Arch Linux Installation UEFI ext4 - LeandroTheDev/arch_linux GitHub Wiki

Load keyboard language

  • loadkeys br-abnt2

Connect to the internet (wifi)

  • iwctl
  • device list
  • station wlan0 scan

This will show the intenets in your area.

  • station wlan0 get-networks
  • station wlan0 connect "INTERNET NAME"

Test internet connectivity

  • ping google.com

Update time date (fix inconsistence with online packages and certificates)

  • timedatectl set-ntp true
  • timedatectl set-timezone America/Sao_Paulo

Partitions

Creating the partition Show a list of available devices

  • lsblk

Opens partition, ? means the disk letter

  • cfdisk /dev/sd?

Select the disk you wanted The first partition needs 300 MB is the EFI system partition

  • 300M / EFI System

The other partition should be the Linux system

  • Default / Linux filesystem

Save

  • write
  • quit

Active the UEFI boot partition (EFI System)

  • mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sd?1

Active linux partition (Linux System)

  • mkfs.ext4 /dev/sd?2

Mount the Linux System to install linux inside

  • mount /dev/sd?2 /mnt

Download keyring to safely download packages from the repository

  • pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring

Use pacstrap command to automatically install inside the /mnt (/dev/sd?2)

  • pacstrap -i /mnt base-devel base linux or linux-zen linux-firmware vim

Generating file systems table for the Linux System

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

Linux should be installed, now you need to login inside as root

  • arch-chroot /mnt

Language

  • vim /etc/locale.gen
  • en_US.UTF-8 -> remove the #

Install the language

  • locale-gen

Naming the machine

  • vim /etc/hostname

Configuring localhost (to softwares easily resolve the system name)

  • vim /etc/hosts

Rembember to use Tab Spaces

127.0.0.1         localhost
::1               localhost
127.0.1.1	  machinename.localdomain	machinename

Change root password

  • passwd

Create user

  • useradd -m username

Create user password

  • passwd username

Give access to user

  • usermod -aG wheel username

Edit visudo to grant previleges to users

  • visudo
  • In cases the editor for some reason is not set as vim
  • export EDITOR=vim

Remove the #

#%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

Download grub as boot manager

  • pacman -S grub efibootmgr dosfstools os-prober mtools ntfs-3g
  • mkdir /boot/EFI
  • mount /dev/sd?1 /boot/EFI

Installing boot loader

  • grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=grub_uefi --recheck

Generating entries

  • grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Script for updating grub

  • vim /usr/sbin/update-grub

Add

#!/bin/sh
set -e
exec grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg "$@"

Update settings

  • chown root:root /usr/sbin/update-grub
  • chmod 755 /usr/sbin/update-grub
  • update-grub

Install a network manager to use internet

  • pacman -S networkmanager
  • systemctl enable NetworkManager

Finishing installing

  • exit umount -R /mnt
  • reboot

Configuring Arch Linux

Permanent loadkeys for terminal

  • sudo vim /etc/vconsole.conf

Add

KEYMAP=br-abnt2

Load numlock on startup

  • sudo vim /usr/local/bin/numlock

Add

#!/bin/bash

for tty in /dev/tty{1..6}
do
    /usr/bin/setleds -D +num < "$tty";
done

  • chmod +x /usr/local/bin/numlock

  • sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/numlock.service

Add

[Unit]
Description=numlock

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/numlock
StandardInput=tty
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  • sudo systemctl enable numlock

Creating Swap File

  • mkswap -U clear --size 4G --file /swapfile

Active Swap

  • swapon /swapfile

Add any Entry for Swap File

  • sudo vim /etc/fstab

Add

/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0

Connect to the internet (wifi)

  • sudo nmcli device wifi connect "INTRNETNAME" password "password"

Active some Librarys for pacman

  • sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf

Remove the #

#[multilib]
#Include = /etc/pacman blablablabla

Arch logs when entering

  • sudo vim /etc/default/grub

Implement

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="loglevel=2 nowatchdog"

# Remove the hashtag
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

Disable Stop Job

  • sudo vim /etc/systemd/system.conf

Remove the #

DefaultTimeoutStopSec=1s

Reload daemon after changing system.conf

  • sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Get Windows in Grub

  • sudo vim /etc/default/grub

Freezes and Improvements Workaround

AMD Users

  • sudo pacman -S amd-ucode

Intel Users

  • sudo pacman -S intel-ucode

Update Grub to run amd-ucode or intel-ucode

  • sudo update-grub
  • reboot

Finish

  • Have Fun