💻 Arch Linux (BTW)

Notes created before 2020. Check the Arch Wiki for up to date documentation

• gpg \--keyserver pgp.mit.edu \--keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve \--verify archlinux-xxxx.xx.xx-x86_64.iso.sig archlinux-xxxx.xx.xx-x86_64.iso

• md5sum archlinux-xxxx.xx.xx-x86_64.iso

• cp /etc/netctl/examples/wireless-wpa /etc/netctl/<essid name>

• vi /etc/netctl/<essid name>

  Change: Interface (ip link to find), ESSID, and Key

• netctl start <essid name>

• mount /dev/sd<Arch> /mnt

• mount /dev/sd<Grub> /mnt/boot

• cd /mnt

• mount -t proc proc /mnt/proc

• mount -t sysfs sys /mnt/sys

• mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev

• mount -t devpts pts /mnt/dev/pts

• chroot /mnt

• pac -Syu

• sudov /etc/resolv.conf

  nameserver 8.8.8.8
  

• fdisk /dev/sdXX

  fdisk -l

• n

  new

• w

  write

• mkfs.ext4 -O "^has_journal" /dev/sdXX

  No journal logging for USB drives (frees up read/write cycles)

• mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdXX

• vi /boot/grub/grub.conf

  • Add nomodeset

• mkdir /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d

• vi /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/usbstick.conf

  [Journal]
  Storage=volatile
  RunTimeMaxUse=30M
  

• pac -S libeatmydata

  • append “eatmydata” before calling a program

• .e.g. vi ~/.config/i3/config

  exec --no-startup-id eatmydata firefox
  

• mount /dev/sXX /mnt

• pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-headers linux-firmware bash man-db man-pages texinfo wireless_tools wpa_supplicant wireless-regdb sudo ntfs-3g e2fsprogs dhcpcd grub vim netctl which xorg-xinit xorg-twm xterm git fakeroot binutils make gcc network-manger network-manager-applet

• genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

• arch-chroot /mnt

• vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

• mkdir /etc/localtime

  probably needed

• ls -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime

• hwclock --systohc

Make Unicode work good

• sudov /etc/locale.gen

  -- #en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
  ++ en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
  

• locale-gen

• vim /etc/locale.conf

  Continue to make Unicoce work good

  ++ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  

• vim /etc/hostname

  ++ myhostname
  

• vim /etc/hosts

  ++ 127.0.0.1     localhost
  ++ ::1           localhost
  ++ 127.0.1.1     myhostname.localdomain  myhostname
  

• mkinitcpio -P

• passwd

• grub-install \--target=i386-pc /dev/sdX

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

• systemctl enable dhcpcd

• systemctl start dhcpcd

• exit

• umount /mnt

• reboot

pacman -S base base-devel linux linux-headers linux-firmware bash man-db man-pages texinfo wireless_tools wpa_supplicant wireless-regdb sudo ntfs-3g e2fsprogs

pacman -S archlinux-keyring networkmanager network-manager-applet gvim xorg xorg-apps xf86-video-ati ranger htop neofetch i3-gaps powerline i3lock i3status tmux plasma-meta xfce4 xfce4-goodies volumeicon pulseaudio alsa-utils pulseaudio-alsa feh okular nitrogen w3m sxiv xsel zsh git wget subversion make fakeroot sddm/lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter firefox adapta-gtk-theme papirus-icon-theme archlinux-wallpaper xdg-user-dirs rxvt-unicode urxvt-perls mpv youtube-dl mpd ncmpcpp libsidplay xarchiver engrampa ttf-hack mlocate mutt pavucontrol cowsay fortune-mod awesome bspwm sxhkd dmenu rofi lxappearance redshift imagemagick gimp inkscape gpick espeak net-tools blueman bluez bluez-libs pulseaudio-bluetooth meson ninja vala grub gtk-engine-murrine gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly java-runtime-common java-environment-common jre-openjdk dolphin ffmpegthumbs dolphin-plugins mpd gparted konsole arandr hwinfo ttf-roboto noto-fonts accountsservice xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-vesa xf86-video-intel (vm: virtualbox-host-modules-arch or virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-iso xf86-video-vmware) kde-gtk-config qemu dnsmasq

• pacman -S amd-ucode intel-ucode

• groupadd usb

  vbox, etc.

• useradd -m -G wheel,audio,optical,storage,video,games,power,scanner -s /bin/zsh chris

• passwd chris

• vi /etc/sudoers

  -- # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
  ++ %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
  

• systemctl enable sddm.service

• systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

• reboot

• git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/trizen.git

• cd trizen

• makepkg -si

• trizen -S breeze-adapta-theme-git archlinux-themes-sddm fortune-mod-hitchhiker fbterm-git dwm-git pamac-aur pamac-tray-appindicator stardict task-spooler yank clipit yad mate-tweak simplenote-electron-bin ttf-ms-fonts gamemode cantata adwaita-dark highlight perl-json-xs

• vim /etc/sudoers

  ++ chris ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/restart, /sbin/poweroff
  

• Settings -> Desktop Behavior -> Workspace -> Click Behavior (Plasma 5.16.4 | 2019)

• systemctl enable vboxservice.service

• cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/

• sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/10* && sudo rm -rf ./70-no-bitmaps.conf && sudo ln -s ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf

• mkdir ~/.local/share/fonts && cd ~/.local/share/fonts

• wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NerdyPepper/scientifica/master/regular/scientifica-11.bdf

• wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NerdyPepper/curie/master/regular/curieMedium-12.bdf

• wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NerdyPepper/curie/master/bold/curieBold-12.bdf

• wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NerdyPepper/curie/master/italic/curieItalic-12.bdf

• fc-cache -f

• xdg-user-dirs-update

• pac -S cups

  and drivers: ArchWiki: CUPS

• sudo systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service

• Manage with: http://localhost:631

I’m sure there is a perfectly good reason I did this back in 2017…

• pacman -S read-edid

• mkdir /usr/lib/firmware/edid

• get-edid -m 0 > /usr/lib/firmware/edid/800x600.bin

  As root

• vi /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

  ++ MODULES=(radeon)
  ++ FILES=(/usr/lib/firmware/edid/800x600.bin)
  

• mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img

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

• vi /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf

  ++ options drm_kms_helper poll=0
  

SpamDM: Very Display Manger, much TMUX, very fix the thing. You know, that one thing.

• touch ~/.scripts/urxvt_fortune.txt

• touch ~/.xinitrc

• vim ~/.profile

  ++ ~/.SpamDM
  

• sudo systemctl disable [current display manager]

• echo "exec i3" > ~/.xinitrc

• sudoc ~/.SpamDM

• sudoc ~/.xinitrc

• sudoc -R ~/.scripts/*

• apti tmux

• reboot

• Keep Arch pkg i3lock

• git clone https://github.com/shikherverma/i3lock-multimonitor.git

• cp -r i3lock-multimonitor ~/.i3

• chmod +x ~/.i3/i3lock-multimonitor/lock

• swap /i3lock-multimonitor/img/background.png with your image choice

• git clone https://github.com/Lixxia/i3lock.git

• cd i3lock

• autoreconf -fi

• mkdir -p build && cd build

• ../configure

• make && sudo make install

• setcap 'cap_sys_tty_config+ep' $(command -v fbterm)

• usermod -aG video USERNAME

  Logout to take affect

• NotFOSS: OpenRC on Arch Linux

• umount /sdX

• tune2fs -O "^has_journal" /dev/sdXX

• vim /etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/usbstick.conf

  ++ [Journal]
  ++ Storage=volatile
  ++ RuntimeMaxUse=30M
  

• vim /etc/rc.conf

  -- rc_logger="YES"
  ++ # rc_logger="YES"
  

• vim ~/.bashrc

  ++ export PS1="\[\e[33m\]\u\[\e[m\]@\[\e[33m\]\h\[\e[m\] [\[\e[36m\]\w\[\e[m\]] [\[\e[35m\]\d\[\e[m\] \[\e[35m\]\@\[\e[m\]]\[\e[36m\]\\$\\n-> "
  

• sudo sh -c 'echo N > /sys/module/drm_kms_helper/parameters/poll'

  Test

• sudo sh -c 'echo "options drm_kms_helper poll=0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf'

  If test succeeded than make persistent with the command above

• sudo update-initramfs -u

• vim /etc/default/grub

  Appen to kernel paramater

  ++ i8042.nomux=1
  

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

• search: https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/

• example: pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/libnfs/libnfs-3.0.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

• Wait until affected package breaks.. then upgrade again..

• or perhaps use downgrader(AUR) if you don’t want to access archive.archlinux.org

  • downgrade … follow the prompts

• pacman -S net-tools arch-audit

• sudo netstat -tulpn

• arch-audit

• arch-audit --upgradable --quiet

• First mentioned: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=252888

• netctl wifi guide at the top of this document..

• pac -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/m/mesa/mesa-19.3.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

• sudov /etc/pacman.conf

  ++ IgnorePkg     = mesa
  

• git clone https://github.com/lahwaacz/arch-wiki-docs

• Dependencies?

  • python-simplemediawiki

  • python-cssselect

  • python-lxml

• ./arch-wiki-docs.py --output-directory "/dir/output_directory"

  LARGE file size (gigabytes)

• trizen -S <package> --clone-dir=/home/$USER/tmp/Trizen_tmp

• pacman -Qqen > /home/$USER/targetdir/pkglist.txt

  Full pkg backup! (all the packages)

• pacman -Sp kde > /home/$USER/targetdir/pkglist

  Single pkg backup (one package)

• Download packages using pkglist.txt

  • wget -nv -i /home/$USER/targetdir/pkglist.txt

    Great for rebuilding a system

• pac -S kwallet-pam

• Disable: “Close when last application stops using it” in KDE Wallet settings

• Does not work with fingerprint reader login

• If all else fails and one just needs WiFi at login: Change KDE Wallet password to a blank password

• Open with your favorie archive browser (Ark, ggrandpa, file-roller, etc.)

• Distribute files (pcmanfm can be opened as admin–ex: sudo pcmanfm)

• Or.. make a pkgbuild