ArchLinux Installation Guideline

Arch Linux

Fisrt time, I’ll install ArchLinux inside of VirtualBox.

  | Name              |                      Link                               |  
  |-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
  | ArchLinux ISO     |   https://www.archlinux.org/download/                   |
  | VirtualBox        |   https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads             | 
  | All mirror list   |   https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/all/             |

Step 1 - Check Internet Connection and start

ping -c 3 www.archlinux.org

Step 2 - Partitioning

Method 1

Type [ef02]on type definition for BIOS partition

BIOS partition

  | Reference | Mounting point    |  Size                        |   File system    |
  |-----------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------|
  | /dev/sda1 |  /boot            |  512 M                       |  ext2            |
  | /dev/sda2 |                   |  RAM size or more            |  swap            |
  | /dev/sda3 |  /                |  20 Go                       |  ext4            |
  | /dev/sda4 |  /home            | The rest of the disc         |  ext4            |

cfdisk /dev/sda

BIOS - Formatting

$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
$ mkswap /dev/sda3
$ swapon /dev/sda3
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda4

BIOS - Mounting

$ mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
$ mkdir -p /mnt/{boot,home}
$ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
$ mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/home
$ mount /dev/sda3 /mnt

Method 2

• Type [ef00] on type definition for EFI partition

cgdisk /dev/sda

  | Reference | Mounting point    |  Size                        |   File system    |Style     |
  |-----------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------|----------|
  | /dev/sda1 |  /boot            |  512 M                       |  EFI             |  EF00    |
  | /dev/sda2 |                   |  RAM size or more            |  swap            |  8200    |
  | /dev/sda3 |  /                |  20 Go                       |  ext4            |  8300    |
  | /dev/sda4 |  /home            | The rest of the disc         |  ext4            |  8300    |

EFI - Formatting

$ mkfs.fat -F32    /dev/sda1
$ mkswap /dev/sda2
$ swapon /dev/sda2
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda4

EFI - Mounting

$ mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
$ mkdir -p /mnt/{boot,home}
$ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
$ mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/home

Step 3 - MirrorList

$ nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Find your country, and move it to the top of the list

Step 4 - Install Base

$ pacstrap /mnt base base-devel

Step 5 - fstab

$ genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Step 6 - chroot

$ arch-chroot /mnt

Step 7 - Locale

$ nano /etc/locale.gen
...
[en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8] 
...

Step 8 - locale-gen

$ locale-gen

Step 9 - Language setting

$ echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
$ export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Step 10 - TimeZone & Hardware Clock

$ ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh /etc/localtime
$ hwclock --systohc --utc

Step 11 - Hostname

$ echo "YourArch" > /etc/hostname
$ cat /etc/hostname
    YourArch

Step 12 - Password

$ passwd

Step 13 - BootLoader

BootLoader - BIOS

$ pacman -S grub
$ grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
$ grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

BootLoader - EFI

$ mkinitcpio -p linux
$ pacman -S bash-completion intel-ucode
$ bootctl install
$ nano /boot/loader/entries/archlinux.conf
 add more:
            title ArchLinux
            linux /vmlinuz-linux
            initrd /intel-ucode.img
            initrd /initramfs-linux.img
            options root=/dev/sda3 rw

Step 14 - Add User

$ useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/bash username
$ passwd username
$ pacman -S sudo
$ EDITOR=nano visudo
    ...
                root       ALL =(ALL) ALL
add more:    username  ALL =(ALL) ALL
    ...
            #Uncomment
            wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

Step 15 - Add archlinuxfr

$ nano /etc/pacman.conf

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

add this on bottom of file

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

After run: pacman -Syy

Step 16 - NetworkManager and other

$ pacman -S networkmanager 
$ systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
$ systemctl start NetworkManager.service

$ pacman -S wpa_supplicant dialog network-manager-applet gnome-keyring vim tmux git

Step 17 - Unmount & Reboot

$ exit
$ umount -R /mnt
$ reboot

Arch Machine Setup is Done ! Let’s take a coffee break

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After Installing Arch

Step 1 - zsh

$ pacman -S zsh
$ chsh
$ /bin/zsh

Step 2 - xorg

$ pacman -S xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit xorg-xclock xterm

Step 3 - Slim (wallpaper)

$ pacman -S slim archlinux-themes-slim slim-themes
$ vim /etc/slim.conf

Edit & Uncomment like this

login_cmd exec /bin/zsh -l ~/.xinitrc %session
daemon yes
default_user duyhenry
focus_password yes
current_theme archlinux-simplyblack

Step 4 - enable Slim for Login Screen

$ systemctl enable slim.service

Step 5 - Xfce

$ pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies gamin

Step 6 - Start X at Login

$ cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
$ vim ~/.xinitrc

replace this

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login

to this

exec startxfce4

copy to duyhenry’s home directory

$ cp ~/.xinitrc /home/duyhenry/

Step 7 - Login with user

$ su user
$ cd
$ chsh
$ /bin/zsh

Step 8 - enable Mouse & Keyboard

$ pacman -S xorg-drivers

Step 9 - enable Disk Mount

$ pacman -S gvfs

Step 10 - Virtualbox Guest Additions

$ pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils
$ modprobe -a vboxguest vboxsf vboxvideo # try to copy things from host to guest with the clipboard to see if it works
$ VBoxClient-all
$ systemctl enable vboxservice

in ~/.xinitrc, add this line before exec startxfce4

# Read More https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox#Launch_the_VirtualBox_guest_services
/usr/bin/VBoxClient-all

Step 11 - Install Chromium firefox

$ pacman -S chromium firefox flashplayer

Install Desktop Environment

[Install xfce4 Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies
[Install Budgie Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S budgie-desktop
[Install GNOME Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S gnome gnome-extra
[Install Cinnamon Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S cinnamon nemo-fileroller
[Install KDE Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S plasma
[Install Mate Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S mate mate-extra
[Install Deepin Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S deepin deepin-extra
[Install Enlightenment Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S enlightenment
[Install LXDE Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S lxde
[Install LXQT Desktop Environment]
$ sudo pacman -S lxqt

run these commands

$ pacman -S --refresh yaourt