Arch Linux dotfiles

Hewwo. There is my smol dotfiles collection for i3 window manager with gaps, polybar, rofi as launcher and system notifications daemon, nautilus as file manager and

Screenshots - https://uwu.waw.pl/gallery/

Credits - https://github.com/valeowoia/dotfiles#Credits

Pay attention to change backlight buttons binding in ~/.config/i3/config after installation

Installation

1. Install Arch Linux with i3wm as main system

1.1 Go to https://archlinux.org/download and choose mirror for getting ISO image

1.2 Go to chosen mirror release folder, for example https://arch.midov.pl/arch/iso/2023.07.01/ and download archlinux-2023.07.01-x86_64.iso, or any latest release

1.3 Write image to DVD or USB drive with any software you want.

1.4 Boot from your installation media and choose what you want

1.5.1 If you have a PC without wifi (eth0 only), continue to 1.7

1.5.2 If you have a laptop with wlan, and that's preferred connection method, continue to 1.6

1.6 After you run Arch installation media use iwctl

iwctl

station wlan0 scan

station wlan0 get networks

station wlan0 connect YOUR_NETWORK

exit

ping 1.1.1.1

1.7 run archinstall and choose installation preferences, for example - there's my

archinstall

Keyboard layout - us

Mirror region - Poland

Locale language - en_US

Locale encoding - utf-8

Drive(s) - /dev/sda/ or /dev/nvme0

Disk layout - Wipe all - ext4 - no

Disk encryption - Encryption password

Bootloader - grub-install

Swap - true

Hostname - your hostname

Root password - your root password

User account - Add a user - username - password - yes

Profile - xorg - select your GPU

Kernels - linux

Additional packages -

xterm firefox git nano mc polybar i3-wm i3lock neofetch i3status zsh lightdm picom dmenu feh rofi kitty arandr firefox zip unzip imagemagick calc mpd network-manager-applet xorg-xbacklight light noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts nautilus lxappearance lightdm-webkit2-greeter base-devel dunst blueman xss-lock bashtop

Network configuration - Use NetworkManager

Timezone - Warsaw

Automatic time sync (NTP) - True

Optional repositories - multilib, testing

Install

1.8 reboot your pc without chroot using and log in as your user name and password (not as root)

1.9 install YaY AUR helper

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git

cd yay

makepkg -si

2. Configure lightdm (logon greeter)

yay lightdm-webkit-theme-aether

cd /etc/lightdm

sudo nano lightdm.conf

Press Ctrl+W and type

#greeter-session=example-gtk-gnome

Change it to

greeter-session=lightdm-webkit2-greeter

Press Ctrl+S and Ctrl+X to exit

Enable lightdm.service to get lightdm on boot

sudo systemctl enable lightdm

Now open a tty2 with Ctrl+Alt+F2, log in and reboot your machine with

reboot

In greeter session, choose i3 in drop-down menu and log in to i3wm

3. Use my configuration files

Open xterm with Win+Enter

Remove all dummy configurations

rm -rf ~/.config/i3/ && rm -rf ~/.config/polybar/ && rm -rf ~/.config/dunst/ && rm -rf ~/.config/kitty/ && rm -rf ~/.config/gtk-3.0/

Fetch this repo

git clone https://github.com/valeowoia/dotfiles.git

Copy i3wm configuration

cp -r ~/dotfiles/i3/ ~/.config/i3/

Copy polybar configuration

cp -r ~/dotfiles/polybar/ ~/.config/polybar/

Copy additional scripts

cp -r ~/dotfiles/userconfs/ ~/.config/userconfs/

Copy rofi configuration

cp -r ~/dotfiles/rofi/ ~/.config/rofi

Copy dunst configuration

cp -r ~/dotfiles/dunst/ ~/.config/dunst/

Copy kitty configuration

cp -r ~/dotfiles/kitty/ ~/.config/kitty/

Copy User picture and wallpaper for lightdm

sudo rm -rf /usr/share/lightdm-webkit/themes/lightdm-webkit-theme-aether/src/img/wallpapers/ && sudo rm -rf /usr/share/lightdm-webkit/themes/lightdm-webkit-theme-aether/src/img/avatar-background.png && sudo cp -r ~/dotfiles/usr/share/lightdm-webkit/themes/lightdm-webkit-theme-aether/src/img/wallpapers/ /usr/share/lightdm-webkit/themes/lightdm-webkit-theme-aether/src/img/wallpapers/ && sudo cp -r ~/dotfiles/usr/share/lightdm-webkit/themes/lightdm-webkit-theme-aether/src/img/avatar-background.png /usr/share/lightdm-webkit/themes/lightdm-webkit-theme-aether/src/img/avatar-background.png

Copy GTK icons and fonts configuration

cp -r ~/dotfiles/gtk-3.0/ ~/.config/gtk-3.0/

4. Enable Bluetooth for starting on boot

systemctl enable bluetooth

5. Copy your wallpapers for desktop and lock screen

cp  $SOURCE/wall1.jpg ~/.config/wall1.jpg

cp  $SOURCE/lock1.png ~/.config/lock1.png

WARNING!!! It must be your display size (eg. 1920x1080 (+-10%) PNG image for lock screen)

6. Install BigBlueTerm nerd fonts for correct polybar working

sudo cp -r ~/dotfiles/BigBlueTerminal/ /usr/share/fonts/BigBlueTerminal/

fc-cache -fv

7. Install full icon pack for rofi program launcher

sudo pacman -Sy papirus-icon-theme

8. Reboot your computer to see changes

Credits

Thanks theese people for helping and some configurations

mathisen99, sdomi, mkf, ar, hatkidchan, lisek, q3k, nerd font team, daniruiz