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Arch Linux Installation (UEFI/BIOS)

Preparation

DownloadArch Linux ISO
Make a booteable pendrive using some software. LikeBalena Etcher ordd bash program.
Connect the booteable pendrive to your PC and then boot from it.

First steps

load keyword language (example spanish)

root@archiso#loadkeys es

Wifi Configuration

Get the wifi adapter name (wlan0 in this example)

root@archiso#ip link1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:002: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000    link/ether g2:gb:6g:6g:g3:g9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr f4:fg:gd:d6:97:gg

Set the wifi adapter up

root@archiso#ip linkset wlan0 up

Configure wifi (essid: network name, password: network password)

root@archiso#wpa_passphrase essid password> /etc/wifiConfigroot@archiso#wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -D wext -c /etc/wifiConfigroot@archiso#dhclient

Test connection

root@archiso#ping 8.8.8.8PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=116 time=10.5 ms64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=116 time=13.8 ms64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=116 time=11.8 ms64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=116 time=11.9 ms...

IMPORTANT!

Check if your computer has UEFI or BIOS

This is the UEFI output look like

root@archiso#ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars AcpiGlobalVariable-af9ffd67-ec10-488a-9dfc-6cbf5ee22c2e AcpiGlobalVariable-c020489e-6db2-4ef2-9aa5-ca06fc11d36a AdvMitAttrib-ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9 AfterReadyToBoot-7b77fb8b-1e0d-4d7e-953f-3980a261e077 AmiGopPolicySetupData-ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9 AMITSESetup-c811fa38-42c8-4579-a9bb-60e94eddfb34 BiosSetupType-ec87d643-eba4-4bb5-a1e5-3f3e36b20da9 ...

This is the BIOS output look like

root@archiso#ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivarsfile or directory does not exist

Summing up: UEFI = some output, BIOS = directory not found

Partitions (UEFI)

Run to enter the partition manager (if a menu shows up, choose GPT option)

root@archiso#cfdisk

Basic partitions

Partition	Size	Id Type
BOOT	512M	EFI System
SWAP	Double RAM	Linux swap
SYSTEM	Rest of your GB	Linux filesystem

Format (UEFI)

root@archiso#mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1root@archiso#mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2root@archiso#mkswap /dev/sda3root@archiso#swapon

Mount (UEFI)

root@archiso#/dev/sda2 /mntroot@archiso#/mnt/bootroot@archiso#/mnt/boot/efiroot@archiso#/dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi

Partitions (BIOS)

Run to enter the partition manager (if a menu shows up, choose DOS option)

root@archiso#cfdisk

Basic partitions

Partition	Type	Size	Id Type
BOOTEABLE	Primary	512M	83 Linux
SWAP	Primary	Double RAM	82 Linux swap
SYSTEM	Primary	Rest of your GB	83 Linux

Format (BIOS)

root@archiso#mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1root@archiso#mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2root@archiso#mkswap /dev/sda3root@archiso#swapon

Mount (BIOS)

root@archiso#/dev/sda2 /mntroot@archiso#/mnt/bootroot@archiso#/dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

Install basic packages (UEFI)

root@archiso#pacstrap /mnt linux linux-firmware base nano grub networkmanager dhcpcd netctl wpa_supplicant dialog efibootmgr

Install basic packages (BIOS)

root@archiso#pacstrap /mnt linux linux-firmware base nano grub networkmanager dhcpcd netctl wpa_supplicant dialog

Generate fstab (UEFI & BIOS)

root@archiso#genfstab /mnt>> /mnt/etc/fstab

Check

root@archiso#cat /mnt/etc/fstab#Static information about the filesystems.#See fstab(5)for details.#<file system><dir><type><options><dump><pass>#UUID=XXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX/dev/sda2           /         ext4      rw,relatime0 1...

Host, Clock and Locale configurations (UEFI & BIOS)

Mount the filesystem

root@archiso#arch-chroot /mnt

Set Host name (whatever name you choose)

root@archiso#echo your_host_name> /etc/hostname

Set localtime (choose yours, this is an example with Argentina)

root@archiso#ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires /etc/localtime

Set keyword distribution

root@archiso#nano /etc/locale.gen

Uncomment the distribution you want (in this example: es_AR.UTF8 UTF8)

Save file pressingCtrl+O andCtrl+X to exit
Execute to generate locale:

root@archiso#locale-genGenerating locales...    es_AR.UTF8... doneGeneration complete.

Set Clock

root@archiso#hwclock -w

Set language (again, this is an example with Argentina)

root@archiso#echo KEYMAP=es> /etc/wconsole.confroot@archiso#echo LANG=es_AR.UTF8> /etc/locale.conf

Installing GRUB (UEFI)

Rungrub-install with this params

root@archiso#grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader -id='Arch Linux' --target=x86_64-efiInstalling for x86_64-efi platformInstallation finished. No error reported.

Configure grub

root@archiso#grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfgGenerating grub installation file...Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linuxFound initrd image: /boot/initramfs-linux.imgFound fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-fallback.imgWarning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other booteable partitions.Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration.Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry.Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...done

Installing GRUB (BIOS)

Rungrub-install with this params

root@archiso#grub-install /dev/sdaInstalling for i386-pc platformInstallation finished. No error reported.

Configure grub

root@archiso#grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfgGenerating grub installation file...Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-linuxFound initrd image: /boot/initramfs-linux.imgFound fallback initrd image(s) in /boot: initramfs-linux-fallback.imgWarning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other booteable partitions.Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration.Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry.Adding boot menu entry for ...done

Root and User configuration (UEFI & BIOS)

Set root password

root@archiso#passwdNew password:Retype new password:passwd: password updated successfully

Create user and set password

root@archiso#useradd -m your_user_nameroot@archiso#passwd your_user_nameNew password:Retype new password:passwd: password updated successfully

Umount and reboot system

root@archiso#exitroot@archiso#umount -R /mntroot@archiso#reboot

Wifi Configuration (UEFI & BIOS)

Enter your user name to login

Arch Linux 5.17.1-arch1-1 (tty1)your_host_name login:Password:

Change to root login

[your_user_name@your_host_name ~ ]$suPassword:

Enable Network Manager

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#systemctl start NetworkManager[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#systemctlenable NetworkManagerCreated symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.serviceCreated symlink /etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.serviceCreated symlink /etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/NetworkManager-wait-online.service -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-wait-online.service

Get the wifi adapter name (wlp0s9j1 in this example)

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#ip link1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:002: wlp0s9j1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000    link/ether g2:gb:6g:6g:g3:g9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr f4:fg:gd:d6:97:gg

Set the wifi adapter up (wlp0s9j1 in this example)

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#ip linkset wlp0s9j1 up

Connet to wifi (essid: network name, your_password: network password)

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#nmcli dev wifi connect essid password your_password

Drivers (UEFI & BIOS)

Check video controllers (in this example: Intel Graphics)

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#lspci| grep VGA00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)

According to the output of the previous step, install one of these video cotrollers:

NVIDIA

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#pacman -S xf86-video-nouveau

INTEL

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#pacman -S xf86-video-intel intel-ucode

AMD/ATIIMPORTANT for AMD troubleshooting

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#pacman -S xf86-video-amdgpu

AUR repositories

Install base-devel

[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel

Download and install paru

[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$cd paru[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$makepkg -si

Environment (UEFI & BIOS)

Lightdm

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#pacman -S --needed xorg lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings

Enable DM

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#systemctlenable lightdm

Reboot

[root@your_host_name your_user_name]#reboot

More configurations after your first login

Bluetooth -Official Doc

Install bluetooth

[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils blueman

Edit bluetooth configuration

[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$sudo nano /etc/bluetooth/main.conf

Set AutoEnable to true

Enable bluetooth

[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$sudo systemctl start bluetooth[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$sudo systemctlenable bluetooth

Audio -Official Doc

Install audio

[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$sudo pacman -S pulseaudio pulseaudio-bluetooth pavucontrol

Start Pulse Audio

[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$sudo systemctl start pulseaudio

Extras

[your_user_name@your_host_name ~]$sudo pacman -S libreoffice-still mpv neovim transmission-cli gimp

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Arch Linux Installation (UEFI/BIOS)

Preparation

First steps

Wifi Configuration

IMPORTANT!

Check if your computer has UEFI or BIOS

Summing up: UEFI = some output, BIOS = directory not found

Partitions (UEFI)

Format (UEFI)

Mount (UEFI)

Partitions (BIOS)

Format (BIOS)

Mount (BIOS)

Install basic packages (UEFI)

Install basic packages (BIOS)

Generate fstab (UEFI & BIOS)

Host, Clock and Locale configurations (UEFI & BIOS)

Installing GRUB (UEFI)

Installing GRUB (BIOS)

Root and User configuration (UEFI & BIOS)

Wifi Configuration (UEFI & BIOS)

Drivers (UEFI & BIOS)

According to the output of the previous step, install one of these video cotrollers:

AUR repositories

Environment (UEFI & BIOS)

More configurations after your first login

Bluetooth -Official Doc

Audio -Official Doc

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