# Arch install Verify EFI boot ``` ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/ ``` Set time ``` timedatectl set-ntp true timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Hong_Kong ``` partition `cfdisk` and mount the disk with `mount /dev/sdx /path` ``` mkfs.ext4 # root path, home path mkswap # swap partition mkfs.fat -F 32 # boot sector ``` rank mirror (optional) ``` cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak pacman -S pacman-contrib rankmirrors -n 10 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist ``` Install kernel ``` pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel linux linux-headers linux-firmware intel-ucode sudo nano neovim git networkmanager dhcpcd pipewire zsh curl wget cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak /mnt/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak ``` Gen automount ``` genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab ``` Into installed arch ``` arch-chroot /mnt ``` Set root password ``` passwd ``` Add user ``` useradd -m name passwd name usermod -aG wheel,storage,power name ``` sudoer (allow wheel to execute command) Also add Defaults timestamp_timeout=5 ``` EDITOR=nano visudo ``` Set locale ``` nano /etc/locale.gen locale-gen echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ``` Set host in hosts - 127.0.0.1 localhost - ::1 localhost - 127.0.1.1 hostname.localdomain localhost ``` echo hostname > /etc/hostname nano /etc/hosts ``` Set timezone ``` ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Hong_Kong /etc/localtime hwclock --systohc ``` Make bootloader, enable GRUB OS PROBER(`/etc/default/grub`, last line, enable) ``` mkdir /boot/efi mount /dev/sda1 /boot/efi pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools mtools os-prober nano /etc/default/grub grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=grub_uefi --recheck grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg systemctl enable dhcpcd.service systemctl enable NetworkManager.service exit umount -lR /mnt reboot ``` Install KDE (enable parallel pacman first) `sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf` ``` pacman -Sy xorg xorg-xinit plasma-desktop sddm alacritty pipewire echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc sudo systemctl enable --now sddm.service reboot ``` Install other stuff ``` sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git cd yay-bin makepkg -si sudo pacman -S libreoffice-still docker code firefox tmux xouralnpp ranger alacritty openssh openssl discord mesa lib32-mesa wqy-zenhei flameshot yay -S ttf-jetbrains-mono tts-meslo-nerd-font-powerlevel10k ttf-work-sans ttf-win10 papirus-icon-theme noto-fonts-cjk noise-suppression-for-voice code-marketplace ``` Not sure needed ``` yay -Sy yay -S wine-staging winetricks yay -S giflib lib32-giflib libpng lib32-libpng libldap lib32-libldap gnutls lib32-gnutls mpg123 lib32-mpg123 openal lib32-openal v4l-utils lib32-v4l-utils libpulse lib32-libpulse alsa-plugins lib32-alsa-plugins alsa-lib lib32-alsa-lib libjpeg-turbo lib32-libjpeg-turbo libxcomposite lib32-libxcomposite libxinerama lib32-libxinerama ncurses lib32-ncurses opencl-icd-loader lib32-opencl-icd-loader libxslt lib32-libxslt libva lib32-libva gtk3 lib32-gtk3 gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader cups samba dosbox yay -Rdd pulseaudio yay -S pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack pipewire-alsa wireplumber ```