My Arch Installation List

Arch Installation Commands

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/General_recommendations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwvHeFixpZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lizdpoZj_vU


# Backup

Backup SafeBoot MBR (from Linux Live USB):

	mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt (or whatever the desired flash drive address is)
	dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/safeboot.mbr bs=512 count=1
	umount /dev/sdb1

Restore SafeBoot MBR (from Linux Live USB):

	mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
	dd if=/mnt/safeboot.mbr of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
	umount /dev/sdb1

Fix Windows MBR (from elevated Windows recovery):

	bootrec.exe /fixmbr
	bootrec.exe /fixboot
	bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd

# Pre-installation

## Verify not UEFI

	ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

(If directory doesn't exist, system is probably in BIOS or CSM mode)

## Check connection

	ping archlinux.org
	ping -c 3 google.com

## Time

	timedatectl set-ntp true
	timedatectl status

## Partition

	fdisk -l
	cfdisk /dev/sda  (your choice of disk)
		gpt
		New Linux Filesystem
		New Linux Swap (1.2x your RAM = 10GB?)

## Make Filesystem and Mount

	mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
	mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

	mkswap /dev/sda2
	swapon /dev/sda2

# Installation

## Edit mirrors (optional)

	/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

## Install packages

	pacstrap /mnt base base-devel vim

# Configuration

## Generate Fstab

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

	vim /mnt/etc/fstab
		Verify no errors. should be similar to fdisk -l drive list

## Change root

	arch-chroot /mnt

## Time zone

	ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
	ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Vancouver /etc/localtime
	hwclock --systohc --utc

## Locale

	vim /etc/locale.gen
		Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
		# en_US ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) is a single byte encoding so nah

	locale-gen

Then:

	vim /etc/locale.conf
		LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Alternatively:

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

According to 2nd youtube video, we could also do:

	localectl set-locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8"

## Set hostname

	echo PC-MORDOR-Arch > /etc/hostname

	vim /etc/hosts
		Add 127.0.1.1	PC-MORDOR-Arch.localdomain	PC-MORDOR-Arch

## Initramfs (optional)

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

	mkinitcpio -p linux

## Set root password

Different from user password!

	passwd

## Bootloader

### GRUB

	pacman -S install grub
	grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
	mkinitcpio -p linux									#optional????
	grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

### Intel ucode

If you have an Intel CPU, install the intel-ucode package in addition, and enable microcode updates.

	pacman -S intel-ucode
	grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg    # Regenerate after installing intel-ucode

## Reboot

	exit
	umount -R /mnt
	reboot

	Remove USB

# Login

Username: root
Password: [root password]

## User account

(from youtube vid)

	useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash mulhaq
	passwd mulhaq

	vim /etc/sudoers
		Uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

## Network

	ping test
	ls /etc/netctl/examples
	sudo cp /etc/netctl/examples/ethernet-dhcp /etc/netctl

	ip a
	vim /etc/netctl/ethernet-dhcp
		Change interface enp0s3 or something

	sudo netctl start ethernet-dhcp
	sudo netctl enable ethernet-dhcp

	ping test

## Verify up to date

	sudo pacman -Syu

## Enable 32-bit multilib support

	sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf
		Uncomment
			[multilib]
			Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

	sudo pacman -Syu
	# or sudo pacman -Syyu to refresh ALL package lists (including unchanged)

# Nvidia

	sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils
	reboot

NOTE If on VirtualBox, it cannot access graphics drivers, so do this instead:

	sudo pacman -S xf86-video-nouveau mesa lib32-mesa
	reboot

## Sound

	sudo pacman -S alsa-utils
	alsamixer
	Set gain to 0

# Xorg Packages

	sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-apps

# Graphics/Desktop Manager
	lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "VGA"
	sudo pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils
	sudo pacman -S xfce4

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

	vim ~/.xinitrc
		Comment out
			twm &
			xclock ...
			xterm ...
			xterm ...
			exec xterm ...
		Add
			exec startxfce4

# Display manager

	sudo pacman -S sddm

## Reboot

	reboot

## Open DE

	startx

# Automatically startx?

... [test on Windows VBox]

	cp /etc/skel/.bash_profile ~/.bash_profile

	vim ~/.bash_profile
		Append:
		if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ -n "$XDG_VTNR" ] && [ "$XDG_VTNR" -eq 1 ]; then
		  exec startx
		fi

See also for multiple DEs: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit#Switching_between_desktop_environments.2Fwindow_managers

# Optimization

## SSD Lifetimes

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_State_Drives

# Networking, Security

## Firewall

iptables?
Frontends: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firewalls

	sudo pacman -S ufw
	sudo ufw enable
	sudo ufw status verbose
	sudo systemctl enable ufw.service # startup with system
	reboot
	sudo ufw status verbose

# System service

## Printing

	sudo pacman -S cups cups-pdf gtk3-print-backends

Change default location (/var/spool/cups-pdf/$USER) of PDF prints

	sudo vim /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf
		...

Enable and start:

	systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service
	systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service

# Appearance

More here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Category:Eye_candy

## Fonts

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts#Font_packages

	sudo pacman -S adobe-source-sans-pro-fonts ttf-anonymous-pro ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-droid ttf-fira-mono ttf-gentium ttf-inconsolata ttf-liberation ttf-monaco ttf-roboto ttf-ubuntu-font-family ttf-vista-fonts

## GTK+ and Qt themes

[todo]

More here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Uniform_look_for_Qt_and_GTK_applications

# LTS, headers

	uname -r
	sudo pacman -S linux-headers
	sudo pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers (not really needed but just in case...?)
	reboot
	uname -r	# verify not running LTS...

# Packages

List: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications

Popular apps: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hBNZDVdj9kY1BBPb8xR3QI4yOt1xPi83p1aZPIQNHqQ/viewanalytics

Determine harddisk space usage:

	expac '%m\t%n' | sort -h

linux-headers linux-lts linux-headers-lts
openssh
qbittorrent qbittorrent-nox

Browsers: firefox, google-chrome
Drivers: ntfs-3g
Zipping: p7zip zip unzip gzip tar

Codecs: flac lame libmpeg2 libtheora libvorbis x264-git x265-hg xvidcore neroaac
Communication: discord skypeforlinux
File Manager: thunar
Image viewers: viewnoir photoqt
Multimedia: gimp imagemagick audacity vlc pulseaudio
Screen locker: i3lock-color-git
PDF:
	zathura zathura-pdf-mupdf zathura-djvu			# Oooh has fancy config files + dark (like sumatra) and simplicity
	foxitreader acroread
	okular
	fbreader
	https://askubuntu.com/questions/472540/is-there-a-pdf-reader-allowing-me-to-change-background-color-of-arxiv-pdfs
Fonts (favorite): ttf-monaco ttf-roboto
Fonts (installed): noto-fonts
Fonts (other?): adobe-source-sans-pro-fonts ttf-anonymous-pro ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-droid ttf-fira-mono ttf-gentium ttf-inconsolata ttf-liberation ttf-ubuntu-font-family ttf-w10-fonts?? ttf-vista-fonts

Laptops:
	Power management

System maintenance: bleachbit bleachbit-git
Malware: clamav, maldet, rkhunter

Scientific computing:
	Anaconda2,3
	numpy-mkl (2,3)
	scipy-mkl
	C++ MKL, etc libraries (see OpenCV docs)
	CUDA

## Programming

Editors: vim vim-plug neovim sublime-text-dev visual-studio-code atom lighttable slap
Other: git mercurial tmux

Python: python python2 pip pip2 cython
Build: gcc-fortran clang perl
Desired: gcc sage haskell julia
Other: rust cargo

Libraries: cuda intel-mkl intel-tbb eigen opencv-cuda tensorflow-cuda
PyLibs: numpy-mkl scipy-mkl

# Lock screen

This doesn't ACTUALLY work... just use .xinitrc:

	xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /general/LockCommand -s "i3lock -c 222222 -i "/media/hdd/Dropbox/DB Pictures/Wallpaper/0Lockscreen/000current.png" --create -t string

Update using:

	xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /general/LockCommand -s "i3lock"

**Current**:

	i3lock -k --indicator --datestr="%a  %m-%d" --radius=120 --textsize=36 --datesize=20 --timecolor=112266cc --insidecolor=ffffff33 --linecolor=ffffff33 --ringcolor=ffffff77 --line-uses-inside --separatorcolor=ffffff77 -c 555555 -i /usr/share/backgrounds/000current.png

	xautolock -time 10 -notify 10 -corners 000- -resetsaver -locker "i3lock -k --indicator --datestr=\"%a  %m-%d\" --radius=120 --textsize=36 --datesize=20 --timecolor=112266cc --insidecolor=ffffff33 --linecolor=ffffff33 --ringcolor=ffffff77 --line-uses-inside --separatorcolor=ffffff77 -c 555555 -i /usr/share/backgrounds/000current.png"

works with i3lock-color-git

Create blurred background file:

	convert "/media/hdd/Dropbox/DB Pictures/Wallpaper/0Lockscreen/000current_orig.jpg" -resize 1920x2000 -blur 0x5 "/media/hdd/Dropbox/DB Pictures/Wallpaper/0Lockscreen/000current.png"

Use as follows:

	i3lock -c 222222 -i "/media/hdd/Dropbox/DB Pictures/Wallpaper/0Lockscreen/000current_blur.png"

Blur current window:

	i3lock -i <(import -window root - | convert -blur -1x5 - png:-)

Resize-blur current window:

	i3lock -i <(import -window root - | convert -scale 6.25% -filter Cubic -resize 1600% - png:-)

Pixelate current window (fast):

	scrot /tmp/screen_locked.png
	mogrify -scale 10% -scale 1000% /tmp/screen_locked.png
	i3lock -i /tmp/screen_locked.png

xautolock:

	xautolock -time 10 -resetsaver -locker "i3lock -c 222222 -i /usr/share/backgrounds/000current.png"

# CURRENT

## Todo

xautolock -notifier "screen_dim?.sh"
Tiling Window Manager (on top of XFCE?):
	i3, i3-gaps, bspwm, awesome, sway, xmonad, dwm
Alternatives to launchy:
	rofi, dmenu, krunner, albert, whisker-menu, synapse, gnome-do
Moon Lockscreen
Monitor backlight adjustment

## Terminal

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/General_recommendations#Console_improvements

https://terminalsare.sexy/#terminal-emulation-applications

Regular
	termite
	urxvt - Fast; Good on X11 systems?
	st - Fast; "simple"
	Hyper
	Terminator
	Pantheon
	Alacritty - GPU. No tabs: tmux recommended

Pull-down/Dropdown terminal
	Tilda

Terminal theming
	Powerline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D6RkmgShvU

zsh, oh-my-zsh or antigen or prezto


## Custom Scripting

day-mode
night-mode
switch-wallpapers
drunk

## /r/unixp ideas

Title: Don't drink and derive
GIF: Pull down sage, derive, then switch to new tab and type "drunk" which causes screen to cycle through weird colors or make weird effects

## Backlit keyboard sddm

	# One of the following:
	xset led 3
	xset led on

	# And:
	xmodmap -e 'add mod3 = Scroll_Lock'


## External Monitor Backlight

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/3mp6tl/how_to_control_screen_backlightbrightness/?st=j3jbjfmf&sh=97cacdcf
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1389005#p1389005
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62941
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/backlight
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/05/adjust-external-monitor-brightness-ubuntu
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Backlight#Other_utilities
https://askubuntu.com/questions/476664/cannot-change-backlight-brightness-ubuntu-14-04

	/etc/default/grub

	GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet acpi_backlight=vendor"

	GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet video.use_native_backlight=1"


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

"If you have an external monitor, and you're not using HDMI-CEC (which, if you don't recognize what that is, you aren't), there's no way for your computer to change your monitor's brightness. It doesn't matter what software you use."

... but apparently you can actually use DDC/CI

	sudo ddccontrol -p

	Detected monitors :
	No monitor supporting DDC/CI available.
	If your graphics card need it, please check all the required kernel modules are loaded (i2c-dev, and your framebuffer driver).

Hmmm I tried `modprobe i2c-dev` but idk.

Maybe just ask on /r/archlinux or something, if grub methods don't work.


## Software Monitor Backlight

xrandr --output DVI-D-0 --brightness 1.0
redshift -b 1.0