Arch Linux Installation

This article is based on the ArchLinux (https://www.archlinux.org/) current release:2013.08.01 ISO written installation Tutorial!

Iso:http://mirrors.163.com/archlinux/iso/2013.08.01/archlinux-2013.08.01-dual.iso

1. Partitioning

Cfdisk

• Novice can not partition, if need to divide multiple zones, suggest one/home, if the memory is large, do not need swap partition. Using Cfdisk partitioning is more intuitive.

• Note "Bootable",/partition must be bootable, if you separate the/boot, then this bootable.

2. Formatting

Fdisk/dev/sda

Command (M or Help): P (enter p here to see your current partition and name), such as:

I didn't do more partitioning because I was a virtual machine. Press CTRL + C to exit Fdisk. Then enter the following command format:

Mkfs.ext4/dev/sda1

If you still have a mkfs.ext4/dev/sdax, go ahead and X is the partition name of your home.

3. Mount Partition

Mount/dev/sda1/mnt

If you still have home/home

Mkdir/mnt/home
Mount/dev/sda2/mnt/home

4. Select Mirror Site

Nano/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Find with China, PageDown PageUp scroll screen, CTRL + V PAGE DOWN, ctrl+y page UP, alt+6 copy the current line, ctrl+u paste, ctrl+x exit, Save Press Y, enter.

163 site at the bottom not far, I copied 2, put on the top,.

5. Installation System

Pacstrap-i/MNT Base

Hit the default (all) Enter, all installed, encountered the need to download the Yes.

6. Generate Fstab

Genfstab-u-p/mnt >>/mnt/etc/fstab
Cat/mnt/etc/fstab

The first one is the build, the second one is to view the generated content, ctrl+x exit if you have no problem. My example:

7. Configuration system

To chroot switch to the new system first, the command is as follows:

Arch-chroot/mnt

A, configure locale, language

Edit/etc/locale.gen, all the contents of this file are commented, so add en_US on top. UTF-8 UTF-8 can be.

Nano/etc/locale.gen en_US. UTF-8 UTF-8

Then execute Localegen

Locale-gen

Then configure locale.conf

Echo Lang=en_us. UTF-8 >/etc/locale.conf
Export Lang=en_us. UTF-8

b, to the computer named

echo Myhostname >/etc/hostname

C, configure the network

Systemctl Enable Dhcpcd.service

How dynamic IP is

D, set the password

passwd

Set a password to root, two times the input to be consistent.

E. Installing grub

Pacman-s Grub Grub-install--target=i386-pc--RECHECK/DEV/SDA

Then configure the Grub

Grub-mkconfig-o/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Now I see it should be like this.

8. Uninstall MNT, restart

Exit Chroot

Exit

Uninstall MNT

Umount/mnt

Restart

Reboot

9. Install desktop environment A, install Xorg-server

Pacman-s Xorg-server xorg-server-utils Xorg-xinit

B. Install the video driver

If you don't know what your video card is, use the following command to view the following:

Lspci | grep VGA

Then perform the following command to search for the driver that matches your video card

Pacman-ss Xf86-video | Less

I am VirtualBox, so I will install a magnum, you install matching, such as you are Intel integrated on the execution:

Pacman-s Xf86-video-intel

Virtual machines are executed

Pacman-s Xf86-video-vesa

The laptop can also be loaded with a touchpad drive

Pacman-s Xf86-input-synaptics

Test the X environment is installed, you can execute the following command, in fact, do not test.

Pacman-s XORG-TWM Xorg-xclock xterm
StartX
Exit
Pkill X

C, installation Xfce4

Pacman-s Slim

Install Slim first, which is an image, login manager that can be used for Xfce4 self-booting.

Pacman-s Xfce4

Now, it's done!! Start!!!

Startxfce4

　　

, do you dare to be ugly again? Haha, the main is the font is too ugly, we pack a few good-looking fonts!

D. Install fonts

Pacman-s Wqy-microhei Wqy-zenhei Wqy-bitmapfont

As for landscaping, all through the interface operation, system-setting can set the font, the other terminal preference can set its font.

9. Add a user

You can't always work with root, so we're going to add a regular account.

Pacman-s sudo
Useradd-m yourname
passwd yourname

Then add the user to some groups: Audio disk Locate network optical power storage video Wheel Systemd-journal

Gpassd-a yourname Wheel

I am adding power storage network wheel systemd-journal because virtual machines, basically just use terminal to learn some other languages, others do not do.

10, set Xfce4 self-start

Install vim for easy editing of files.

Pacman-s vim

Log off or restart, and then log on with a normal user.

Vim. xinitrc

Delete the # in front of EXE Startxfce4 and execute the command:

Systemctl Enable Slim.service

So the next time you start, you start xfce4 automatically.

Arch Linux Installation