Arch linux XPS-13 9310

2021-02-26 about 723 words 4 min

Contents

Install

Before Installation

Enter BIOS with F2 and configure:

“System Configuration” > “SATA Operation”: “AHCI”
“Secure Boot” > “Secure Boot Enable”: “Disabled”

Create partitions

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cgdisk /dev/nvme0n1

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1 1024MB EFI partition
Block size 2147484
Hex code ef00
Label boot
2 100% Linux partition (to be encrypted)
Hex code 8300
Label root

Formatting and encryption

Format boot partition
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mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1

create Lvm crypted partition

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cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/nvme0n1p2

cryptsetup open /dev/nvme0n1p2 luks

mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/luks

Mount partition

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mount /dev/mapper/luks /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/boot
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

Install base packages

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pacstrap /mnt base base-devel vim git sudo

Generate fstab for mount partitions

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

# Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/mapper/luks LABEL=luks
UUID=<UUID-mapper-luks>	/         	ext4      	rw,noatime,nodiratime	0 1

# /dev/nvme0n1p1
UUID=<UUID-boot>      	/boot     	vfat      	rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro	0 2

Loggin new arch linux

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arch-chroot /mnt

rm /etc/localtime
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Warsaw /etc/localtime

echo <your-hostname> > /etc/hostname

Sound, and Video Drivers…

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pacman -S  mesa xorg-server xorg-apps xorg-xinit xorg-twm xterm xorg-drivers alsa-utils pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa xf86-input-synaptics xf86-input-libinput intel-ucode b43-fwcutter networkmanager nm-connection-editor network-manager-applet polkit-gnome ttf-dejavu gnome-keyring xdg-user-dirs gvfs virtualbox-guest-modules-arch virtualbox-guest-utils wpa_supplicant dialog

  systemctl enable NetworkManager

Cups (printer)

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pacman -S ghostscript gsfonts system-config-printer gtk3-print-backends cups cups-pdf cups-filters

systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service

Add language and keyboard

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echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
echo LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8 >> /etc/locale.conf
echo KEYMAP=pl > /etc/vconsole.conf

locale-gen

Add user

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useradd -m -G wheel $username
passwd $username
echo "$username ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /mnt/etc/$username

timezone

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ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Warsaw /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc --utc

Install bootloader

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bootctl --path=/boot install
vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
      MODULES="ext4"
      HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block encrypt lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck)

blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/nvme0n1p2

#Create  /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf
title		Arch Linux
linux		vmlinuz-linux
initrd	initramfs-linux.img
initrd	intel-ucode.img
options	cryptdevice=UUID=<YOUR-PARTITION-UUID>:luks root=/dev/mapper/luks rw quite

#Generate mkintcpio
mkinitcpio -p linux

X11 keyboard

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# Written by systemd-localed(8), read by systemd-localed and Xorg. It's
# probably wise not to edit this file manually. Use localectl(1) to
# instruct systemd-localed to update it.
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "system-keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        Option "XkbLayout" "pl"
EndSection

locale.gen

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echo 'pl_PL.UTF-8 UTF-8' > /etc/locale.gen  
echo 'en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8' >> /etc/locale.gen  

vconsole.conf

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echo 'KEYMAP=pl2' > /etc/vconsole.conf

zswap

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 modprobe zram
 echo lz4 > /sys/module/zswap/parameters/compressor
 echo 8G > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
 mkswap --label zram0 /dev/zram0
 swapon --priority 100 /dev/zram0

 echo 'zram'  > /etc/modules-load.d/zram.conf
 echo 'options zram num_devices=2' > /etc/modprobe.d/zram.conf
 echo 'KERNEL=="zram0", ATTR{disksize}="4GB" RUN="/usr/bin/mkswap /dev/zram0", TAG+="systemd"' > /etc/udev/rules.d/99-zram.rules
 echo 'KERNEL=="zram1", ATTR{disksize}="4GB" RUN="/usr/bin/mkswap /dev/zram1", TAG+="systemd"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-zram.rules
 echo '/dev/zram0 none swap defaults 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
 echo '/dev/zram1 none swap defaults 0 0' >> /etc/fstab

paru

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

shell
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pacman -S gnome gnome-extra gdm

Used applications

Programming tools

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pacman -S zsh  #Oh-my-zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

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paru -S docker docker-compose
usermod -aG docker $USER
systemctl start  docker

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pacman -Sy kitty

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paru phpstorm phpstorm-jre pycharm pycharm-jre

Addistional Content

Plymouth

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paru aur/plymouth aur/plymouth-theme-arch-glow

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vim /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
        HOOKS=(base udev plymouth autodetect modconf block plymouth-encrypt lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck)

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pacman -S ffmpegthumbnailer gst-{plugins{-bad,-good,-ugly,-base},ffmpeg}

I3 gapps and additional

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pacman -S i3-gaps polybar rofi dunst
paru -S gnome-i3 autotiling lsd hamster-time-tracker
paru -S comptray compton-tryone-git

Gtk theme config

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pacman -S lxappearance

Icons

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git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/taurthil/vertex-maia-icon-themes ~/.local/share/icons/Vertex-Maia

File manager

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pacman -S nemo ranger nemo-fileroller nemo-preview nemo-seahorse udiskie

Additional Content

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gvfs-mtp - media players and mobile devices that use MTP
gvfs-smb - to access Windows/CIFS/Samba

password storege

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paru -S bitwarden-cli bitwarden-rofi-git

Nerd font

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mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
cd ~/.local/share/fonts && curl -fLo "Droid Sans Mono for Powerline Nerd Font Complete.otf" https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/raw/master/patched-fonts/DroidSansMono/complete/Droid%20Sans%20Mono%20Nerd%20Font%20Complete.otf

cd ~/.local/share/fonts && curl -fLo "DejaVu Sans Mono Nerd Font Complete Mono.ttf" https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/blob/master/patched-fonts/DejaVuSansMono/Regular/complete/DejaVu%20Sans%20Mono%20Nerd%20Font%20Complete%20Mono.ttf

cd ~/.local/share/fonts && curl -fLo "Fura Code Retina Nerd Font Complete.otf" https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/blob/master/patched-fonts/FiraCode/Retina/complete/Fura%20Code%20Retina%20Nerd%20Font%20Complete.otf?raw=true

chmod 644 ~/.local/share/fonts/*

fc-cache /usr/local/share/fonts/

Cpu frequency and Thermald

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paru