This repo is a guide I created for installing Arch Linux (Or any other distro if you want) from scratch. It includes several scripts for installing the main tools I use on my different machines split into different categories.

• All information is extracted and heavily inspired by the Arch Wiki.
• For tips and tricks on managing and improving your experience on Arch Linux, checkout this blog post.

• loadkeys fr
• Check if you have Internet by pinging a website
• If installing with wifi use iwctl to connect to your wifi network

iwctl
device list
station <device_name> scan
station <device_name> get-networks
station <device_name> connect <SSID>
exit

• pacman -Sy
• timedatectl set-ntp true

• Create partitions with cfdisk / cgdisk (/dev/device)
• Format partitions vfat and ext4 (EFI At least 300M)

mkfs.vfat /efi/partition
mkfs.ext4 /root/partition

• Mount partitions :

mount /root/partition /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
mount /efi/partition /mnt/boot/efi

• If Dual booting with windows :

mkdir /windows10
mount /windows/partition /mnt/windows10

• Install base system :

pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware neovim git intel-ucode amd-ucode

• Create File system table :

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

• Chroot into the new installation

arch-chroot /mnt

• Create swapfile if wanted :
  • Using fallocate (deprecated method) :

  fallocate -l 4GB /swapfile
  

  • Using dd :

  dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4096 status=progress
  

chmod 600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile

Add /swapfile none swap defaults 0 0 to the /etc/fstab

• Set your timezone :

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Africa/Tunis /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

• Generate locales :

  • Uncomment en_US-utf-8 in /etc/locale.gen then run

locale-gen

• Clone install-scripts
• Make all script files executable
• Check then run base.sh
• Create Root password with passwd

• Edit /etc/default/grub and remove quiet flag. If Dual booting, append this line to /etc/default/grub : GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
• Install Grub (For EFI) :

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB

• Create grub config :

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

useradd -mG wheel,audio,video,input zedo
passwd zedo
usermod -c "Chedly" Zedo

• Allow wheel group to run commands with sudo by uncommenting %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

EDITOR=nvim visudo

• umount -a, exit and reboot.

• Connect to your network with nmtui.
• Run post-reboot.sh.
• Add nvidia and i915 (Intel) or amdgpu radeon (AMD) modules to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf if you encounter some problems.
• Enable the Chaotic AUR.

sudo mkinitcpio -p linux