Installation

Create Partitions

cfdisk $(disk_path)

• efi (300 MiB)
• root

Format Partitions

mkfs.fat -F32 $(efi_parition_path)
mkfs.ext4 $(root_parition_path)

Mount Partitions

mount $(root_partition_path) /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount $(efi_partition_path) /mnt/boot

Install Important Packages

pacstrap /mnt linux linux-firmware $(ucode) base base-devel networkmanager vim

Create Swap File

mkswap -U clear --size 8G --file /swapfile
swapon /mnt/swapfile

Generate Fstab

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

Change Root

arch-chroot /mnt

Setup Systemd Boot

bootctl install
echo 'title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /$(ucode).img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=$(root_partition_path) rw' > /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf
systemctl enable systemd-boot-update.service

Setup Locale

sed -i 's/^#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf

Set Hostname

echo $(hostname) > /etc/hostname

Set Local Time

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime

Set Hardware Clock

hwclock --systohc

Enable Network Manager

systemctl enable NetworkManager

Set Root Password

passwd

Exit

exit

Reboot

reboot

Post Installation

Create user

useradd -m $(username) -G wheel
passwd $(username)

Set Sudo Privileges

VISUAL=vim visudo

• %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

logout

logout

Install Git

sudo pacman -S git

Install Paru

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru-bin.git
cd paru-bin
makepkg -si

Setup Dotfiles

git clone https://github.com/ryan-griffin/dotfiles
cd dotfiles
./pkgs.sh
./gsettings.sh
stow ryang --no-folding