Arch Linux install procedure

2015-6-20
https://wiki.archlinux.org/

Pre-installation
fdisk
mkfs.ext4 -j /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
wifi-menu #connect to internet

Installation
# cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup
# sed -i 's/^#Server/Server/' /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup
# rankmirrors -n 6 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.backup > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
pacstrap /mnt base

Configure the system
genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt
echo computer_name > /etc/hostname
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Chongqing /etc/localtime
vi /etc/locale.gen # uncomment en_US.UTF-8
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
mkinitcpio -p linux
pacman -S grub
grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --debug /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
passwd
pacman -S openssh
pacman -S wpa_actiond ifplugd wpa_supplicant dhcpcd dialog ppp #wifi-menu need
exit
umount -R /mnt
shutdown -r now

Configure after Arch install
systemctl enable sshd
wifi-menu -o #setup wifi after reboot
systemctl enable netctl
pacman -S net-tools #ifconfig netstat
systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd

Audio
pacman -S alsa-utils
useradd -m jejer
usermod -aG audio jejer
#alsamixer

X
pacman -S xorg-server # reinstall if you add user after xorg-server install
pacman -S ttf-droid # Chinese font
pacman -S tigervnc # for VNC server
vi ~/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
exec startxfce4

xfce
pacman -S xfce4
startxfce4 #start X with xfce window manager manually

fcitx pinyin
pacman -S fcitx-im
pacman -S fcitx-configtool #configure for GTK
pacman -S fcitx-googlepinyin


PS:
setup proxy for some applications:
export ALL_PROXY="socks5://192.168.88.3:8080"

FIX Problem with pacman update - Signature is unknown trust
rm -R /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate archlinux