Arch Linux Installation Guide

Using iwctl to connect to wifi:

Let's check Connection: ping www.google.com

Let's use iwctl: iwctl
device list
adapter ADAPTER-NAME set-property Powered on
station wlan0 scan
station wlan0 get-networks
station wlan0 connect WIFI-NAME
station wlan0 show

ping www.google.com

Once you are connected we can begin with installation :)

-> Boot on a fresh Arch Linux ISO <-

If you're using a French Keyboard: loadkeys fr

cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1

1. 1G (EFI System)
2. 70G+ (Linux File System)
3. 8G+ (Linux Swap)

Let's check the disks: lsblk

Let's format the disks

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

Let's mount the disks

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

Let's check the disks once more: lsblk

Let's create a file system

pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-headers linux-firmware base-devel nano

Let's make Fstab

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

Let's Chroot

arch-chroot /mnt

Let's Set Timezone

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime

View all timezone within this directory: /usr/share/zoneinfo/

Let's sync the clock

hwclock --systohc

Let's set locales

nano /etc/locale.gen

Then uncomment your locale (Example: fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8)

locale-gen

Let's set a hostname

nano /etc/hostname

Write a hostname, example: archlinux

Let's install network components

pacman -S networkmanager wpa_supplicant wireless_tools
systemctl enable NetworkManager

Let's install CPU ucode

pacman -S amd-ucode (or pacman -S intel-ucode)

Let's install a few tools

pacman -S htop neofetch

Let's install bootloader

pacman -S grub efibootmgr
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Let's give root a password

passwd

Let's add a new user

(Replace 'Blaka Div' with full username and Div with name)

useradd -m -g wheel -c 'Blaka Div' -s /bin/bash Div

Let's change our new user password

passwd Div

Let's add our user to sudoers

export EDITOR=nano
visudo

Uncomment the line under: #Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command

Let's install Gnome

pacman -S gnome gnome-extra

Let's enable gdm

sudo systemctl enable gdm

Let's leave the chroot

exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

Once you reboot you can do theses optional steps:

Let's fix French Keyboard

localectl set-x11-keymap fr

Let's fix Your touchpad

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method areas

THE END. Now it is time to enjoy Arch Linux ;)