Arch Linux Installation
Author : Vikas Anand
Simple Arch Linux Installation (According To Me )
INSTALLATION
SET FONT BIGGER
- setfont /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/sun12x22.psfu.gz
CHECK UEFI IS ENABLE OR NOT
- ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
CHECK WIFI ROUTER IS SHOWN OR NOT
- ip link
CONNECT USING WIFI
- iwctl
- station wlan0 connect "(Your Wi-Fi SSID)"
- (enter password of your SSID)
- exit
CHECK INTERNET IS WORKING OR NOT
- ping -c 4 google.com
DISK PARTITION
- fdisk -l (List Down Partiton)
- fdisk /dev/sdb or /dev/sda (Get Into the Partition)
- n (add a new partition)
- first sector (DEFAULT)
- last sector (+512M)
- t (change a partition type)
- set 1 (Here 1 Stands for EFI SYSTEM, Press L to list down all available partition)
- n (add a new partition)
- first sector (DEFAULT)
- last sector (+40G)
- n (add a new partition)
- first sector (DEFAULT)
- last sector (+50G)
- n (add a new partition)
- first sector (DEFAULT)
- last sector (DEFAULT)
- t (change a partition type)
- set 19 (Here 19 Stands for LINUX SWAP, Press L to list down all available partition)
- p (print the partition table)
- w (write table to disk and exit)
- (PLEASE TRIPE CHECK YOUR PARTITION THEN RUN THIS COMMAND AS THERE IS HIGN CHANGE THAT YOU RUINED YOUR DISK)
| Name | Partition | Size | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| sdb4 | /efi | 512M | EFI |
| sdb5 | / | 64G | ext4 |
| sdb6 | swap | 16G | swap |
| sdb7 | home | (Remaining Space) | ext4 |
FORMAT PARTITION
- mkfs.fat -F32 -n EFI /dev/sdb4
- mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb5
- mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb6
- mkswap /dev/sdb7
- swapon /dev/sdb7
MOUNT PARTITION
- mount /dev/sdb5 /mnt
- mount /dev/sdb6 /mnt/home
- mkdir /mnt/efi
- mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/efi (NOTE HERE SDA2 IS WINDOWS EFI PARTITION)
INSTALL BASIC LINUX BASE PACKAGES
- pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware
GENERATE FSTAB
- genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
IN /MNT ROOT DIRECTORY
- arch-chroot /mnt
- pacman -Sy nano
- nano /etc/locale.gen (UNCOMMENT en_IN )
- locale-gen
- echo "LANG=en_IN.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
- ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime
- timedatectl set-ntp true
- timedatectl status
- hwclock --systohc
- date
- echo "Your Hostname" > /etc/hostname
- nano /etc/hosts, Add the Following hosts
| IP | HOSTNAME | |
|---|---|---|
| 127.0.0.1 | localhost | |
| ::1 | localhost | |
| 127.0.1.1 | "Your Hostname".localdomain | "Your Hostname" |
- passwd
- useradd -G wheel,audio,video -m "any user"
- passwd "any user"
- pacman -S sudo
- EDITOR=nano visudo (UNCOMMENT ##% wheel All=(All)All)
- pacman -Sy netctl networkmanager dialog dhcpcd wpa_supplicant ifplugd
- pacman -S grub efibootmgr os-prober networkmanager
- grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/efi/ --bootloader-id=GRUB
- grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
- systemctl enable NetworkManager
- exit
UNMOUNT OUR DISK PARTITION
- umount /mnt
- unmount /mnt/home
- umount /mnt/efi
- reboot
RESTART AND INSTALL KDE PLASMA
- setfont /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/sun12x22.psfu.gz
- nmtui-connect
- pacman -S xorg plasma plasma-wayland-session kde-applications konsole firefox
- systemctl enable sddm
- reboot
YOUR ARCH LINUX IS READY
-
(CREATE READ AND WRITE PERMISSION)
-
pacman -S ntfs-3g
-
blkid /dev/sda (COPY UUID OF DRIVE)
-
mkdir "Your Hostname" / (MAKE A DIRECTORY IN ROOT)
-
(edit fstab /etc/fstab)
-
UUID=################ >> /"Your Hostname" >> ntfs-3g >> defaults >> 0 2
-
(PLEASE NOTE: DISABLE YOUR WINDOWS 10 FAST BOOT TO ENABLE READ WRITE PERMISSION REGULARLY)
INSTALL ADDITIONAL PACKAGES OF ARCH LINUX
- install yay, yaourt,git etc