Arch Linux Installation Cheat Sheet

Install System

• loadkeys fr-latin1
• Try to ping something
• timedatectl set-ntp true
• wipefs -a /dev/sda (Replace sda with whatever disk label you have)
• fdisk /dev/sda
  • Boot partition
    • Primary --> Partition 1 --> +512M
    • Switch bootable flag (a)
  • Swap partition
    • Primary --> Partition 2 --> +1G
    • Partition type (t) 82 (Swap)
  • Root partition
    • Primary --> Partition 3 --> Rest of the disk
• mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
• mkswap /dev/sda2
• mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
• mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
• mkdir /mnt/boot
• mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
• swapon /dev/sda2
• pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware vim
• genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab (Generate with UUIDs, safer)
• arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
• pacman -S networkmanager grub
• systemctl enable NetworkManager
• grub-install /dev/sda
• grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
• passwd
  • Type and confirm root password
• ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime
• hwclock --systohc
• vim /etc/locale.gen
  • Search for locale (en_US), uncomment and save
• locale-gen
• vim /etc/locale.conf
  • Put LANG=en_US.UTF-8
• vim /etc/vconsole.conf
  • Put KEYMAP=fr-latin1
• vim /etc/hostname
  • Put hostname
• vim /etc/hosts
  • 127.0.0.1 localhost
  • ::1 localhost
  • 127.0.0.1 hostname
• exit
• umount -R /mnt
• reboot
• login using root creds
• pacman -S open-vm-tools (If VM)
• pacman -S neofetch (Very important)