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Installing Arch Linux 🔥

video references :

  1. Arch Linux Monthly Install: April 2022 - YouTube

  2. How to install Arch Linux with the systemd-boot bootloader - YouTube

  3. Arch Linux Installation Guide 2020 - YouTube

Unusual things to do: notes

Steps for installing arch in my pc

Step 1: Check Internet:

$ ip a

Step 2: Sync Time:

$ timedatectl  set-ntp true

Step 3: Disk Management and Partitioning

$ lsblk
$ cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1
A ui will popup. Select the desired size of the partition of efi, root and home directory

Step 4: Formatting Disks

$ mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3
The 1st one is for /boot/efi
The 2nd one is for root /
The 3rd one is for /home

Now that we have formatted the disk, we need to mount them

Step 5: Mounting disks:

$ mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt

# For grub boot-loader
$ mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
$ mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot/efi

#For, systemdboot,
$ mkdir -p /mnt/boot/
$ mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot/

$ mkdir -p /mnt/home
$ mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt/home

Step 6: Base Installation:

# for grub boot-loader
$ pacstrap /mnt linux linux-headers linux-firmware base base-devel efibootmgr networkmanager neovim grub os-prober intel-ucode sof-firmware

# for systemdboot,
$ pacstrap /mnt linux linux-headers linux-firmware base base-devel efibootmgr networkmanager neovim mtools dosfstools intel-ucode sof-firmware

Step 7: Generate fstab

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

# Check generated fstab file
$ cat /mnt/etc/fstab

Step 8 : Leave the installation and go to chroot:

$ arch-chroot /mnt

Step 9 : System Time

$ ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Dhaka /etc/localtime
$ hwclock --systohc

Step 10: Locale

$ nvim /etc/locale.gen
# uncomment : en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8. write and quit vim

$ locale-gen

$ nvim /etc/locale.conf

# add the line
LANG = en_US.UTF-8

Step 11: Hostname

$ nvim /etc/hostname
# Write down whatever hostname you want to choose

Step 12: Setting up hosts

$ nvim /etc/hosts
# add the following line:
127.0.0.1   localhost
::1         localhost
127.0.1.1   <host name>.localdomain  <host name>

Step 13: Root Password

$ passwd

Step 14: User Creation

$ useradd -mG wheel <user_name>
$ passwd <user_name>
$ EDITOR=nvim visudo
# uncomment the following line
%wheel All=(All) All

Step 15: setting up Bootloader

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

for systemd-boot

$ bootctl --path=/boot install
$ cd /boot/loader/
$ nvim loader.conf

# add the line(s)
default arch.conf # should be same name as the conf file in entries directory

$ cd entries/
$ nvim arch.conf

# add the lines
title	Arch Linux
linux	/vmlinuz-linux
initrd	/intel-ucode.img
initrd	/initramfs-linux.img
options	root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 rw quiet splash loglevel=3

$ nvim arch-fb.conf

# add the lines
title	Arch Linux Fallback Image
linux	/vmlinuz-linux
initrd	/intel-ucode.img
initrd	/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
options	root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 rw quiet splash loglevel=3

$ nvim arch-lts.conf

# add the lines
title	Arch Linux LTS
linux	/vmlinuz-linux-lts
initrd	/intel-ucode.img
initrd	/initramfs-linux-lts.img
options	root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 rw quiet splash loglevel=3

$ nvim arch-zen.conf

# add the lines
title	Arch Linux Zen
linux	/vmlinuz-linux-zen
initrd	/intel-ucode.img
initrd	/initramfs-linux-zen.img
options	root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 rw quiet splash loglevel=3

Setp 16: Final

$ exit
$ umount -a