Using archinstall script

This is how I set up my Arch Linux system using archinstall script.

Note: I use Arch BTW 🗿

• check main branch if don't want to use archinstall script

Boot to ISO and check Networking

I usually set bigger font with setfont ter-132n & connect to WiFi :

• iwctl
• device list
• station wlan0 get-networks (it's wlan0 in my case)
• station wlan0 connect "xxx"
• ip a
• ping www.archlinux.org

connecting with Ethernet or mobile USB tethering is enabled by default

Update system clock

• timedatectl set-ntp true, check with timedatectl status

Install Arch Linux

• in /etc/pacman.conf
  • uncomment ParallelDownloads
  • add ILoveCandy
  • enable multilib repository

pacman -Syy
pacman -S archinstall neovim archlinux-keyring
archinstall # with btrfs, qtile
reboot

After Install

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/alokshandilya/arch-install-scripts.git
cd arch-install-scripts
./0-arch-install-script.sh # run in parts after checking in neovim term

• switch to qtile (wayland)
• edit /usr/share/wayland-sessions/qtile-wayland.desktop
  • Exec=/home/aloks/.local/bin/./wayland-start.sh
• edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
  • MODULES=(btrfs crc32c-intel intel_agp i915 nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)
  • HOOKS=(.... encrypt filesystems fsck) (if using encryption)

mkinitcpio -P

• edit /etc/makepkg.conf to reduce compression time while building AURs
  • COMPRESSZST=(zstd -c -T0 --auto-threads=logical --adapt --exclude-compressed -)
• uncomment BottomUp and NewsOnUpgrade in /etc/paru.conf
• reboot

Install packages from pkglist.txt

cd ~/arch-install-scripts
paru -S --needed - < pkglist.txt

Reduce Swappiness

su -
touch /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf
echo "vm.swappiness=1" >> /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf

Also

• edit /etc/locale.gen and uncomment en_IN and en_US (default by archinstall) UTF-8
• delete subvolid from /etc/fstab
• DRM Kernel Mode Setting
  • sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia_drm.conf
    • options nvidia_drm modeset=1
• Gnome Keyring
• shutdown -h now
  • if using vscode then, configure runtime arguments
    • password-store as gnome
    • disable-hardware-acceleration as true
• gh auth login to authenticate with GitHub after checking login keyring in seahorse
  • :Copilot signin for neovim copilot
• setup snapper
• postgreSQL setup
  • sudo pacman -S postgresql
  • sudo -iu postgres
  • initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data
  • exit
  • sudo chattr +C /var/lib/postgres/data
  • sudo systemctl enable --now postgresql
  • sudo -iu postgres
  • createuser --interactive
  • createdb $USER
  • exit
  • pgadmin4