Arch Linux

Connect to Wifi

$ iwctl
#[iwd] device list
#[iwd] station <device_name> get-networks
#[iwd] station <device_name> connect <network_name>
# network-password:

** Check connection ** ping -c 5 archlinux.org

Arch Pre Install

# reflector --country Iran,Denmark,Germany --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring

Install Arch

Arch installation guid

Arch Post Install

Apps

# pacman -S networkmanager

User Management

# EDITOR=/usr/bin/nvim
# useradd -m saeed
# usermod -aG wheel,audio,video,storage,optical,network saeed
# passwd 
# exprot EDITOR=nvim
# visduo    # uncomment `Wheel ALL(ALL=ALL)` 

Network Management

# systemctl enable NetworkManager.service

chagne wifi backend from wpa_supplicant to iwd

sudo pacman -S iwd

/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/wifi_backend.conf
---
[device]
wifi.backend=iwd

Connect/disconnect to wifi with nmcli

$ nmcli device status
$ nmcli device wifi list
$ sudo nmcli device wifi connect <wifi_name> password <wifi_passwd>
# nmcli device discconect <divce_name>

Grub

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

Setup Xorg and WM

Xorg + WM

$ sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-xinput

# sound system
$ sudo pacman -S alsa-utils pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa

# Graphic card use built-in!!!

# Window Manager
$ sudo pacman -S qtile noto-fonts adobe-source-code-pro-fonts

Config

• tty font config

$ showconsolefont            # display avilable fonts
$ setfont <bitmap_font_name.postfix>
# Perment font setting font console.
$ nvim /etc/vconsole.conf
FONT=<bitmap-font-name>

• qtile: $ sudo pacman -S qtile
• xinitrc: $ echo "qtile start" >> .xinitrc
• run: $ startx
• disable touch pad: $ xinput disable "AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint"
• Home folder

$ sudo pacman -S xdg-user-dirs
$ xdg-user-dirs-update

• Qtile useful commands

$ qtile cmd-obj -o cmd -f restart
$ qtile cmd-obj -o cmd -f reload_config

• Zsh: custom config path

$ chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh
$ sudo nvim /etc/zsh/zprofile
$ export ZDOTDIR=/home/saeed/.config/zsh

• Scrot: Take screenshot

$ scrot -d 3 ~/Screenshots/%Y-%m-%d-%T-screenshot.png

• Chnage default file manager to pcmanfm

xdg-mime query filetype folder
xdg-mime default pcmanfm.desktop inode/directory

• Net speed widget

pip install psutil

• picom

# use picom -b rather than picom &
# picom & will eats swape drive and system will freeze.
picom -b

Tips

• Get code of key to use in key defining for zsh Press ctl + v after that press the key a beeter way cat -v and type any key to get code of the key is run showkey -a
• Create .desktop file for any script to be regonziable by rofi
• Install noto-font-cjk noto-font-emoji noto-font-extra to render all fonts.
• Pulseaudio issue: When plug headphone sound doesn't switch to headephone or if it switch after unpluged it sound lost completely. To fix this comment out load-module module-switch-on-prot-available on /etc/pulse/default/.pa Packges to install:

sudo pacman -S pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio-jack

Install Apps

$ sudo pacman -S base-devl kitty zsh firefox feh pcmanfm-gtk3 
$ sudo pacman -S rofi openssh picom zip unzip xarchiver
$ sudo pacman -S python-pip tk reflector tmux
$ sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-emoji ttf-font-awesome
$ sudo pacman -S starship ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-common
$ sudo pacman -S ripgrep fd sqlite node npm tk tree scrot xsel

Manage Dotfiles with git bare

$ git init --bare $HOME/.dotfiles.git
$ echo 'alias dotfiles="/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles.git/ --work-tree=$HOME"' >> $HOME/.zshrc
$ source ~/.zshrc
$ dotfiles config --local status.showUntrackedFiles no

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Remove git bare workflow becuase I wouldn't able to use git diff. Using symbolic link to mange dots.

Apps

• Window Manager: Qtile dwm
• Terminal: Kitty st
• Shell: Zsh
• App Launcher: rofi demenu
• Editor: Neovim
• Editor2: VS Code Emacs[Maybe]
• Browser: Firefox / Edge Brave
• File Manager: PcmanFM
• Compositor: picom
• Terminal Multiplexer: tmux

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