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Arch Linux EFI EXT4 Installation + Desktop

launch archlinux USB image

test connection

ping arch.org

set timedate ntp

timedatectl set-ntp true

use reflector to update mirrors (Poland in my case)

reflector -c Poland -a 6 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

check drives

lsblk

(Need help?) How To delete exisisting partion

  • you can remove existiong partion by using gdisk
gdisk /dev/sda
  • d for delete
d
  • then enter partion number
x
  • write
w
  • quit
q

setup partitions

  • create efi,swap and filesystem partitions
  • use gdisk
gdisk /dev/sda
  • new partiton EFI
n
  • default first sector is fine {PRESS ENTER}
  • set last sector to 300M
+300M
  • code for efi is
ef00
  • new partiton SWAP
n
  • default first sector is fine {PRESS ENTER}
  • last sector should be at least half of your ammount of ram, soo in my case
+4G
  • code for SWAP is
8200
  • new partiton filesystem
n
  • default first sector is fine {PRESS ENTER}
  • default last sector is fine {PRESS ENTER}
  • default linux filesystem is fine {PRESS ENTER}
  • write all changes
w

format partitons

  • format efi (fat32)
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
  • format filesystem (ext4)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
  • make swap (swap)
mkswap /dev/sda2
  • activate swap
swapon /dev/sda2

mount everything in place

  • mount root subvolume
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
  • create boot dir
mkdir /mnt/boot
  • mount efi partition
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
  • check if everything looks fine
lsblk

install base packages using pacstrap

  • if you have AMD CPU
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware neovim git amd-ucode
  • if you have Intel CPU
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware neovim git intel-ucode

(Need help?) How To Fix “invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)” Error

pacman -S archlinux-keyring

generate filesystem table (fstab)

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

change root

arch-chroot /mnt

setup basic stuff

  • setup timezone (Poland in my case)
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Warsaw /etc/localtime
  • synchronize hardware clock and system clock
hwclock --systohc
  • open gen file and setup locale
nvim /etc/locale.gen
  • uncomment
en_US.UTF
en_US ISO
  • generate locale
locale-gen
  • open locale conf
nvim /etc/locale.conf
  • update locale.conf by adding
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  • update hostname
nvim /etc/hostname
  • enter
arch
  • open hosts
nvim /etc/hosts
  • update hosts (add this at the end of the file)
127.0.0.1   localhost
::1         localhost
127.0.0.1   yourhostname.localdomain    yourhostname
  • setup root password
passwd root
  • open pacman config
nvim /etc/pacman/pacman.conf
  • update config by uncommenting
Color
ParrallelDownloads = 5
  • update config by adding under uncommented lines
ILoveCandy

setup grub and networkmanager

  • get packages
pacman -S grub efibootmgr networkmanager network-manager-applet dialog wpa_supplicant mtools dosfstools reflector bluez bluez-utils xdg-utils xdg-user-dirs alsa-utils pulseaudio pulseaudio-bluetooth inetutils linux-headers bash-completion
  • get rest of alsa drivers
sudo pacman -S pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse
  • install grub
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB --removable
  • generate configuration file for grub
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

enable basic things

  • networkmanager
systemctl enable NetworkManager
  • bluetooth
systemctl enable bluetooth

create user and add persmissions

  • create user
useradd -mG wheel username
passwd username
  • edit sudoers file
nvim /etc/sudoers
  • uncomment this line
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

moment of truth

  • exit installation
exit
  • unmount everything
umount -a
  • reboot
reboot

set clock synchronize

timedatectl set-ntp true

adding keymap

  • find your keymap (i am looking for pl)
localectl list-keymaps | grep pl
  • open keymap
sudo nvim /etc/vconsole.conf
  • add your keymap
KEYMAP=yourkeymap

[optional] adding keymap in X11 config (pl in my case)

adding keymapping into vconsole may not always work. If that's the case try to add it in different location

  • open keyboard.conf
sudo nvim /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
  • paste this
Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "system-keyboard"
    MatchIsKeyboard "on"
    Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection
  • save

paru setup

sudo pacman -S rustup
rustup default stable
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
cd paru
makepkg -si
cd ..
sudo rm -r paru

(optional) ssh server configuration

  • you may want to connect to your machine using ssh
sudo pacman -S openssh
sudo systemctl enable sshd
sudo systemctl start sshd
  • check if it works
sudo systemctl status sshd

(optional) install i3 wm

  • get packages
sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-apps xorg-xinit i3-wm i3blocks dunst flameshot playerctl rofi pamixer feh xclip xcompmgr alacritty firefox ttf-font-awesome ttf-firacode-nerd ttf-dejavu ttf-joypixels
paru -S betterlockscreen
  • install drivers (list and select appropriate)
pacman -Ss xf86-video
  • crate config directory
mkdir ~/.config
  • get config
https://github.com/Talandar99/i3_config.git ~/.config/i3
  • create file .xinitrc in home dir
nvim ~/.xinitrc
  • Add line:
exec dbus-launch i3
  • launch i3 and have fun
startx

(optional) bluetooth

  • install blueberry
sudo pacman -S blueberry
  • allow yourself to use input
sudo usermod -G yourusername

(optional) thunar

sudo pacman -S thunar thunar-volman gvfs tumbler polkit-gnome