This my newest backup guide

To when I f*ck something up.

Introduction

We keeping it simple, archinstall will do just fine. Since I'm currently following typecraft's series on linux, I will simply just do as he do, with my own things added on top, so Go watch it if you want.

Arch setup

Connect to the internet

iwctl
[]device list # If device is off: device $DEVICE set propetry Powered on
station $ADAPTER get-networks
station $ADAPTER connect $WIFI
# It will asks you for the password next
# C^d to exit

To check if you're connected, run the following command:

ping archlinux.org

If you're getting some repetitive output with 64s, you're good to go.

# C^c to stop running the command

And now, we do the fun stuff:

pacman -Syy # to update just in case
pacman -S archlinux-keyring
pacman -Sy archinstall
archinstall # simply do what you think is good for you, for me I'll pick gnome for the de
reboot

Now, we would have a running Arch linux with gnome desktop, what's left is just my personal customization.

note: in case you want to run a custom script for something like Hyprland, you might not want to choose a de (desktop environment), so you might get stuck connecting to the internet, for that follow the next steps:

nmcli d
nmcli r wifi on
nmcli d wifi list
nmcli d wifi connect $SSID password $PASSWORD
# if you don't have git don't forget to get that as well

note: In case some basic folder are missing (such as Desktop, Documents, ...) do the following:

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

Customizing pacman

If you want to allow multiple packages to be downloaded at the same time and some other cool stuff, just edit the following file to your liking:

sudo vi /etc/pacman.conf # If it seems confusing, read the docs

Installing yay

To install yay:

# in you're home dir
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

My stuff

So, now we have a running Arch linux, with either Gnome, or your sexy riced environment, All that left is my apps and config files.

First, I need git to clone my dotfiles:

sudo pacman -S git
git clone https://github.com/catsucci/.dotfiles.git
cd .dotfiles # don't dorget the . before the dir name

Here you can find some of my configs that simplify doing some things.

So, let me start doing my stuff:

# Supposing we are in the .dotfiles
cp .gitconfig ~/

note: Most of my stuff don't get copied out of the bat, since most of them have some packages as dependencies, so I just read docs or debug issues.

Some useful apps & tools

sudo pacman -S blueman zsh tree-sitter-cli xclip firefox p7zip zip unzip unrar htop wget locate fzf man-db ripgrep tmux neovim zoxide ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd jdk-openjdk libreoffice-fresh vlc gimp inkscape obs-studio zathura zathura-pdf-mupdf flatpak github-cli lazygit python-pip spotify-launcher sqlite-doc sqlitebrowser alacritty bat bluez-utils cloc curl eza fd htop kdenlive noto-fonts-cjk noto-fonts-emoji steam texlive thefuck tldr wine
yay -S litecli vesktop-bin visual-studio-code-bin

Some other apps: postman, sublime merge, audacity, ...

configuration

GIT & Github

Configure git using this course, GitHub cli using gh auth login,

Node.js

Install node using This one and yran using npm install --global yarn.

Neovim

After installing neovim, clone my nvim config into ~/.config

cd ~/.config
git clone [email protected]:catsucci/nvim.git

run checkhealth inside nvim and install any missing dependency and do your debugs.

Alacritty

To use my config:

cp -r ~/PATH/TO/MYDOTFILES/alacritty ~/.config

Tmux

For Tmux, you'll need to install the Tmux Plugin Manager using

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

Then copy my config files

cp -r ~/PATH/TO/MYDOTFILES/tmux ~/.config

Open tmux and do C-space + I to install the plugins.

Zsh

Set zsh to be your default shell:

chsh $USERNAME
# make you sure you know where is your zsh path is
/usr/bin/zsh

Copy my .zshrc into your home dir:

cp ~/PATH/TO/MYDOTFILES/zsh/.zshrc ~/

If there is any issues just watch This Dreams of Autonomy vid.

Zoxide

If There is any issues just watch This Dreams of Autonomy vid.

scripts

Copy my .scripts dit into your home:

cp -r ~/PATH/TO/MYDOTFILES/.scripts ~/

Zathura

Copy my Zathura config dir intoi ~/.config:

cp -r ~/PATH/TO/MYDOTFILES/zathura ~/.config

FONTS

Some of the popular fonts:

sudo pacman -S ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation noto-fonts

Japanese fonts:

sudo pacman -S noto-fonts-cjk adobe-source-code-pro-fonts adobe-source-han-sans-jp-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-jp-fonts 

Note

In case of firefox having a bad experience with arabic fonts:

sudo pacman -S firefox-i18n-ar