ARCH LINUX INSTALL 2016

BASE SYSTEM INSTALL

1. partition hdd:
# cfdisk or #fdisk
sda1 = root (20G)

2. format patrts:
# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 -L root

3. mount parts:
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
# mkdir /mnt/{home,boot}

4. net up (wifi):
4.1
# wifi-menu
or
4.2
# ip link set wlp2s0 up
# iw dev wlp2s0 scan | less
# wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp2s0 -c <(wpa_passphrase SSID key)
# dhcpcd wlp2s0

4.2.1 check connection condition:
# iw dev wlp2s0 link

5. edit mirrorlist:
# vi /etc/pacmand/mirrorlist

6. update mirrorlist:
# pacman -Syy

7. install base system:
# pacstrtap /mnt base base-devel

8. automount:
# genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

9. goto new sys:
# arch-chroot /mnt

10. set hostname:
# echo newhostname >> /etc/hostname

11. set time:
# ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Moscow /etc/localtime
or
# timedatectl set-timezone Europa/Moscow

12. set locale & system language:
#sed -i s/^#en_US.UTF/en_US.UTF/ /etc/locale.gen
#sed -i s/^#ru_RU.UTF/ru_RU.UTF/ /etc/locale.gen
#echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
#setxkbmap -layout "us,ru"
#setxkbmap -option "grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
#locale-gen

13.
# mkinitcpio -p linux

14. GRUB:
# pacman -S grub-bios os-prober
(grub-utf for utf)
# vi /etc/default/grub
# os-prober
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# vi /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# grub-install /dev/sda (sdx not sdx1)

15. wifi:
# pacman -S iw dialog wpa_supplicant wpa_actiond

15.1.0 wifi settigs:
autocreate profile to /etc/netctl:
# wifi-menu -o
# netctl start name_profile

15.1.2 autostart connection:
# netctl enable name_profile
# systemctl enable dhcpd.service

16. user & passwords:
16.1 root password:
# passwd

16.2 create user & set password:
# useradd -m -s /bin/bash username
# echo "username ALL=(ALL):ALL" >> /ect/sudoers
# passwd username

17.
# pacman -S bash bash-comletion vim

18. Video drivers:
# lspci | grep VGA
# pacman -Ss xf86-video
example:
# pacman -S xf86-video-nvidia
# pacman -S xf86-video-intel
# pacman -S xf86-video-ati

19. X & wm :
# pacman -S xorg-server xorg-utils xorg-apps
# pacman -S xorg-xinit xterm fluxbox

20. Touchpad Synaptics:
# pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics
# cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/

21. sound:
# pacman -S alsa-lib alsa-utils alsa-oss

22. fonts:
# pacman -S ttf-dejavu

# exit
# umount /mnt
# reboot

boot like new user

auto start X at login:
$echo "exec startx" >> ~/.bash_profile
$echo "exec /usr/bin/startfluxbox" >> ~/.xinitrc
$echo "/usr/bin/fluxbox" >> ~/.fluxbox/startup

$sudo reboot

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