ErgoAsh's dotfiles

Arch installation

• setuptime zone with timedatectl

  timedatectl set-ntp true
  timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Poland
  

• create disk partitions using fdisk or parted

  lsblk # to view existing hard drive devices
  parted
  

  Parted subcommands:

  print list
  mkpart "EFI" fat32 1MiB 301MiB
  mkpart "Arch SWAP" linux-swap 301MiB 8GiB
  mkpart "Arch ROOT" ext4 8GiB 183GiB
  
  set 1 esp on
  

  You can use e.g. 100% instead of 183GiB (175 + 8) to set maximum size
• format partitions

  mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
  mkswap /dev/nvme0n1p2
  mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p3
  
  

• mount partitions

  mount --mkdir /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
  swapon /dev/nvme0n1p2
  mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /
  
  

• install linux using pacstrap

  pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware
  

• update /etc/fstab on /mnt

  genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
  

• switch to new system on /mnt

  arch-chroot /mnt
  

Elementary sofware installation

• install base-devel rustup git nvim
• edit /etc/sudoers and uncomment wheel group
• rustup default stable
• useradd -m -G wheel ergoash
• Install paru on user
• paru -S neovim-git
• set hostname: /etc/hostname
• man-pages man-db

Bootloader

• bootctl install
• amd-ucode install
• edit /boot/loader/loader.conf

  default arch.conf
  timeout 3
  console-mode max
  editor no
  

• create /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

  title Arch Linux
  linux /vmlinux-linux
  intrd /amd-ucode.img
  intrd /initramfs-linux.img
  

  Add last line using:

  echo "options root=PARTUUID=$(blkid -s PARTUUID -o vlaue /dev/nvme0n1p3) rw" >> /mnt/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf
  

Internet connection services (run by systemctl):

• iwd (run station device connect SSID)

• dhcpcd

• /etc/iwd/main.conf

  [General]
  EnableNetworkConfiguration=true
  
  [Network]
  NameResolvingService=systemd
  

• systemd-networkd

• systemd-resolved

• systemctl enable --now iwd

• systemctl enable --now dhcpcd

• systemctl enable --now systemd-resolved

• systemctl enable --now systemd-networkd

• Change /etc/resolv.conf and /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf (nameserver 1.1.1.1) to set DNS is gh auth login doesn't work

After reboot

• ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Warsaw /etc/localtime
• hwclock --systohc

Environment packages

• xorg (xorg-server xorg-init xorg-xrandr xorg-setxkbmap)
• AMD graphics (xf86-video-amdgpu mesa lib32-mesa)
  • /etc/pacman.conf
  • Uncomment multilib repository
• alsa-utils (pulseaudio-alsa pipewire pipewire-jack)
  • set default devices at /etc/pulse/default.pa
• python (python-pip pynvim)

Dotfiles installation

• git clone --bare https://github.com/ErgoAsh/dotfiles.com $HOME/.dotfiles
• git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME checkout

Git configuration

• github-cli
• gh auth login

Environment utilities

• nvim-packer-git
• dunst
• zsh (zsh-completion oh-my-zsh zsh-theme-powerlevel10k-git)
• kitty

i3 installation

• Change login shell to zsh in /etc/passwd
• i3-gaps-next-git
• i3lock-color

Additions

• polybar
• ncspot (ncspot-cover)
• neofetch
• qalculate (libqualculate)
• qutebrowser (pdfjs pip:tldextract)
• rofi
• zathura
• taskwarrior (task)
• pcloud (pcloud-drive)
• feh
• discord
• anki
• flameshot
• brightnessctl (for setting brightness)
• bitwarden-cli (pip install tldextract)
• obsidian
• glances

Visuals

• ttf-dejavu (ttf-fira-code-git ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols)
• fc-list
• picom-git

Package backlog (todo's)

• i3-swallow: https://github.com/jamesofarrell/i3-swallow
• xidlehook: https://gitlab.com/jD91mZM2/xidlehook
• bitwarden-rofi: https://github.com/haztecaso/bitwarden-rofi
• lutris
• inkscape
• qjackctl (PulseAudio)
• latex distro

Jupyter Lab

• pacman -S jupyterlab
• pip install jupyterlab-vim jupyterlab-spreadsheet-editor matplotlib numpy pandas scienceplots

Post-installation maintenance

• inside nvim: :PackerInstall, :PackerCompile
• chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh