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Archinstaller
loadkeys ca
setfont ter-132b
timedatectl
Partionning with cryptsetup
Encrypting root partition
$ PART="encrypted partition number ie. 2"
$ cryptsetup -y -v luksFormat --type luks1 /dev/nvme0n1p$PART
$ cryptsetup open /dev/nvme0n1p$PART root
$ mkfs.btrfs /dev/mapper/root
$ mount /dev/mapper/root /mnt
Mounting boot :
$ mount --mkdir /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
Installing packages on the device
$ pacstrap -K /mnt base linux-firmware linux amd-ucode patch dkms kmod btrfs-progs grub os-prober ntfs-3g efibootmgr efivar networkmanager iwd nano sudo texinfo man-db man-pages
Preparing for chroot
$ genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
$ arch-chroot /mnt
Chroot in Installed Arch
$ ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Montreal /etc/localtime
$ hwclock --systohc
$ echo matt-laptop > /etc/hostname
$ passwd
Localization
Uncomment ca_FR.UTF-8 en_CA.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 fr_CA.UTF-8 and run
$ locale-gen
$ echo LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
$ echo KEYMAP=ca > /etc/vconsole.conf
Edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf for LUKS
$ sed -i 's/BINARIES=.*/BINARIES=(btrfs)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
...
$ sed -i 's/HOOKS=.*/HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf kms keyboard keymap consolefont block encrypt filesystems fsck)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
then run mkinitpcio -P
Grub install
$ grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=arch
Edit /etc/default/grub for LUKS
$ CRYPT="cryptdevice=$(blkid | sed -n 's/.*nvme0n1p'$PART': \(.*\) TYPE.*/\1/p'):root"
$ sed -i 's#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT.*#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet loglevel 3 '$CRYPT' root=/dev/mapper/root"#' /etc/default/grub
make sure the UUID is the actual partition inside the LUKS container and run grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
we can now reboot to the installed Arch
Inside installed Arch
Configure internet access
$ systemctl enable --now NetworkManager systemd-networkd systemd-resolved systemd-timesyncd
$ cat << EOF >> /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/wifi_backend.conf
[device]
wifi.backend=iwd
EOF
$ systemctl restart NetworkManager
$ iwctl device list # check if powered on
$ iwctl station wlan0 scan
$ iwctl station wlan0 get-networks
$ iwctl station wlan0 connect SSID
$ cat << EOF >> /etc/iwd/main.conf
[General]
EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
EOF
Configure systemd-resolved
$ ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
$ sed -i 's/#DNS=.*/DNS=100.64.0.1/' /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
$ sed -i 's/#FallbackDNS=.*/FallbackDNS=1.1.1.1/' /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
$ sed -i 's/#DNSStubListener=.*/DNSStubListener=no/' /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
Configure reflector for mirror management of pacman
$ pacman -Sy reflector
$ nano /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf
$ systemctl enable --now reflector.timer
User management
$ useradd -m matt -G wheel
$ passwd matt
A lot of packages to install
$ pacman -Sy htop pkgfile mlocate rsync tmux mosh usbutils wget git curl devtools mesa lib32-mesa vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon libva-mesa-driver lib32-libva-mesa-driver mesa-vdpau lib32-mesa-vdpau bash-completion fzf
$ pkgfile --update
Install paru
$ pacman -S --needed git base-devel
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru-git.git
$ cd paru-git
$ makepkg -si
$ sed -i 's/#Color/Color/' /etc/pacman.conf
$ sed -i 's/#IgnorePkg.*/IgnorePkg = linux-xanmod-anbox linux-xanmod-anbox-headers/' /etc/pacman.conf
$ cat << EOF >> /etc/paru.conf
CombinedUpgrade
BatchInstall
BottomUp
NoWarn = plymouth-theme-arch-elegant
EOF
su matt
Audio
ALSA
$ yay -Sy alsa-utils alsa-firmware sof-firmware alsa-ucm-conf
#unmute speakers
$ amixer sset Master unmute
Pipewire
$ yay -Sy pipewire-audio pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse
$ yay -R pulseaudio-alsa
$ sudo systemctl stop pulseaudio.service
$ systemctl --user enable --now pipewire-pulse.service
Download some apps and extensions
$ yay -Sy dconf-editor evolution gnome-nettool gnome-tweaks gnome-usage gnome-themes-extra adwaita-dark extension-manager libayatana-appindicator tailscale-systray-git galaxybudsclient-bin hplip cups nextcloud-client grub-customizer
## Fingerprint Sensor Hack
$ yay -Sy python pam-fprint-grosshack $ sudo systemctl enable --now fprintd $ fprintd-enroll
### Use the reader
add this to the top of every file in /etc/pam.d/ that you want ie. polkit-1, sudo uwu
auth sufficient pam_fprintd_grosshack.so auth sufficient pam_unix.so try_first_pass nullok
OR (for gtklock and check for sddm)
auth sufficient pam_fprintd.so
## Plymouth and Silent Boot
By following the wiki pages on [watchdogs](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Improving_performance#Watchdogs), [silent booting](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Silent_boot#top-page) and [Plymouth](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Plymouth), I edited my grub config and mkinitcpio, installed and setup Plymouth, to get a satisfying booting experience
$ yay -Sy plymouth-git
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
$ sudo sed -i 's/MODULES=()/MODULES=(amdgpu)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf $ sudo sed -i 's/#COMPRESSION="lz4"/COMPRESSION="lz4"/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf $ sudo sed -i 's/HOOKS=(.* /HOOKS=(base udev plymouth encrypt autodetect modconf kms keyboard keymap consolefont block filesystems fsck)/' /etc/mkinitcpio.conf COMPRESSION="lz4"
/etc/default/grub
sudo sed -i 's/quiet loglevel 3/quiet splash loglevel=3 systemd.show_status=auto rd.udev.log_level=3 splash nowatchdog psi=1/' /etc/default/grub
Mute watchdog
$ echo blacklist sp5100_tco | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/disable-sp5100-watchdog.conf
Apply changes [Theme](https://github.com/murkl/plymouth-theme-arch-elegant)
$ git clone https://github.com/murkl/plymouth-theme-arch-elegant.git $ cd plymouth-theme-arch-elegant/aur $ makepkg -si $ sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R arch-elegant $ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg $ sudo sed -i 's/echo/#ech~o/g' /boot/grub/grub.cfg
## Here are some random changes and tweaks
### Firefox touchscreen [tweak](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Tweaks#Enable_touchscreen_gestures)
$ echo MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1 | sudo tee -a /etc/security/pam_env.conf
then logout
### More Packages that are most likely needed
run toinstall.sh script $ sudo reboot
### Flatpak
$ flatpak install com.github.iwalton3.jellyfin-media-player com.github.tchx84.Flatseal xournalpp stemlink $ sudo flatpak override --filesystem=xdg-config/gtk-3.0
## Finally, install dotfiles
$ mkdir ~/git && cd ~/git $ git clone git@git.nelim.org:matt1432/dotfiles.git $ cd dotfiles $ bash getenv.sh $ sudo bash setup.sh $ sudo bash fzf.sh /usr/share/fzf