GitHub - zx80live/env_manjaro_i3: Guide to setup environment based on Manjaro Linux and i3wm

Manjaro i3 install

TODO optimize GRUB - remove unused entries

TODO console audio player

TODO bindsym - rsync current dirs in mc (left > right | left < right | both)

TODO highlight console command result (for example ls -l)

TODO fast zsh navigation (for example /h/w should substitute full path /home/work

Current version

manjaro-i3-20.1-200913-linux58.iso

$ screenfetch
 ██████████████████  ████████     ------
 ██████████████████  ████████     OS: Manjaro 20.1 Mikah
 ██████████████████  ████████     Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.8.6-1-MANJARO
 ██████████████████  ████████     Uptime: 4h 17m
 ████████            ████████     Packages: 1048
 ████████  ████████  ████████     Shell: bash 5.0.18
 ████████  ████████  ████████     Resolution: 1920x1080
 ████████  ████████  ████████     WM: i3
 ████████  ████████  ████████     GTK Theme: Adapta-Nokto-Eta-Maia [GTK2/3]
 ████████  ████████  ████████     Icon Theme: Papirus-Adapta-Nokto-Maia
 ████████  ████████  ████████     Font: Noto Sans 10
 ████████  ████████  ████████     Disk: 40G / 459G (10%)
 ████████  ████████  ████████     CPU: Intel Core i7-9750H @ 12x 4.5GHz [58.0°C]
 ████████  ████████  ████████     GPU: Quadro T1000
                                  RAM: 1733MiB / 7608MiB

Download installation ISO

https://manjaro.org/download/ 🠖 Editions 🠖 Community 🠖 i3 🠖 Download 🠖 ( manjaro-i3-xx.xx-xxxxxx-linuxXX.iso, GPG Signature, SHA1)

$ mv latest.sig manjaro-i3-xx.xx-xxxxxx-linuxXX.iso.sig

Verify installation ISO

$ pacman-key -v manjaro-i3-20.1-200913-linux58.iso.sig

Docs: https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=How-to_verify_GPG_key_of_official_.ISO_images

# setup GPG
$ sudo pacman -S gnupg wget
$ wget github.com/manjaro/packages-core/raw/master/manjaro-keyring/manjaro.gpg
$ gpg --import manjaro.gpg
$ gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --search-keys 11C7F07E

# verify GPG
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ ls
manjaro-i3-20.1-200913-linux58.iso  manjaro-i3-20.1-200913-linux58.iso.sig
$ gpg --verify manjaro-i3-20.1-200913-linux58.iso.sig
$ sha1sum manjaro-i3-20.1-200913-linux58.iso
ccac883a02aad952063fc823c919ba6aeb445977              # should be equal SHA1 on site

Write ISO to USB

$ lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda           8:0    1  28,8G  0 disk                     # target USB flash
├─sda1        8:1    1   2,1G  0 part 
└─sda2        8:2    1     4M  0 part 
nvme0n1     259:0    0 238,5G  0 disk 
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0   260M  0 part 
...

# write iso image to the USB
$ sudo dd bs=4M if=~/Downloads/manjaro-i3-20.1-200913-linux58.iso of=/dev/sda status=progress oflag=sync

Initial setup screen

Select tz=UTC, keyboard=en, drivers=nonfree in the initial setup screen.

WARN: if you select tz or keyboard with different values, for example keyboard=ru then you will not be able to change keyboard layout in the console

Disk analyze

# determine GPT or MBR
$ sudo parted -l

Disks structure

TODO swap with hibernate

You can change disk structure from LiveManjaro 🠖 gparted

WARN: there is the one attempt of configuring each partition in the partition editor. If you configure a some partition and then configure it again, then two these actions will be applied. Please verify partitions edit summary log before it will be applied.

$ lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT FORMAT FLAGS
nvme0n1     259:0    0 238,5G  0 disk                                    # SSD INTEL 250 Gb
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0   260M  0 part              -                     # fat32 SYSTEM EFI
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2    0    16M  0 part              - 
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3    0 237,2G  0 part /mnt/win     -                     
└─nvme0n1p4 259:4    0  1000M  0 part              -

nvme1n1     259:5    0 465.8G  0 disk                                    # SSD Samsung 500 Gb
├─nvme1n1p1 259:6    0   550M  0 part /boot/efi   [F]  [boot]            # grub
├─nvme1n1p2 259:7    0   100G  0 part /           [F]
├─nvme1n1p3 259:8    0 363.2G  0 part /home        -
└─nvme1n1p4 259:9    0     2G  0 part [SWAP]      [F]

System configuration

SSD TRIM setup

$ sudo systemctl status fstrim.timer
$ sudo systemctl start fstrim.timer

Swap

$ cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
60
$ sudo vim /etc/sysctl.d/100-manjaro.conf

vm.swappiness=10

$ sudo reboot

Synchronize date and time: manual

$ sudo ntpd -qg

Synchronize date and time: automatically

manjaro-settings-manager 🠖 Time and Date 🠖 turn on Set time and date automatically check-box

Firewall

gufw 🠖 enable Status check-box

Switch to the local mirror

pamac-manager 🠖 Preferences 🠖 Official repositories 🠖 Use mirrors from:🠖 select country and then press Refresh Mirrors List

Enable AUR

pamac-manager 🠖 Preferences 🠖 AUR 🠖 turn on Enable AUR support check-box and Check for updates

Update repositories

$ sudo pacman -Syyu

Base packages

$ sudo pacman -S git gvim wget mc

Keyboard layout

$ setxkbmap -layout us,ru -option 'grp:shifts_toggle'

Also can be defined in the config ~/.i3/config:

exec_always --no-startup-id setxkbmap -layout us,ru -option 'grp:shifts_toggle'

Disable login attempts

# unlock locked user: CTRL+ALT+F2 and then 
$ faillock --reset --user username
# disable login attempts
$ sudo vim /etc/security/faillock.conf
deny = 0

GPG

TODO config

Boot performance

TODO configure

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Improving_performance/Boot_process

Drivers

NVIDIA

$ mhwd -l
$ sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
$ sudo reboot
$ sudo nvidia-settings

Printers

Brother DCP -L2560DWR

pamac-manager 🠖 brother-dcp-l2550dw

Tools: productivity

cheat.sh

$ curl cheat.sh
$ curl cheat.sh/ls

ncdu

sudo pacman -S ncdu

bpytop

https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop

zsh

TODO autosuggestion /h/w/ -> tab does not work

zsh, zsh-autosuggestions, zsh-syntax-highlighting packages are installed and enabled by default in the .zshrc

# change shell
$ echo $SHELL
$ chsh -l
$ chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh
$ zsh
# logout

# disable zsh manjaro-config
$ vim ~/.zshrc
# comment all lines

# enable history
$ vim ~/.zshrc
HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
SAVEHIST=10000

zsh plugins

pamac-manager 🠖 zsh-autosuggestions, zsh-syntax-highlighting

$ echo 'source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.plugin.zsh' >>! ~/.zshrc
$ echo 'source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.plugin.zsh' >>! ~/.zshrc

Powerlevel10k

pamac-manager 🠖 AUR: zsh-theme-powerlevel10k, ttf-meslo-nerd-font-powerlevel10k

$ echo 'source /usr/share/zsh-theme-powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme' >>! ~/.zshrc

# configuring powerlevel10k
$ p10k configure

vim ~/.p10k.zsh 

...
# disable os icon
# os_icon               # os identifier
 
... 
# change prompt cursor
typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_PROMPT_CHAR_{OK,ERROR}_VIINS_CONTENT_EXPANSION='﬌' #'❯'
 
...
# set max branch name length 255 
  (( $#branch > 255 )) && branch[13,-13]="…"  # <-- this line

Terminal

pamac-manager 🠖 alacritty

# configure alacritty
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/alacritty
$ cp /usr/share/doc/alacritty/example/alacritty.yml
$ vim ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
env:
  TERM: xterm-256color    # fix mc in ssh connection
...
font:
  size: 13
  normal:
    family: MesloLGS NF
    style: Regular
...
selection:
  save_to_clipboard: true # automatically copy selection to clipboard

# configure i3 terminal
$ vim ~/.i3/config
...
bindsym $mod+Return exec alacritty

Vim

Dependencies - git, cmake, go, nodejs, npm , jdk-openjdk

Install gvim package which contains already vim with enabled xterm_clipboard property. This allows working with system clipboard

$ vim --version | grep `xterm_clipboard`
... +xterm_clipboard    // system clipboard is supported
... -xterm_clipboard    // system clipboard is not supported

Plugin manager - https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug

Plugin repository - https://vimawesome.com/

You should run vim before the next steps to download enabled plugins automatically.

# setup YouCompleteMe plugin
$ cd ~/.vim/bundle/youcompleteme
$ python3 install.py --all

# setup darcula theme https://github.com/blueshirts/darcula
$ mkdir ~/.vim/colors
$  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blueshirts/darcula/master/colors/darcula.vim -O ~/.vim/colors/darcula.vim

Working with system clipboard:

"+p     // paste from system clipboard in NORMAL mode
ctrl+V  // select text
"+y     // copy to system clipboard

ctrl+a/ctrl+x - increase/decrease number under cursor

// enter the following strings
0
0
0

ctrl+v   // select column

ctrl+a   // all numbers in the selected column will be increased as following:
1
1
1

g ctrl+a // all numbers in the selected column will be increased as following:

1
2
3

Folding selected lines:

ctrl+V  // select lines
zf      // fold selected
zo      // unfold selected (alternative: set cursor to the folded line and press <space>)

Folding paragraph:

ctrl+(      // go to start paragraph or set cursor to the start paragraph
zf ctrl+)

Ranger

ranger filemanager: https://github.com/ranger/ranger
config:
```
set draw_borders both
```

plugins:

devicons: https://github.com/alexanderjeurissen/ranger_devicons

image preview:

pip3 install  ueberzug

# add to ~/.config/ranger/rc.conf
set preview_images true
set preview_images_method  ueberzug

Nerd fonts

explore nerd fonts https://www.nerdfonts.com/

Desktop notification

$ notify-send 'Hello, world'
$ notify-send "Hello, world"
$ sudo pacman -Syyu && notify-send 'Pacman update has been completed'

Rofi

$ sudo pacman -S rofi

$ vim ~/.i3/config

bindsym Mod1+Tab exec rofi -show window -font "MesloLGS NF 16" -show-icons -theme sidebar
bindsym Mod1+F2 exec rofi -show run -font "MesloLGS NF 16" -show-icons -theme blue

Screenshots

TODO upload to server

TODO gpg alice

Dependencies - xclip, scrot

Use scrot instead of i3-scrot usage in ~/.i3/config

# screenshots                                                                     
set $scrdir ~/Pictures                                                            
bindsym Print            --release exec "scrot -z -e  'mv $f $scrdir && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $scrdir/$n'; sleep 1; exec notify-send 'screenshot has been saved to $scrdir'"
bindsym $mod+Print       --release exec "scrot -z -ue 'mv $f $scrdir && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $scrdir/$n'; sleep 1; exec notify-send 'screenshot has been saved to $scrdir'"
bindsym $mod+Shift+Print --release exec "scrot -z -se 'mv $f $scrdir && xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $scrdir/$n'; sleep 1; exec notify-send 'screenshot has been saved to $scrdir'"

Screen recorders

TODO upload to server

TODO gpg alice

pamac-manager 🠖 peek

pamac-manager 🠖 vokoscreenNG

Network monitor

pamac-manager 🠖 speedometer

# get network interfaces
$ ip address
...
3: wlp82s0
..
$ speedometer -r wlp82s0

Time tracking

https://superuser.com/a/611582

pamac-manager 🠖 termdown

Backup

grsync

Bookmarks

TODO clarify

Knowledge base

TODO clarify

Education scheduler

TODO clarify

Education learning log

TODO clarify

i3 preferences

i3 config

Location ~/.i3/*

i3 menu bar

$ cp /etc/i3status.conf ~/.i3status.conf

i3 rename window title

Dependencies xdotool, wmctrl

i3 save layout

Dependencies perl-anyevent-i3

# save layout to json
$ i3-save-tree --workspace 1 > ~/.i3/ws-layout.json
$ vim ~/.i3/ws-mount.json
# complete correct json - uncomment and define all fields

$ vim ~/.i3/config
# bind key and populate layout by the exec seqence
# each application will be placed to the proper place which is defined by regex in the `ws-layout.json`
bindsym ... exec i3-msg "append_layout ~/.i3/ws-layout.json" ; exec ...

Example: how to define layout cell which will contain particular running app

$ alacritty -t watch_lsblk -e watch lsblk  # run terminal with title and application 
$ xprop                                    # and then select tile which contain above executed `alacritty`
                                           # find string `WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Alacritty", "Alacritty"`
                        # find string `WM_NAME(STRING) = "watch_lsblk"`

Define regex in the layout template $ vim ~/.i3/ws-layout.json

...
 "name": "watch_lsblk",                                                                  
 "percent": 0.1,
 "swallows": [
   {
     "class": "^Alacritty$",
     "instance": "^Alacritty$",
     "title": "^watch_lsblk$"           // define regex for application
   }
...

Tools: development

Typora

typora- markdown editor

For fixing some characters - create file ~/.config/typora/themes/base.user.css

body {
  font-family: MesloLGS NF;
}

Virtualbox

Virtualbox video driver

Settings 🠖 Display 🠖 Graphics Controller 🠖 VboxSVGA

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=VirtualBox

$ mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 5.8.6-1-MANJARO (linux58)
$ sudo pacman -Syu virtualbox linux58-virtualbox-host-modules
$ sudo modprobe vboxguest vboxvideo vboxsf
$ sudo vboxreload

Virtualbox FTP

# install FTP on guest machine
$ sudo pacman -S vsftpd
$ sudo systemctl enable vsftpd.service
$ sudo systemctl start vsftpd.service

# config FTP on guest machine
$ sudo vim /etc/hosts.allow
vsftpd: ALL                     # Allow all connections
vsftpd: 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0  # IP address range

$ sudo vim /etc/vsftpd.conf
...
write_enable=YES
local_enable=YES

$ sudo systemctl restart vsftpd.service

Virtualbox networking

Check current state on host machine

$ ip address show
...
2: wlp82s0                  # main wireless adapter
inet 192.168.1.67/24        
...

Add second network adapter

Machine 🠖 Settings 🠖 Network 🠖 Adapter 2 🠖 Bridged adapter 🠖 wlp82s0 (host main wireless adapter)

Check networking on guest machine

$ ip address show
...
2: enp0n3                   # Adapter 1 NAT (internet)
inet 10.0.2.15/24
...
3: enp0s8                   # Adapter 2 Bridged (local network)
inet 192.168.1.48/24
...

# ping from guest to host machine
$ ping 192.168.1.67

Check networking on host machine

$ ping 192.168.1.48
$ ftp -p 192.168.1.48

Useful commands

lsblk, df -h (watch lsblk, watch df -h)

# compare dirs
$ diff -qr /mnt/usb-a /mnt/usb-b
$ rsync -rvn /mnt/usb-a/ /mnt/usb-b/

xprop

# extract files
$ cpio -ivd -H tar < archive.tar

# sync two dirs
$ rsync -r /dir1/ /dir2/

How-to

Set screen resolution

xrandr
xrandr -s 1920x1080

Vim keys

Copy entire word under cursor

byw

Delete selected block

Ctrl+v 🠖 <select block>
x

Fill selected block

Ctrl+v  🠖 <select block>
Shift+i 🠖 <enter symbol>
Esc

Comment lines in bash syntax

Ctrl+v  🠖 <select column which will contain comments>
Shift+i
#
Esc

Uncomment lines in bash syntax

Ctrl+v  🠖 <select column which contains comment symbols '#'>
x

Sync local folders

# run twice
$ rsync -r -t -v --progress -s /dir1/ /dir2/
$ rsync -r -t -v --progress -s /dir2/ /dir1/

Connect to USB Android phone

pamac-manager 🠖 android-file-transfer

# 1. Connect phone to USB
# 2. Allow transfering data in the phone
# 3. Enter command:
$ android-file-transfer

Create and check TAR.GZ control sum

# create control sum
$ sha256sum archive.tar.gz > archive.tar.gz.sha256

$ check control sum
$ sha256sum -c archive.tar.gz.sha256

Check TAR.GZ integrity

# check gzip integrity
$ gunzip -t archive.tar.gz

# check tar inside gzip integrity
$ gunzip -c archive.tar.gz | tar t > /dev/null

Extract from any archive

Including extracting from TAR: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character

pamac-manager 🠖 unarchiver

$ unar archive.tar

Issues

Q: Some key bindings aren't working (for example - win+F2 etc)

A: Check and enable FnLock (Fn+Esc)

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
Latest commit History 238 Commits
.config		.config
.i3		.i3
bin		bin
.i3status.conf		.i3status.conf
.vimrc		.vimrc
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
archlinux-install.md		archlinux-install.md
archlinux-wifi.md		archlinux-wifi.md

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Manjaro i3 install

Current version

Download installation ISO

Verify installation ISO

Write ISO to USB

Initial setup screen

Disk analyze

Disks structure

System configuration

SSD TRIM setup

Swap

Synchronize date and time: manual

Synchronize date and time: automatically

Firewall

Switch to the local mirror

Enable AUR

Update repositories

Base packages

Keyboard layout

Disable login attempts

GPG

Boot performance

Drivers

NVIDIA

Printers

Tools: productivity

cheat.sh

ncdu

bpytop

zsh

zsh plugins

Powerlevel10k

Terminal

Vim

Ranger

Nerd fonts

Desktop notification

Rofi

Screenshots

Screen recorders

Network monitor

Time tracking

Backup

Bookmarks

Knowledge base

Education scheduler

Education learning log

i3 preferences

i3 config

i3 menu bar

i3 rename window title

i3 save layout

Tools: development

Typora

Virtualbox

Virtualbox video driver

Virtualbox FTP

Virtualbox networking

Useful commands

How-to

Set screen resolution

Vim keys

Sync local folders

Connect to USB Android phone

Create and check TAR.GZ control sum

Check TAR.GZ integrity

Extract from any archive

Issues

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