How to manage dotfiles?

cd .manager
cargo run link
cargo run unlink

Arch Installation with KDE (intel + nvidia)

Check internet connection

ping google.com

[!NOTE] if you are using wifi, check this

Disk partitioning

# check existing partitions
lsblk

# create partitions (nvme0n1 is the name of the disk)
cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1

Formatting

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

Mounting

mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt

btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@
btrfs subvolume create /mnt/@home

umount /mnt

mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@ /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/home
mount -o compress=zstd,subvol=@home /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt/home

mkdir -p /mnt/efi
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/efi

Package Installation

pacstrap -K /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware git btrfs-progs grub efibootmgr grub-btrfs inotify-tools timeshift neovim networkmanager
pipewire pipewire-alsa pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack wireplumber fish openssh man sudo

Fstab

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

Context swith to our new system

arch-chroot /mnt

Timezone Setup

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Rome /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

Locale Setup, uncomment line with en_US.UTF-8

nvim /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen

Add hostname

echo Archi > /etc/hostname

Configure /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.1.1 Archi

Root and Users

passwd

useradd -mG wheel {username}
passwd {username}

# uncomment line which says like `Uncomment to let members of group wheel execute any action`
EDITOR=nvim visudo

Grub Setup

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

Unmount everything and reboot

systemctl enable NetworkManager

exit

umount -R /mnt

reboot

timedatectl set-ntp true

Automatic snapshot setup

sudo EDITOR=nvim systemctl edit --full grub-btrfsd

# change ExecStart line to this
ExecStart=/usr/bin/grub-btrfsd --syslog --timeshift-auto

sudo systemctl enable grub-btrfsd

Paru setup required to install timeshift-autosnap package

sudo pacman -S rust

# from paru docs
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
cd paru
makepkg -si

paru -S timeshift-autosnap

reboot

Driver installation, also you can check arch wiki

sudo pacman -S intel-ucode nvidia nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils

[!NOTE] To install lib32-nvidia-utils you need to enable multilib

sudo nvim /etc/pacman.conf

Desktop Environment Minimal KDE

sudo pacman -S plasma-desktop plasma-pa plasma-nm plasma-firewall kscreen bluedevil powerdevil power-profiles-daemon dolphin ark

My additional packages

sudo pacman -S wezterm fzf ripgrep bat
paru -S google-chrome

Now install display manager and reboot

sudo pacman -S sddm sddm-kcm

sudo systemctl enable sddm

reboot

[!TIP] And that's it, enjoy your new system!

Some more additional packages

• asdf - Manage all your runtime versions with one tool!
• starship - The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

Connect to Wifi

rfkill unblock all
iwctl

station wlan0 connect {wifi_name}