo pacman -S lxdm

command : systemctl enable lxdm.service   # done
or
command : command : systemctl -f enable lxdm

or
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command : cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc ~
command : nano .xinitrc
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			install drivers
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command : sudo pacman -S mesa

command : sudo pacman -S nvidia lib32-nvidia-utils

command : sudo pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics

command : reboot


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===                                          pantheon                                        ===
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docs -> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pantheon#Installation

add repo
command : sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf:

[pantheon]
SigLevel = Optional
Server = http://pkgbuild.com/~alucryd/$repo/$arch

command : sudo pacman -S pantheon-session-bzr
							cerbere-bzr
							gala-bzr
							wingpanel-bzr
							slingshot-launcher-bzr
							plank-bzr

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===                                          LXQT                                             ===
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command : sudo sh -c 'echo "[repolxqt]" >> /etc/pacman.conf'

command : sudo sh -c 'echo "SigLevel = Optional TrustAll" >> /etc/pacman.conf'

command : sudo sh -c 'echo "Server = http://esclapion.free.fr/lxqt/$arch/repolxqt/" >> /etc/pacman.conf'

command : sudo pacman -Sy lxqt-desktop-git openbox

command : sudo pacman -Sy pcmanfm-qt-git lximage-qt-git

command : sudo pacman -S sddm-git

command : sudo systemctl enable sddm

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===                  install package-query and yaourt                ===
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command : curl -O https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pa/package-query/package-query.tar.gz
command : tar zxvf package-query.tar.gz
command : cd package-query
command : makepkg -si
command : cd ..
command : curl -O https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ya/yaourt/yaourt.tar.gz
command : tar zxvf yaourt.tar.gz
command : cd yaourt
command : makepkg -si
command : cd ..

or

add repository

[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

to /etc/pacman.conf, and run:

command : pacman -Sy yaourt