archsetup

Documenting my setup. I don't want to automate this with ansible/scripting but wanted to be able to pick and choose depending on my usecase and hardware.

Contents

• setup
  • wipefs
  • connect to wi-fi
  • archinstall
  • swap
• pacman and aur
  • pacman
  • reflector
  • yay
• hardware
  • power
  • bluetooth
  • prime
  • ssd trim
  • microcode
  • prime
• kernel
  • zen
  • lts
  • dkms
  • grub
• packages
  • documentation
  • internet
  • gaming
  • text editors and dev tools
• virtualization and containers
  • docker
  • kubernetes
  • libvirt
  • vagrant
• zsh
  • history
  • plugins
  • starship
  • antigen
  • antigen setup
• misc
  • tools
  • fonts
  • alacritty
• fish
  • configure fish
• github
  • ssh key
  • test
  • config

setup

wipefs

Necessary in some circumstances where archinstall is unable to format the disk.

All data will be lost.

NVMe: /dev/nvme0n1

SATA: /dev/sda

wipefs -a /dev/nvme0n1

connect to wi-fi

Needed if using Wi-Fi for installation.

iwctl

Device name is typically wlan0.

Substitute MyWiFiSSID with actual SSID.

station wlan0 connect MyWiFiSSID

archinstall

Update archinstall script

pacman -Sy archinstall --noconfirm
archinstall

swap

Only necessary if swap/zram is not selected with archinstall.

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4096 status=progress
sudo chmod 0600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap -U clear /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile

Update /etc/fstab.

sudo vim /etc/fstab

Contents of /etc/fstab:

/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0

pacman and aur

pacman

sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf

Uncomment the following lines in /etc/pacman.conf:

Color

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

sudo pacman -Syu

sudo pacman -S pacman-contrib --needed

reflector

sudo pacman -S reflector --needed

Set country code: US

sudo vim /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf

Contents of /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf:

--country US

sudo systemctl enable reflector.timer --now

yay

sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git
cd yay-bin
makepkg -si
cd ..
rm -rf yay-bin

hardware

power

yay -S power-profiles-daemon --needed
sudo systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon.service --now

AMD Ryzen only, for reading power statistics using mangohud.

yay -S zenpower3-dkms --needed

Intel only

yay -S thermald --needed
sudo systemctl enable thermald.service --now

bluetooth

If a Bluetooth adapter installed.

sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service --now

ssd trim

Installed and enabled by default when using archinstall.

yay -S util-linux --needed
sudo systemctl enable fstrim.timer --now

microcode

Microcode installed automatically when using archinstall.

Intel

yay -S intel-ucode --needed

AMD

yay -S amd-ucode --needed

prime

Nvidia hybrid graphics laptop only.

yay -S nvidia-prime --needed

kernel

zen

yay -S linux-zen linux-zen-headers --needed

lts

yay -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers --needed

dkms

Nvidia hybrid graphics only, needed only when running non-mainline kernel.

yay -S nvidia-dkms --needed

grub

If dual booting, install os-prober

yay -S os-prober --needed

If using more than one kernel, edit grub.

sudo vim /etc/default/grub

Contents of /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
...
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
...
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y
...
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false # if dual booting

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

packages

documentation

yay -S man-db \
    man-pages \
    tldr --needed

internet

yay -S firefox --needed

gaming

yay -S steam \
    gamemode \
    gamescope \
    mangohud \
    goverlay \
    minecraft-launcher --needed

text editors and dev tools

yay -S vim \
    sublime-text-4 \
    visual-studio-code-bin \
    cursor-bin \
    git
    net-tools --needed

virtualization and containers

docker

yay -S docker docker-compose --needed
sudo systemctl enable docker.service --now
sudo usermod -a -G docker $USER

kubernetes

yay -S kubectl \
    helm \
    minikube \
    kind-bin \
    k9s --needed

Contents of ~/.zshrc:

source <(kubectl completion zsh)
source <(helm completion zsh)
source <(minikube completion zsh)
source <(kind completion zsh)

libvirt

yay -S libvirt \
    qemu \
    virt-manager \
    iptables-nft \
    dnsmasq \
    dmidecode \
    bridge-utils \
    openbsd-netcat \
    virt-manager --needed

sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service --now
sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $USER

vagrant

yay -S vagrant --needed
vagrant plugin install vagrant-libvirt

zsh

yay -S zsh --needed
touch ~/.zshrc
chsh -s $(which zsh)

history

Configure zsh history.

Contents of ~/.zshrc:

HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
HISTSIZE=1001
SAVEHIST=1000
setopt EXTENDED_HISTORY
setopt HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST
setopt HIST_FIND_NO_DUPS
setopt HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS
setopt HIST_IGNORE_DUPS
setopt HIST_IGNORE_SPACE
setopt HIST_REDUCE_BLANKS
setopt HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS
setopt INC_APPEND_HISTORY

plugins

yay -S zsh-syntax-highlighting \
    zsh-history-substring-search \
    zsh-autosuggestions \
    zsh-autocomplete --needed

Contents of ~/.zshrc:

source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-history-substring-search/zsh-history-substring-search.zsh
source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-autocomplete/zsh-autocomplete.plugin.zsh

starship

yay starship --needed
starship preset gruvbox-rainbow -o ~/.config/starship.toml

Contents of ~/.zshrc:

eval "$(starship init zsh)"

antigen

In lieu of starship and manual zsh configurations above:

yay -S antigen --needed

antigen setup

Contents of ~/.zshrc:

source /usr/share/zsh/share/antigen.zsh

antigen use oh-my-zsh

antigen bundle git
antigen bundle command-not-found
antigen bundle docker
antigen bundle docker-compose

antigen bundle zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
antigen bundle zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
antigen bundle zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search
antigen bundle zsh-users/zsh-completions

antigen theme romkatv/powerlevel10k

antigen apply

misc

tools

yay -S bat \
    eza \
    ripgrep \
    fzf --needed

Contents of ~/.zshrc:

alias cat='bat'
alias less='bat'
alias ls='eza'
alias ll='eza -ahl --group-directories-first --icons --color always'
alias tree='eza --tree'

fonts

yay -S ttf-firacode-nerd ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols --needed

alacritty

yay -S alacritty alacritty-themes --needed
alacritty-themes --create

Contents of ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml:

general.import = [
  "/usr/lib/node_modules/alacritty-themes/themes/Gruvbox-Dark.toml"
]

[font]
size = 18

  [font.normal]
  family = "FiraCode Nerd Font"

  [font.bold]
  family = "FiraCode Nerd Font"

  [font.italic]
  family = "FiraCode Nerd Font"

  [font.bold_italic]
  family = "FiraCode Nerd Font"

fish

yay -S fish --needed
touch ~/.config/fish/config.fish
chsh -s $(which fish)

configure fish

Contents of ~/.config/fish/config.fish

if status is-interactive
    set -U fish_greeting "🐟"
    set -U EDITOR vim
    set -U BROWSER firefox

    function ll
        eza -Ahl --group-directories-first --icons --color always $argv
    end

    function tree
        eza -A --tree --icons --color always $argv
    end

    function cat
        bat
    end

    function less
        bat
    end

    function yyy
        yay --noconfirm && yay -Yc --noconfirm && yay -Sc --noconfirm
    end
end

github

ssh key

ssh-keygen

test

Add public key to github before testing.

ssh -T [email protected]

config

git config --global user.name 'Matt Siedenburg'
git config --global user.email '[email protected]'