Userscript & AwesomeWM Configuration

Install Arch Linux (Base System)

1. Boot from a CD or other install medium

2. partition your disk. If you are using an EFI system, be sure that your first partition is a FAT32 partion with about 200MB space

3. Format the partions

4. Mount the partions as you want them on your system to /mnt

5. Start the installation of the base system

   pacstrap /mnt base base-devel
   

6. Write the mountpoints into the new system

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

7. Go into the new system

   arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
   

8. Install some important packages

   pacman -S vim ctags grub dosfstools efibootmgr sudo git tig zsh xdg-utils
   

9. Set the correct hostname

   echo "hostname" > /etc/hostname
   

10. Set the correct timezone

    ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
    

11. Uncomment the selected locale in /etc/locale.gen and generate it with locale-gen.

12. Set locale preferences in /etc/locale.conf

    locale > /etc/locale.conf
    

13. Add console keymap and font preferences in /etc/vconsole.conf

    echo "KEYMAP=en" > /etc/vconsole.conf
    

14. Configure /etc/mkinitcpio.conf as needed and create an initial RAM disk with mkinitcpio -p linux. You should add the resume to the HOOKS of the configuration file.

15. Set a root password with passwd.

16. Configure the default parameters for grub

    vim /etc/default/grub
    

    There you should remove the quite parameter for the default command list (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT)

17. Boot loader configuration

18. Create a EFI module without installing grub onto the harddrive (e.g. for use with MacBooks)

    grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
    grub-mkstandalone -o /boot/EFI/boot.efi -d /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi -O x86_64-efi /boot/grub/grub.cfg
    

19. Install the boot manager

    grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
    grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=$esp --bootloader-id=grub --recheck --debug
    

20. Configure the package manager for installing yaourt by adding the following lines into the /etc/pacman.conf file:

    [archlinuxfr]
    SigLevel = Never
    Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
    

    Also you should enable the multilib repository.

21. Install yaourt:

    pacman -Sy
    pacman -S yaourt
    

22. Add a new user and give him or her sudo privileges:

    useradd USERNAME
    passwd USERNAME
    cd /home
    mkdir USERNAME
    chown USERNAME:USERNAME -R USERNAME
    chmod o-rwx -R USERNAME
    EDITOR=vim sudoedit /etc/sudoers
    

23. Swich to the newly created user:

    su USERNAME
    

24. Prepare the system to support WiFi

    yaourt -S b43-fwcutter b43-firmware dialog wpa_supplicant --noconfirm
    

25. Clone the repository to the right directory

    mkdir ~/.config
    cd ~/.config
    git clone https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git
    git clone https://github.com/thuetz/my-user-configurations.git
    git clone https://github.com/thuetz/awesomeWM.git awesome
    

26. Execute the setup script

    cd $HOME/.config/my-user-configurations
    ./00_setup_user_configs.sh
    

27. Log-out and Log-in again to change the shell

28. Exit the newly installed system, unmount the hard drive and reboot into your new system:

    exit
    exit
    cd /
    umount -R /mnt
    sync
    reboot
    

Further configuration after reboot

1. Run 01_configure_system.sh to install some more required packages and so some basic configuration

2. Setup the graphic card Save the configuration file as /etc/X11/xorg.conf. After doing that, change the DPI value to the corresponding value. Therefore, you have to edit the "Device" section and add the following options:

   Option "UseEdidDpi" "false"
   Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
   

3. Reboot your system