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Before you Start (you can skip this if you want)

  • The written setup guide is not for beginners.. It is meant for people who have already setup base arch linux before. You should also be following the arch wiki.
  • While the purpose of the guide is to replace the wiki installation guide, it was made with personal use in mind only. This guide also goes slightly beyond the scope of the arch wiki installation guide which doesn't cover everything (like bootloader, user creation and drivers). I know it is there on other pages but again this was with personal use in mind so I don't have to search stuff that I already know.

Base Install

Internet Connection

  • Use ethernet where possible.
  • IIITD BONUS: our institution internet connection is setup in a very interesting way to say the least. You will not be able to use ethernet on archiso because it doesn't use NetworkManager. You could force it to work by editing configs but you're better off with the next option.
  • Alternatively use USB tethering with your phone.

Internet Connection (wifi)

iwctl
station wlan0 connect
station wlan0 scan
station wlan0 connect <SSID>

archiso configs (optional)

setfont ter-232n
reflector --sort rate --verbose --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist -l 30 -c Singapore -c India

Partitions

Making the partitions

lsblk
wipefs -a -t gpt -f /dev/nvme0n1
cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1
  • Just delete the memory allocated then follow the next steps.
  • Then write and quit
wipefs -a -t dos -f /dev/nvme0n1
cfdisk /dev/<drive>

Select the following

  • gpt
  • p1 - resize - 500M - Type - EFI system
  • p2 - resize - 8G - Type - Linux swap
  • p3 - resize - rest of the size - Type - Linux root (x86-64)
  • Write
  • Quit

formatting the partitions

mkfs.ext4 /dev/<drive>p3
mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/<drive>p1
mkswap /dev/<drive>p2

mounting the partitions

mount /dev/<drive>p3 /mnt
mount --mkdir /dev/<drive>p1 /mnt/boot
lsblk
swapon /dev/nvme0n1p2

Installing base arch

pacstrap

Enable parallel downloads in /etc/pacman.conf to speed up pacstrap

pacstrap -K /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware

fstab

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

Timezone

arch-chroot /mnt
pacman -S vim
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata  /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

Language

vim /etc/locale.gen

uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

locale-gen

/etc/locale.conf

LANG=en_US.UTF-8

other config files

/etc/vconsole.conf

KEYMAP=us

`/etc/hostname

yourhostname

user and password

passwd
useradd -m -G wheel,audio,video,tty,input -s /bin/bash <username>
passwd <username>

EDITOR=vim visudo

uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

bootloader

bootctl --path=/boot install

/boot/loader/loader.conf

default arch-*

/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=/dev/<drive>p3 rw

Adding windows to bootloader

mount /dev/<windows_drive>p1 /<new_dir>
cd /<new_dir>/EFI/
cp -r Microsoft/ /boot/EFI/

Network Manager

pacman -S sof-firmware networkmanager
systemctl enable NetworkManager

Reboot

exit
reboot

Post Install

Better pacman

vim /etc/pacman.conf

uncomment ParallelDownloads = 5

basic install

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S linux-headers git
sudo pacman -S pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack pipewire-alsa
sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-apps

graphics drivers (choose yours)

sudo pacman -S nvidia
sudo pacman -S xf86-video-amdgpu
sudo pacman -S xf86-intel-video

AUR helper

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si
cd ..
rm -rf yay

Better pacman mirrors

yay -S rate-mirrors-bin
rate-mirrors arch

Terminal, Display Manager and Window Manager

sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter qtile kitty
sudo systemctl enable lightdm

Bluetooth Setup

sudo pacman -S blueman bluez bluez-utils

This is for newer Lenovo Laptop's

  • WiFi Cards:- RTW89_8852CE
  • And facing issues with monitor display with nvidia cards
sudo pacman -S nvidia envycontrol

sudo envycontrol -s integrated
reboot

sudo envycontrol -s hybrid
reboot

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/rtw-dkms-git.git
cd rtw89-dkms-git
makepkg -sri
  • IMPORTANT: Our BIOS does not handle PCIe interface correctly. To compensate we run this command below:-
sudo cp 70-rtw89.conf /etc/modprobe.d/

This command is to be run in the git directory

Manual Install of Custom Configurations

sudo pacman -S python-iwlib python-psutil
yay -S qtile-extras upower

sudo pacman -S dunst picom neovim rofi nitrogen betterlockscreen playerctl
yay -S ttf-cascadia-code-nerd

You can select any wallpaper you like.

git clone https://github.com/FakePickle/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles/Configs
cp -r nvim dunst picom qtile rofi ~/.confg/

Automatic Install of Configs

git clone https://github.com/FakePickle/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles/
chmod +x automatic_install.sh
./automatic_install.sh