Arch Linux Installation Steps

First of all, check the internet connection

ping -c 3 archlinux.org

for using wifi during installation

$ iwctl

#First, if you do not know your wireless device name, list all Wi-Fi devices:

[iwd]# device list

eg output: wlan0

#Then, to scan for networks:

[iwd]# station device scan

#You can then list all available networks:

[iwd]# station device get-networks

eg: station wlan0 get-networks

#Finally, to connect to a network:

[iwd]# station device connect SSID

eg: station wlan0 connect <network_name>

If a passphrase is required, you will be prompted to enter it. Alternatively, you can supply it as a command line argument:

$ iwctl --passphrase passphrase station device connect SSID

#To disconnect from a network:

[iwd]# station device disconnect

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list the disks

fdisk -l

run this command to create a new partition table:

cfdisk /dev/sda

select gpt

create 2 linux partitons (root and home)

create swap and efi partiton

write and exit

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1 -- EFI

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2 -- root

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3 --home

mkswap /dev/sda4 --swap

Next, mount the root partition:

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

Create a folder to mount the home partition and mount it:

mkdir /mnt/home mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home

mount swap partition

swapon /dev/sda2

check mounted partitions

lsblk

installing the minimal Arch Linux system:

pacstrap -i /mnt base linux linux-firmware sudo nano

generate the fstab file

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

Chroot to the installed system

arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash

Set locale

nano /etc/locale.gen

uncomment #en_US for American English

#generate the locale. Run: locale-gen

#Create the locale.conf with corresponding language settings: echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf

##To set the time zone, type: ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/ -- then press tab to see available options eg: ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta /etc/localtime

Set local time

hwclock --systohc --utc

And check the time:

date

Set hostname

echo rijo-pc > /etc/hostname

need to add this name to the /etc/hosts file

nano /etc/hosts

in the Nano editor, add this line at the end of the file:

127.0.1.1 localhost.localdomain rijo-pc

install the network manager:

pacman -S networkmanager

systemctl enable NetworkManager

for wifi

pacman -S iwd

Set root password

passwd

Install the GRUB bootloader and EFI boot manager packages:

pacman -S grub efibootmgr

Install the bootlader on your system and generate its configuration files

mkdir /boot/efi

mount /dev/sda2 /boot/efi

lsblk -- to check if everything is mounted correctly

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --efi-directory=/boot/efi --removable grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Reboot

exit umount -R /mnt reboot

use username:root and passwd as set previously to login

after the login, create a user account:

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

enable sudo privileges for a newly created user:

EDITOR=nano visudo %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL -- search for this and uncomment by removing #

save and exit

exit

login using username and password

Install X window system and audio

(old) pacman -S pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa xorg xorg-xinit xorg-server

(new) sudo pacman -S alsa-firmware alsa-utils pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse pavucontrol xorg xorg-xinit xorg-server

Install desktop environment, Iam installing XFCE desktop

pacman -S xfce4 lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter echo "exec startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc systemctl enable lightdm

Start GUI

startx

Arch Linux installation is done!

POST INSTALLATION

Intel

intel ucode

pacman -S intel-ucode grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Video Drivers

pacman -S xf86-video-intel vulkan-intel vulkan-icd-loader libva-intel-driver

Add your (kernel) graphics driver to your initramfs. For example, if using intel add i915:

MODULES=(i915 ...)

AMD

sudo pacman -S amd-ucode

sudo pacman -S --needed lib32-mesa vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader