Or both: pacman -S linux linux-lts linux-headers linux-lts-headers Install a text editor pacman -S nano Install optional packages pacman -S base-devel openssh Enable OpenSSH if you’ve installed it systemctl enable sshd Install packages for networking pacman -S networkmanager wpa_supplicant wireless_tools netctl Install dialog (required for wifi-menu) pacman -S dialog Enable networkmanager systemctl enable NetworkManager Install LVM support pacman -S lvm2 Edit /etc/nf nano /etc/nf Vgchange -ay Format the root partition mkfs.ext4 /dev/volgroup0/lv_root Mount the root partition mount /dev/volgroup0/lv_root /mnt Create the boot partition mount directory mkdir /mnt/boot Mount the boot partition mount /dev/ /mnt/boot Format the home partition mkfs.ext4 /dev/volgroup0/lv_home Create the home partition mount point mkdir /mnt/home Mount the home volume mount /dev/volgroup0/lv_home /mnt/home Create the /etc dirctory mkdir /mnt/etc Create the /etc/fstab file genfstab -U -p /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab Check the /etc/fstab file cat /mnt/etc/fstab Install Arch Linux base packages pacstrap -i /mnt base Access the in-progress Arch installation arch-chroot /mnt Install a kernel and headers pacman -S linux linux-headersįor LTS: pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headers Lvcreate -L 250GB volgroup0 -n lv_home (or instead of '-L 250GB', use '-l 100%FREE' to use all the remaining space).

Check if there is an Internet connection (if on wired) ip addr show For WiFi, you can use wifi-menu wifi-menu If you do have a network connection but no IP address use: dhcpcd Edit the mirrorlist (optional) nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist Update repository index pacman -Syyy See partitions/drives on the system (find the name of your hard drive) fdisk -l Start the partitioner (fdisk) fdisk /dev/ (substitute for your device name, example: /dev/sda or /dev/nvme0n1) Show current partitions p Create EFI partition g (to create an empty GPT partition table)ģ0 Show current partitions again p Finalize partition changes w Format the EFI partition mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/ (for example: /dev/sda1) Format the boot partition mkfs.ext4 /dev/ (for example: /dev/sda2) Set up encryption cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/Ĭryptsetup open -type luks /dev/ lvm Set up lvm pvcreate -dataalignment 1m /dev/mapper/lvm Installation Steps Download latest Arch linux ISO

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