Arch Install

- 2 mins

Arch

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

UEFI install

Keyboard Layout

check available

ls /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/**/*.map.gz

select US keyboard

loadkeys us

Internet

Test

ping archlinux.org

Partition

partitioning using cfdisk

cfdisk

then select gpt

Boot 100M

swap 4G

root rest

write → enter

Manually format

list block devices

lsblk

Formatting root partition

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

Boot partition

mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1

Swap partition

mkswap /dev/sda2

Mounting

mount /dev/sda3 /mnt

mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi

swapon /dev/sda2

Installation

pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware sof-firmware base-devel grub efibootmgr vim networkmanager

base-devel → compile AUR

grub → boot

efibootmgr → efi support for boot

Generating file system tab

genfstab /mnt

we want this on a file

genfstab /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab

Entering system

arch-chroot /mnt

setting timezone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Colombo /etc/localtime

to check if setup correctly

date

synchronize system cloc

hwclock --systohc

Localization

vim /etc/locale.gen

editing file with all different locales. Uncomment

#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

Generate

locale-gen

Specify locale at /etc/locale.conf

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Specify hostname

edit the file

vim /etc/hostname

root password

passwd

Add User

useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash {name}

passwd {name}

Sudo

exit to root and run

EDITOR=vim visudo

uncomment

%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

Anyone in the wheel group runs sudo commands

Enable core services

Network manager

systemctl enable NetworkManager

sddm/lightdm

systemctl enable sddm

Setting bootloader

grub-install /dev/sda

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

Unmount

exit the terminal &

unmont -a