Arch-Linux

In this guide i will show you how install and configurate Arch-Linux with Qtile (BIOS version)

Things you need to start install

• Arch ISO from resource
• Rufus to create bootable USB resource
• To start the installation it is easier to have a LAN connection available
• PenDrive

Keep in mind that the tutorial is to install Arch-Linux in an environment that only uses this OS

Creating Bootable USB

• With Rufus burn the ISO image on the pendrive with the default options

Installing

First

1. Connect the pendrive to the pc and turn it on by entering the boot menu, depending on the mother is the button (F1, F8, F9, F10, TAB or ESC).
2. Select the pendrive as the boot drive.

Let`s Do It

I will write the commands with the explanation of each one

loadkeys = en

Preparing the system

Change Keyboard layout (“en”, “es”, or whatever you use)

loadkeys es

Check if network is enabled

iplink

Check conection

ping google.com

It should return the response from the server, Ctrl + C to stop

In the case of a Wi-Fi connection follow this

iwctl
device list
station device scan
station device get-networks
station device connect SSID (name of your wifi)
iwctl --passphrase _passphrase_ station _device_ connect _SSID_

Ensure your system clock is accurate

timedatectl set-ntp true

Partition & format the disks

fdisk -l

Returns the list of available disks, nos interesa el /dev

fdisk/dev/sda*

Where is the * put the disk number to partition, In this guide we will use the whole disk

o

Create partition table

Now we will create the partitions, I will directly leave the list of commands to do 3, “root, home and swap”

n
p
1
"enter"
+400G
n
e
2
"enter"
"enter"
n
"enter"
+50G
n
"enter"
"enter"
t
6
82
a
1
w
mkswap /dev/sda6
swapon
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda5

Mount the file System

I use sda1, put the disk that has been marked as root

mount /dev/sda1* /mnt
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/home

Instalation & Configuration basic

We are going to install the basics, then for my configuration more things will be added

pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware pacman networkmanager grub sudo
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Now we go to arch-root

arch-chroot /mnt

We set the time zone, you can use this link https://www.zeitverschiebung.net/

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/*/Region*/City* /etc/localtime

We set de time

hwclock --systohc
nano /etc/locale.gen

Find the distribution you use, in my case “es_AR-UTF-8 UTF8”

ctrl o
ctrl x
locale-gen
echo "LANG=es_ES.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
echo "KEYMAP=es" > /etc/vconsole.conf

Put the keymap you use

echo "pchome" > /etc/hostname

Replace hostname with your nick

nano /etc/hosts
/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1	localhost
::1		localhost
127.0.1.1	myhostname*.localdomain myhostname*
ctrl o
ctrl x

Replace myhostname with your nick domain

passwd

Set root password

systemctl enable NetworkManager
grub-install /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Create users

useradd -m datbugg
passwd datbugg
usermod -aG wheel.video.audio.storage
nano /etc/sudoers

Uncomment “%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

ctrl o
ctrl x
exit
umount -R /mnt
shutdown now

Remove the USB and start the pc

Install Qtile and dependencies:

sudo pacman -S xorg
sudo pacman -S qtile lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter xterm
sudo systemctl enable lightdm

First steps

mod + enter

open terminal

mod + enter
setxkbmap es
sudo pacman -S alacritty code firefox

Alacritty is the terminal I use and code is for VSCode

sudo pacman -S rofi pulseaudio pavucontrol thunar

Clone this repository and copy my configs:

git clone https://github.com/DatBugg/Arch-Qtile.git
cp -r Arch-Qtile/qtile ~/.config

Structure

In config.py, which is the file where most people write all their config,

@hook.subscribe.startup_once
def autostart():
    subprocess.call([path.join(qtile_path, 'autostart.sh')])

If you want to change autostart programs, open ./autostart.sh.

#!/bin/sh
# The & is to keep it running
# Example with volumeicon
volumeicon &

If you want to modify keybindings, open ./settings/keys.py To modifyworkspaces, use ./settings/groups.py Finally, if you want to add more layouts, check ./settings/layouts.py The rest of files don't need any configuration.

Themes

To create a theme, or see the available ones ./themes To chose one, write the name of the theme you want in a file named ./config.json:

Example

{
    "theme": "dracula"
}

All the code can be found in me repo.