linux_arch_xfce_install.txt

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/beginners%27_guide#Installation

1. ping -c3 www.google.com

2. Make the install process friendlier :) {{{1

loadkeys uk # /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/
systemctl start gpm

3. Partitioning of a 500GB hard drive {{{1

disk=sda
fdisk/gdisk /dev/"$disk"

(d)elete all partitions

* boot: /dev/sd_1: (n)ew, (p)rimary, +1G, (t)ype ef00, (a) bootable
* swap: /dev/sd_2: (n)ew, (p)rimary, +6G, (t)ype 8200
* root: /dev/sd_3: (n)ew, (p)rimary, +20G
*  LVM: /dev/sd_4: (n)ew, (p)rimary,      (t)ype 8e00

(p)rint, (w)rite

Note: (p)rimary and (a) are not relevant with gdisk
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4. reboot # or the new partitions are not seen!

5. Creating Filesystems {{{1

* mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/"$disk"1 # boot (UEFI system)
  OR
  mkfs.ext2 /dev/"$disk"1 # boot (BIOS system)

* mkswap /dev/"$disk"2
  swapon /dev/"$disk"2

* mkfs.ext4 /dev/"$disk"3 # root

* pvcreate /dev/"$disk"4
  vgcreate vdisk /dev/"$disk"4
  vol() { lvcreate -L"$1"G -n"$2" vdisk && mkfs.ext4 /dev/vdisk/"$2"; }
  vol 210 home
  vol 11 var
  vol 3 opt

Checks: fdisk -l, lsblk
        pvdisplay, pvscan...

6. Mount the partitions {{{1

mount /dev/"$disk"3 /mnt # root

for i in boot home var opt
do
   mkdir -p /mnt/"$i"
done

mount /dev/"$disk"1 /mnt/boot

for i in home var opt
do
   mount /dev/vdisk/"$i" /mnt/"$i"
done

7. Mirror list {{{1

vi /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# :g/united\s\+kingdom\n.\+\c/,+m0
# then reverse from 2 to 1
#                   1    2
# Note: vi don't recognise \n and \c, so /United Kingdom, dj, {, P...
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8. pacstrap -i /mnt base # exclude these: ^22,^31-32,^36,^40,^52

9. fstab {{{1

genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
cat /mnt/etc/fstab # to check
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10. arch-chroot /mnt

11. Local settings {{{1

pacman -S ed gvim ttf-dejavu ctags # + repeat step 2.
# \\1 - \\ needed so $'' doesn't parse it
ed -s /etc/locale.gen <<< $'H\n%s/#\(bg_BG\|fr_FR\|es_ES\|en_GB\|ru_RU\).UTF-8/\\1.UTF-8/\nwq'

locale-gen

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

loadkeys uk
echo KEYMAP=uk >> /etc/vconsole.conf

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime

hwclock --systohc --utc

12. Networking {{{1

echo myhostname > /etc/hostname

systemctl enable dhcpcd.service # systemctl enable dhcpcd@interface_name.service
# Or: systemctl stop dhcpcd.service && systemctl disable dhcpcd.service
#     systemctl enable dhclient.service && systemctl start dhclient.service

13. GRUB {{{1

pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools # only grub is needed for a BIOS system

# UEFI system
efivar -l # test if booted into UEFI mode
mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=grub --recheck # --debug
OR
grub-install /dev/"$disk" # BIOS system

# pacman -S os-prober # for a dual boot setup (doesn't detect Windows)
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

14. Finish {{{1

passwd
exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

Post install {{{1
============

useradd -m mitko
passwd mitko

# gvfs for automounting
# User switching: (deprecated)
# ln -s /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm/gdmflexiserver /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver
pacman -S \
xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit xscreensaver \
xfce4 xfce4-notifyd gvfs orage ristretto ffmpegthumbnailer \
lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter accountsservice numlockx \
clipit xclip wgetpaste \
firefox flashplugin \
sudo keychain x11-ssh-askpass \
git openssh bash-completion mlocate ntp tree bc

lspci | grep VGA # -> XXX
pacman -Ss xf86-video | grep -i -C1 --color=auto XXX
pacman -S xf86-video-XXX

pacman -S alsa-utils # for alsamixer

# optional
pacman -S cups vlc

# Distro / Desktop Environment specific
pacman -S --needed base-devel

# Work
pacman -S \
dnsutils rsync clusterssh openldap virtualbox thunderbird tcpdump terminator \
xterm cifs-utils

# Services
systemctl enable ntpd lightdm

Settings
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# AUR: /etc/makepkg.conf
CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS: -march=native
MAKEFLAGS: -jn (with n being the output of nproc)
BUILDDIR=/tmp

# pacman: /etc/pacman.conf
color
VerbosePkgLists

# Terminal colors
Palette:
tango

Modifications:
cursor: #666666, rgb(102, 102, 102)
  text: #bebebe, rgb(190, 190, 190)
    bg: #262626 (html color grey15), rgb(38, 38, 38)

# Orage
Line 1: %a %d %b
Tooltip: %A %d %B %Y

# gVim shortcut
gvim -u /home/"$USER"/.vimrc -U /home/"$USER"/.gvimrc -f %F

# Git
"$REPOS_BASE"/config/git.bash # run config script