archinstall

Quick arch linux install guide using archinstall script and manual partitioning.

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if you're using a laptop or a wifi card follow the iwctl guide 🕮

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set the time and date:

root@archiso ~ # timedatectl set-ntp true

to speed things up we'll do

root@archiso ~ # pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring --noconfirm

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listing all block devices:

root@archiso ~ # lsblk


nvme0n1            500G  0 disk
nvme0n2            120G  0 disk
⌙nvme0n2p1         120G  0 part

in this case i'll use nvme0n1

root@archiso ~ # cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1

eg:

Device                   Start          End      Sectors      Size Type
>>Free Space              1234        43210     10000000      500G

here you create a 1G EFI partition and a Linux filesystem partition (will be your root partition)

like this:

nvme0n1                500G 0 disk
⊢ nvme0n1p1 0            1G 0 part (EFI system)
⊢ nvme0n1p2 0          499G 0 part (Linux file system)

partitioning without a swap eg:

formatting: nvme0n1p1 1G (boot) as fat32

root@archiso ~ # mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1

nvme0n1p2 499G (root) as ext4

root@archiso ~ # mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2

then mount nvme0n1p2 to /mnt

root@archiso ~ # mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt

then make a boot directory on /mnt

root@archiso ~ # mkdir /mnt/boot

then mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 to /mnt/boot

root@archiso ~ # mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

it should be like this:

nvme0n1                500G 0 disk
⊢ nvme0n1p1 0            1G 0 part /mnt/boot
⊢ nvme0n1p2 0          499G 0 part /mnt

then use archinstall script

root@archiso ~ # archinstall

then

Mirrors:                  here you have to select the mirror that is closer to you
Locales:                  select the defined by your region and keyboard layout
Disk configuration:       select pre-mounted configuration
                          here enter the root directory of mounted devices: /mnt

Disk encryption:          up to you, i generally don't use it
Bootloader:               grub
Unified kernel images:    false
Swap:                     true
Host name:                Default or change it, up to you
Root password:            Set a password
User account:             add a user and use the same password as root and make this user a superuser.
Profile:                  here you'll select the type, desktop environment, gpu drivers and greeter
Gpu drivers:              Open source for amd and intel, if you're using nvidia select proprietary nvidia
greeter:                  sddm

Audio:                    Pipewire
Kernels:                  Default
Additional packages:      firefox flatpak nano gcc clang make cmake btop htop nvtop
Network configuration:    use networkmanager
Timezone:                 select your timezone
Additional repositories:  multilib

then

install

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after the install:

would you like to chroot into the newly created installation and perform past-installation configuration?

yes

then install grub efibootmgr dosfstools mtools:

root@archiso ~ # pacman -Sy grub efibootmgr dosfstools mtools

then:

root@archiso ~ # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB

then make a grub config file:

root@archiso ~ # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

now exit:

root@archiso ~ # exit

then:

root@archiso ~ # reboot

done!✿

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