notes

this process installs arch with:
- UEFI boot mode
- LVM on LUKS encryption via dm-crypt
- systemd-boot
- intel/amd graphics with ucode updates
- a selection of packages
guide developed over 2 years as an Arch user, beware
if I'm doing anything dodgy, questionable or inefficient, please let me know
always follow the real installation guide as a priority since it's constantly updated
something very similar to this process has been tested and considerably used on:
- a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 6th Gen with an NVMe SSD
- a Dell XPS 9360 with an NVMe SSD
- a custom built PC (where I used amdgpu video driver instead) with:
  - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU
  - RX 580 GPU
  - 2 x 8 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro memory
  - MSI B450M Mortar Max motherboard
  - Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 550W PSU
  - Dual booting Windows 10 on a seperate NVME SSD

installation process

backup current config to private `dotfiles` repo

mkdir -p ~/dotfiles/home/usr/share/
cp -r /usr/share/applications/ ~/dotfiles/home/usr/share/
# cp /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-amdgpu.conf ~/dotfiles/home/
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-amdgpu.conf ~/dotfiles/home/
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf ~/dotfiles/home/

mkdir -p ~/dotfiles/home/joplin-desktop
cp ~/.config/joplin-desktop/settings.json ~/dotfiles/home/joplin-desktop/

cp ~/.local/share/fish/fish_history ~/dotfiles/home/
cp ~/.xinitrc ~/dotfiles/home/dotxinitrc
cp ~/.gtk-bookmarks ~/dotfiles/home/dotgtk-bookmarks
cp ~/.Xresources ~/dotfiles/home/dotXresources
cp -r ~/.screenlayout/ ~/dotfiles/home/dotscreenlayout
# navigate to vscode folder location
cp -r .vscode ~/dotfiles/home/dotvscode

sudo cp /etc/hosts ~/dotfiles/home/
sudo cp /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf ~/dotfiles/home/
cp /etc/asound.conf ~/dotfiles/home/
cp /etc/vconsole.conf ~/dotfiles/home/
cp /etc/mkinitcpio.conf ~/dotfiles/home/
cp /etc/pacman.conf ~/dotfiles/home/

cp -r ~/.config/i3/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/i3status-rust/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/xfce4/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/fish/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/fisher/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/nano/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/htop/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/picom/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/pcmanfm/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/ckb-next/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp -r ~/.config/rofi/ ~/dotfiles/home/
cp ~/.config/redshift.conf ~/dotfiles/home/

pacman -Qqem > ~/dotfiles/home/pacman-Qqem.txt
pacman -Qqen > ~/dotfiles/home/pacman-Qqen.txt

secure boot

Disable secure boot on the laptop to be upgraded to Arch.

The method for this varies between laptop but is typically modified in the BIOS.

download latest ARCH ISO image

https://www.archlinux.org/download/

write to USB

sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/ian/downloads/torrent/archlinux-2021.06.01-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sde status=progress oflag=sync

wipe drive

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=16M status=progress

check drive

badblocks -c 10240 -s -w -t 0 -v /dev/nvme0n1

boot arch iso

reboot into arch iso

initial setup

loadkeys uk
ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

internet

get wifi interface name

ip link

scan and connect

iwctl
station wlan0 scan
station wlan0 get-networks
station wlan0 connect <SSID>
exit

date

hostnamectl set-hostname archian
timedatectl set-timezone Europe/London
timedatectl set-ntp true

drives

lsblk
cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1

delete all existing partitions
first partition:
- allocation: 512M
- type: ef00
- name: efi
second partition:
- allocation: (to suggested max)
- type: 8300
- name: main
then select write

mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2

encryption, luks + lvm

cryptsetup -v -s 512 luksFormat /dev/nvme0n1p2
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p2 luks
pvcreate /dev/mapper/luks
vgcreate volume /dev/mapper/luks
lvcreate -L 8G volume -n swap
lvcreate -l +100%FREE volume -n root
pvdisplay
lvdisplay

prep drives

mkswap /dev/mapper/volume-swap
swapon /dev/mapper/volume-swap
mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/volume-root
mount /dev/mapper/volume-root /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
lsblk

install

nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

change UK mirror to https
add

Server = https://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel cryptsetup dhcpcd dialog efibootmgr intel-ucode iw linux linux-headers lvm2 man-db man-pages nano sudo texinfo vim vulkan-intel xf86-video-intel linux-firmware xf86-video-vesa
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

nano /mnt/etc/fstab

on non-boot, for ssd, change relatime to noatime

chroot, locale, time, host

arch-chroot /mnt
sed -i 's/^# *\(en-GB.UTF-8\)/\1/' /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
tzselect
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc --utc
echo 'KEYMAP=uk' > /etc/vconsole.conf
echo 'archhostname' > /etc/hostname
echo '127.0.1.1 archhostname.localdomain archhostname' >> /etc/hosts
hostnamectl set-hostname archhostname

users

passwd
useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -s /bin/bash ian
passwd ian
echo 'ian ALL=(ALL) ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/ian

initramfs

nano /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

modules:
- for intel, add i915 ext4 nvme intel_agp
- for amd, add amdgpu ext4 nvme
hooks:
- change line to base systemd autodetect keyboard sd-vconsole block modconf sd-encrypt sd-lvm2 filesystems fsck

boot

bootctl --path=/boot/ install
nano /boot/loader/loader.conf

enter:

default arch
timeout 0
editor 0

get drive UUID for boot loader conf

blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/nvme0n1p2
cryptsetup luksUUID /dev/nvme0n1p2

nano /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

enter:

title ArchLinux 
linux /vmlinuz-linux 
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options luks.uuid=<UUID> luks.name=<UUID>=luks root=/dev/mapper/volume-root resume=/dev/mapper/volume-swap rw

if boot fucks up

cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p2 luks
mount /dev/mapper/volume-root /mnt
swapon /dev/mapper/volume-swap
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
arch-chroot /mnt

for intel graphics

nano /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf

enter:

options i915 enable_rc6=1 enable_fbc=1 semaphores=1 modeset=1 enable_guc_loading=1 enable_guc_submission=1 enable_huc=1 disable_power_well=0 enable_psr=1

mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

enter:

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
  Driver      "intel"
  Option      "AccelMethod"
EndSection

reboot

mkinitcpio -p linux
exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

wifi

wifi-menu -o wlp58s0
ip link set wlp58s0 down
netctl start <wifi-ssid-name>
echo 'ForceConnect=yes' >> /etc/netctl/<wifi-ssid-name>
systemctl stop netctl@<wifi-ssid-name>
systemctl disable netctl@<wifi-ssid-name>
systemctl stop dhcpcd
systemctl disable dhcpcd

for intel

pacman -S intel-ucode
nano /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

enter: initrd /intel-ucode.img

mkinitcpio -p linux

packages

sudo pacman -Syu acpi adobe-source-han-sans-cn-fonts adobe-source-han-sans-hk-fonts adobe-source-han-sans-jp-fonts adobe-source-han-sans-kr-fonts adobe-source-han-sans-otc-fonts adobe-source-han-sans-tw-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-cn-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-jp-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-kr-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-otc-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-tw-fonts adobe-source-sans-pro-fonts adobe-source-serif-pro-fonts alsa-lib alsa-plugins alsa-utils amd-ucode android-tools arandr asciiquarium autoconf automake bash binutils cmatrix code coreutils device-mapper diffutils dmidecode e2fsprogs fakeroot feh file filesystem findutils firefox fish fuse fuse2 fwupd fzf gawk gcc gcc-libs github-cli gnome-keyring gparted grep gvfs gzip htop i3 i3-wm i3status-rust imagemagick inetutils iotop iproute2 iputils less lib32-libva-mesa-driver lib32-mesa-vdpau lib32-vulkan-radeon libreoffice-fresh libtool libva-mesa-driver licenses lm_sensors logrotate lsd lvm2 lxappearance make mesa mesa-vdpau mpv neofetch net-tools nitrogen ntfs-3g numlockx openssh opera opera-ffmpeg-codecs otf-ipafont pacman pacman-contrib pciutils pcmanfm playerctl pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa python python-virtualenv qalculate-gtk radeontop rclone redshift reiserfsprogs rofi scrot seahorse sed sshfs syncthing systemd systemd-swap systemd-sysvcompat telegram-desktop terminus-font thunderbird tmux transmission-gtk tree ttf-dejavu ttf-droid ttf-font-awesome ttf-hanazono ttf-ibm-plex ttf-inconsolata ttf-joypixels ttf-liberation ttf-roboto ttf-roboto-mono ttf-ubuntu-font-family ufw unzip usbutils util-linux vdpauinfo vivaldi vlc vulkan-radeon wget which whois xdg-user-dirs xf86-video-amdgpu xfce4-terminal xfce4-settings xorg xorg-apps xorg-xset xclip zerotier-one zip

wifi

systemctl start NetworkManager
systemctl enable NetworkManager
nmcli dev wifi connect <wifi-ssid-name> <wi-fi-password>

yay

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

install AUR packages

yay -Syu aur/adwaita-dark aur/archdroid-icon-theme aur/chromium-widevine aur/awesome-terminal-fonts-patched aur/birdtray aur/dislocker aur/exodus aur/google-cloud-sdk aur/joplin-desktop aur/msi-rgb aur/nerd-fonts-roboto-mono aur/protonmail-bridge aur/slack-desktop aur/spotify aur/steam-fonts aur/ttf-ms-fonts aur/vivaldi-widevine aur/whatsapp-nativefier aur/ttf-roboto-slab aur/ttf-twemoji aur/ttf-symbola aur/code-marketplace aur/zsa-wally

add sublime text repo and install

curl -O https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg && sudo pacman-key --add sublimehq-pub.gpg && sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 8A8F901A && rm sublimehq-pub.gpg
echo -e "\n[sublime-text]\nServer = https://download.sublimetext.com/arch/stable/x86_64" | sudo tee -a /etc/pacman.conf
sudo pacman -Syu sublime-text

enable swap

sudo systemctl enable systemd-swap

set up git and clone private repos

gh auth login
git config --global user.email "<email>"
git config --global user.name "<name>"
gh repo clone 12ian34/scripts
gh repo clone 12ian34/dotfiles

update xinitrc

cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/dotxinitrc ~/.xinitrc

start x on login

sudo nano /etc/profile

enter:

if [[ "$(tty)" == '/dev/tty1' ]]; then
	exec startx
fi

reboot

copy back other config

cp ~/dotfiles/home/10-amdgpu.conf /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/
cp ~/dotfiles/home/10-monitor.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
mkdir -p ~/.config/joplin-desktop/
cp ~/dotfiles/home/joplin-desktop/settings.json ~/.config/joplin-desktop/

cp ~/dotfiles/home/fish_history ~/.local/share/fish/
cp ~/dotfiles/home/dotgtk-bookmarks ~/.gtk-bookmarks
cp ~/dotfiles/home/dotXresources ~/.Xresources
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/dotscreenlayout ~/.screenlayout
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/user-dirs.dirs ~/.config/
# navigate to desired vscode settings location
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/dotvscode .vscode

cat ~/dotfiles/home/hosts
# then append any new entries from this to /etc/hosts

cp ~/dotfiles/home/asound.conf /etc/
cp ~/dotfiles/home/vconsole.conf /etc/
cp ~/dotfiles/home/pacman.conf /etc/

cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/i3/ ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/i3status-rust/ ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/xfce4/ ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/fish/ ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/fisher/ ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/nano/ ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/htop/ ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/picom/ ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/pcmanfm/ ~/.config/
cp ~/dotfiles/home/redshift.conf ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/ckb-next/ ~/.config/
cp -r ~/dotfiles/home/rofi/ ~/.config/

enable auto login

create directory:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]

create conf:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/override.conf

paste into override.conf:

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin ian --noclear %I $TERM

enable and restart service

sudo systemctl enable getty@tty1
sudo systemctl restart getty@tty1

firefox flags (settings and hardware acceleration)

go to about:config

change the following preferences:

parameter	set to value
browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground	true
media.hardwaremediakeys.enabled	false
mousewheel.with_control.action	1
network.dns.disablePrefetch	true
network.http.speculative-parallel-limit	0
network.prefetch-next	false
gfx.webrender.all	true
media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled	true
media.ffvpx.enabled	false
media.rdd-vpx.enabled	false
security.sandbox.content.level	0
media.navigator.mediadatadecoder_vpx_enabled	true
gfx.x11-egl.force-enabled	true
gfx.x11-egl.force-disabled	false
network.http.http3.enabled	false

using fish, set universal permanent environment variables:

set -Ux MOZ_LOG PlatformDecoderModule:5
set -Ux MOZ_X11_EGL 1
set -Ux LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME radeonsi

sublime tab cycle order 'recently viewed' -> 'display order'

open sublime text
CTRL-SHIFT-P to open palette
go to Preferences: Key Bindings

Add the following to the user preferences tab (to the right of the new window):

{ "keys": ["ctrl+tab"], "command": "next_view" },
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+tab"], "command": "prev_view" },

enable and start syncthing

systemctl enable syncthing --user
systemctl start syncthing --user

create directories

mkdir -p ~/downloads/torrent/incomplete
mkdir ~/downloads/slack
mkdir ~/downloads/firefox
mkdir ~/downloads/vivaldi
mkdir ~/downloads/chromium
mkdir ~/dev
mkdir ~/pics
mkdir ~/sync

zerotier setup

sudo systemctl enable zerotier-one.service
sudo systemctl start zerotier-one.service
sudo zerotier-cli join <network id>

then login to Zerotier and approve the device, then check:

sudo zerotier-cli status
sudo zerotier-cli listnetworks
sudo zerotier-cli listpeers

insults on wrong sudo password

sudo nano /etc/sudoers

add to new line:

Defaults insults

VS Code setup:

Install Settings Sync
Login with github
Download settings from private gist

copy Thunderbird profile

mount drive containing old profile folder, navigate to its location, then copy to local

cp -r .thunderbird ~/

lights off

run lxappearance
change theme to Adwaita-dark
change default font to Roboto Mono Regular 11
change icon theme to Archdroid-Grey

create python virtual environment and get some basic stuff

mkdir ~/.venvs/
python -m venv ~/.venvs/venv_general
source ~/.venvs/venv_general/bin/activate.fish
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install wheel
pip install pandas numpy lxml jupyter jupyter_contrib_nbextensions jupyter_nbextensions_configurator
jupyter notebook --generate-config
jupyter notebook password

Jupyter Notebook extensions and configurator

source ~/.venvs/venv_general/bin/activate.fish
jupyter contrib nbextension install --user
jupyter nbextensions_configurator enable --user
Configure extensions:
1. Go to the configurator
2. untick "disable configuration for..."
3. Enable:
  - AutoSaveTime
  - Code prettify
  - Collapsible Headings
  - Highlight selected word
  - Notify
  - Variable Inspector
  - Codefolding
  - ExecuteTime
  - Live Markdown Preview
  - table_beautifier
  - zenmode
    - add url: https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/heic0611b.jpg
    - untick "Use builtin backgrounds...", "Hide the header..." and "Hide the menubar..."
  - Hinterland
  - Toggle all line numbers
  - Autopep8
  - Move selected cells
  - Rubberband

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notes

installation process

backup current config to private dotfiles repo

secure boot

download latest ARCH ISO image

write to USB

wipe drive

check drive

boot arch iso

initial setup

internet

date

drives

encryption, luks + lvm

prep drives

install

chroot, locale, time, host

users

initramfs

boot

if boot fucks up

for intel graphics

reboot

wifi

for intel

packages

wifi

yay

install AUR packages

add sublime text repo and install

enable swap

set up git and clone private repos

update xinitrc

start x on login

copy back other config

enable auto login

firefox flags (settings and hardware acceleration)

sublime tab cycle order 'recently viewed' -> 'display order'

enable and start syncthing

create directories

zerotier setup

insults on wrong sudo password

VS Code setup:

copy Thunderbird profile

lights off

create python virtual environment and get some basic stuff

Jupyter Notebook extensions and configurator

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