An intuitive way to install ArchLinux

by Felipe Facundes

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Site: https://linuxgamers.github.io/

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Step 01 - Connect to the Internet.

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Check your Wifi network interface:

iwconfig

Enter the IWD interface:

iwctl

Inside the interface, type the following commands:

• device list

To start searching the network assuming your device is wlan0

• station wlan0 scan

To list available networks (SSID)

• station wlan0 get-networks

Finally, connecting to the Internet

• station wlan0 connect SSID

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Optional Step - Backup - For a system reinstall without formatting

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BACKUP CAN BE, FOR A LIST.

• For a reinstall, downloading the packages again:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -Qnq | tee list.txt &>/dev/null
2. • pacman -S $(cat list.txt)

OR YOU CAN REUSE EXISTING PACKAGES FROM YOUR HD WITH THIS METHOD:

Read. In the line below contains 3 command lines, obey each command:

First mount the root partition (/)

1. • mount /dev/sdX /mnt
2. • cd /mnt
3. • rm -rf bin dev lib lib64 mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr

Analyze if there is subvolume interfering:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • btrfs subvol list -a /mnt/
2. • btrfs subvol delete /mnt/var/lib/machines

Back up existing packages in the cache:

Read. In the line below contains 13 command lines, obey each command:

1. • cd /mnt/var/cache/pacman/pkg/
2. • mkdir pkg_bkp
3. • mv *.pkg.* pkg_bkp/
4. • mv pkg_bkp /mnt/
5. • cd /mnt
6. • rm -rf var
7. • mkdir -p /mnt/var/cache/pacman/
8. • mkdir -p /mnt/var/lib/machines/
9. • mkdir -p /mnt/proc/bus/usb/
10. • mv pkg_bkp pkg
11. • mv pkg /mnt/var/cache/pacman/
12. • cd /mnt/boot/
13. • rm -rf *

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Step 02 - Partitioning and Formatting:

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Partition the HD

Create "sda1" 250MB to boot - If it is UEFI the partition of BOOT have to be in FAT.

Create "sda2" a partition for the root (/) of the system (root) of at least 30GB.

Create "sda3" 512MB or 3GB for swap/ 3GB if you want sleep mode - can be a larger size, up to the same number of your RAM

To partition use these commands:

To check existing partitions:

1. • blkid
2. • fdisk -l

To quickly zero the HD and create a new partition table:

cfdisk -z /dev/sda

To just create partitions within an existing partition table:

cfdisk /dev/sda

For another partitioner in text mode, very efficient by the way, in my opinion the best: parted

parted /dev/sda

To properly format each linux partition. Format in ext4 64Bits or XFS.

Example:

1. • mke2fs -text4 -O 64bit /dev/sdX

Or

2. • mkfs.xfs /dev/sdX

EXT4 and more compatible with DESKTOP programs: games, etc. Not to mention that ext4 is a mature system. Which supports improper shutdown.

On the other hand XFS is the fastest file system with proper support for SSDs. Equally, it is a mature system with Journaling.

1. • mke2fs -text4 -O 64bit -L ROOT /dev/sdX

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2. • mkfs.xfs -L ROOT /dev/sdX

For UEFI:

The partition /boot or /boot/EFI already have to be in FAT-12/16/32

It is worth noting that a partition FAT12 have to have at least 1M. already the FAT16 with at least 9M and FAT32 with at least 33M

If you are going to use it as /boot have to have at least 250M as /boot/EFI is the minimum indicated above corresponding to the chosen FAT partition type.

Use -F12 for FAT12. Example:

• Use: -s2 to reduce cluster size and make the partition readable by UEFI.
• mkfs.fat -F12 -s2 -n EFI /dev/sdX
• Else:
  • mkfs.fat -F12 -n EFI /dev/sdX

FORMATTING EXAMPLE

The option -L assigns labels to partitions, which helps to query them later through /dev/disk/by-label without having to remember your numbers. Now mount your partitions:

mkfs.fat -F12 -n EFI /dev/sd1               # <‐ EFI partition, Required for EFI systems.
mke2fs -text4 -O 64bit -L BOOT /dev/sda2    # <‐ BOOT partition, is Optional, but good practice to use separate BOOT partition in case of errors.
mkfs.xfs -L ROOT /dev/sda3                  # <‐ ROOT partition.
mkfs.xfs -L HOME /dev/sda4                  # <‐ HOME partition, Optional.
mkswap -L SWAP /dev/sda5                    # <‐ SWAP partition, Optional.  

PARTITION TABLE ASSEMBLY EXAMPLE, ACCORDING TO FORMATTING ABOVE:

Read. In the line below contains 7 command lines, obey each command:

 1. - swapon /dev/sda5                # <- Enable SWAP
 2. - mount /dev/sda3 /mnt            # <- Mounting the ROOT Partition
 3. - mkdir -p /mnt/home              # <- Create home folder
 4. - mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/home        # <- Mount HOME Partition 
 5. - mkdir -p /mnt/boot/EFI           # <- Create boot folder and EFI 
 6. - mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot        # <- Mount the BOOT Partition 
 7. - mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/EFI     # <- Mount the EFI Partition 

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Step 03 - FINALLY, LET'S GO TO INSTALLATION:

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To just load the keyboard layout for US:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • loadkeys us
2. • export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacstrap -i /mnt grub base wget base-devel linux mkinitcpio nano
2. • genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

Now it's inside the system (chroot):

arch-chroot /mnt

For encrypted HDs, that is, only, if you deliberately encrypted your HD, to do so, follow this LINK from my tutorial:

https://github.com/felipefacundes/desktop/tree/master/GRUB

In order for the system to start correctly, install GRUB:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -S grub ntfs-3g fuse2 dosfstools efibootmgr exfat-utils mtools gpart lzop udftools fuseiso libisoburn sdl xz gettext device-mapper bash-completion bash freetype2 xfsprogs polkit
2. • mkinitcpio -P

For systems UEFI

The partition /boot or /boot/EFI already have to be in FAT-12/16/32. As already mentioned.

mkfs.fat -F12 -n EFI /dev/sdX

Now prepare GRUB for UEFI:

• If the EFI partition is separated and mounted in the folder /boot/EFI:

grub-install --verbose --recheck --target=x86_64-efi --force --efi-directory=/boot/EFI --bootloader-id=ARCH --removable

• Or if the entire BOOT partition is on FAT and mounted on /boot:

grub-install --verbose --recheck --target=x86_64-efi --force --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=ARCH --removable

For BIOS (i386-pc):

• Use --force if partition table is GPT
• grub-install --verbose --recheck --target=i386-pc --force /dev/sda

Finish with:

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

If you dual boot with Rwindows, install the following "os-prober", then repeat the above command, or do it before running:

pacman -S os-prober

"Root password"

passwd root

Create your username: Don't forget to change the name: YourPreferenceUser <-- To your preferred Username. No accents. Example: john

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • useradd -m -g users -G daemon,disk,wheel,rfkill,dbus,network,video,audio,storage,power,users,input -s /bin/bash YourPreferenceUser
2. • usermod -a -G daemon,disk,wheel,rfkill,dbus,network,video,audio,storage,power,users,input YourPreferenceUser

Creating a password, for your user:

passwd YourPreferenceUser

Editing SUDOers to have admin access:

nano /etc/sudoers

Look for the line: "root ALL=(ALL) ALL"

And just below include your username like this: YourPreferenceUser ALL=(ALL) ALL

root ALL=(ALL) ALL
YourPreferenceUser ALL=(ALL) ALL

For XORG - That is, without it you will not have a graphical interface, it is extremely important:

pacman -S xorg-xinit xorg-server xorg-server-devel

If you dual boot with Windows, use:

Read. In the line below contains 3 command lines, obey each command:

1. • hwclock --systohc --localtime
2. • echo -e "HARDWARECLOCK="localtime" >> /etc/locale.conf"
3. • echo -e "echo -e "UTC=no" >> /etc/locale.conf"

To your hostname:

echo ArchLinux > /etc/hostname

To have internet:

Read. In the line below contains 3 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -S wireless_tools wpa_supplicant network-manager-applet networkmanager
2. • systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
3. • systemctl start NetworkManager.service

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Step 04 - Drivers

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For Nvidia drivers:

Enable Multilib in /etc/pacman.conf

Strip the hashtag before the two lines: [multilib] and Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

pacman -Syy nvidia-dkms linux-headers dkms nvidia-settings lib32-libvdpau lib32-libglvnd libglvnd libvdpau nvidia-utils opencl-nvidia xsettingsd xsettings-client ffnvcodec-headers libxnvctrl xf86-video-nouveau lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-opencl-nvidia nccl nvidia-cg-toolkit

For intel driver:

Enable Multilib in /etc/pacman.conf

Strip the hashtag before the two lines: [multilib] and Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

pacman -Syy lib32-vulkan-intel lib32-mesa lib32-libva1-intel-driver lib32-libva-intel-driver libva1-intel-driver libva-utils intel-opencl-clang intel-media-driver intel-graphics-compiler lib32-libglvnd libglvnd linux-headers dkms intel-gpu-tools intel-gmmlib intel-compute-runtime i810-dri xf86-video-intel vulkan-intel mesa libva-intel-driver iucode-tool intel-ucode intel-tbb

For AMD driver:

Enable Multilib in /etc/pacman.conf

Strip the hashtag before the two lines: [multilib] and Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

pacman -Syy opencl-mesa xf86-video-amdgpu xf86-video-ati linux-headers dkms vulkan-devel lib32-libglvnd libglvnd vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-icd-loader vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-validation-layers vulkan-validation-layers

Para o driver de Áudio:

Enable Multilib in /etc/pacman.conf

Strip the hashtag before the two lines: [multilib] and Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

pacman -Syy alsa-plugins alsa-utils lib32-alsa-plugins lib32-alsa-lib lib32-libpulse lib32-libcanberra-pulse pulseaudio-equalizer-ladspa ponymix pulseaudio-qt pulseaudio-lirc pulseaudio-jack pulseaudio-equalizer pulseaudio-bluetooth pulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio pavucontrol libpulse libcanberra-pulse libao lib32-libpulse qjackctl jack2 lib32-jack2 libffado --noconfirm

You can enable Radv, for your AMDGPU RADEON, so follow my tutorial, super easy:

https://amdgpu.github.io/

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Step 05 - Desktop

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Workspaces, choose either one or the other. Among them are: KDE, Cinnamon, GNOME, DEEPIN, XFCE, MATE

For Plasma kde:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -S kf5-aids kate nomacs gimp krita packagekit packagekit-qt5 discover okular kf5 plasma plasma-wayland-session plasma-mediacenter qtav mpv youtube-dl vlc sddm firefox-i18n-pt-br firefox plasma-pa xdg-user-dirs
2. • systemctl enable sddm

To install Cinnamon:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -S cinnamon lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm gimp viewnior firefox firefox-i18n-pt-br xdg-user-dirs
2. • systemctl enable lightdm

To install GNOME:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -S gnome gnome-extra gnome-shell gdm gimp viewnior firefox firefox-i18n-pt-br xdg-user-dirs
2. • systemctl enable gdm

To install DEEPIN:

Read. In the line below contains 3 command lines, and a command alternative. Obey each command, and read the alternative:

1. • pacman -S deepin-control-center deepin-daemon deepin-api deepin-desktop-base deepin-desktop-schemas deepin-dock deepin-gtk-theme deepin-launcher deepin-menu deepin-network-utils deepin-polkit-agent-ext-gnomekeyring deepin-qt5dxcb-plugin deepin-qt5integration deepin-session-ui deepin-shortcut-viewer deepin-sound-theme deepin-system-monitor deepin-wallpapers startdde lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm gimp viewnior firefox firefox-i18n-pt-br xdg-user-dirs
2. • systemctl enable lightdm
3. • pacman -Rdd deepin-anything deepin-anything-dkms

Or, if you don't have deepin-anything-dkms:

3. • pacman -Rdd deepin-anything

To install XFCE:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • sudo pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm gimp viewnior firefox firefox-i18n-pt-br xdg-user-dirs
2. • systemctl enable lightdm

To install MATE:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • sudo pacman -S mate mate-extra lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm gimp viewnior firefox firefox-i18n-pt-br xdg-user-dirs
2. • systemctl enable lightdm

KDE uses 800MB RAM, Cinnamon and GNOME use 750MB RAM, DEEPIN uses 700MB RAM, XFCE and MATE use 650MB RAM

To install XMATECE, an interface as beautiful and complete as MATE, but which uses less than 300MB of RAM, follow this tutorial:

https://github.com/felipefacundes/xmatece

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Step 06 - For those who want to use the startx rather than SDDM/GDM/LightDM and etc

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For TTY Autologin - GETTY - here is for autologin, WITHOUT NEEDING DM (Desktop Manager), like: lightdm, GDM, SDDM and etc:

Read. The line below contains 3 command lines, obey each command:

1. • mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/
2. • echo -e "[Service]" > /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/override.conf
3. • echo -e "ExecStart=" >> /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/override.conf

Don't forget to change YourPreferenceUsername <-- To your preferred username. No accents. Example: john

Read. In the line below contains 4 command lines, obey each command:

1. • echo -e "ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin YourPreferenceUser --noclear %I $TERM" >> /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/override.conf
2. • mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/
3. • echo -e "[Service]" > /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf
4. • echo -e "ExecStart=" >> /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf

Don't forget to change YourPreferenceUsername <-- To your preferred username. No accents. Example: john

echo -e "ExecStart=-/usr/bin/agetty --autologin YourPreferenceUser -s %I 115200,38400,9600 vt102" >> /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf

Start SERVICE

systemctl enable [email protected]

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Step 07 - Adjustments for: PERFORMANCE / GAMES / SECURITY

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Prepare for games. All the necessary dependencies, including to considerably increase the performance in games:

Enable Multilib in /etc/pacman.conf

Strip the hashtag before the two lines: [multilib] and Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

pacman -Syy --noconfirm egl-wayland eglexternalplatform libglvnd glfw-x11 clinfo opencl-headers opencl-mesa intel-opencl-clang libclc ocl-icd lib32-ocl-icd lib32-libglvnd lib32-glu glu libva-mesa-driver mesa mesa-demos mesa-vdpau lib32-mesa lib32-mesa-demos lib32-mesa-vdpau lib32-smpeg lib32-sdl_ttf lib32-sdl_mixer lib32-sdl_image lib32-sdl2_ttf lib32-sdl2_mixer lib32-sdl2_image lib32-sdl2 lib32-sdl sdl sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf sdl_image sdl_mixer sdl_ttf smpeg lib32-openal gambas3-gb-openal alure openal-examples openal freealut ffnvcodec-headers xf86-video-nouveau nvidia-cg-toolkit steam-native-runtime lib32-gtk3 vulkan-devel attr lib32-attr fontconfig lib32-fontconfig lcms2 lib32-lcms2 libxml2 lib32-libxml2 libxcursor lib32-libxcursor libxrandr lib32-libxrandr libxdamage lib32-libxdamage libxi lib32-libxi gettext lib32-gettext freetype2 lib32-freetype2 linux-headers dkms libsm lib32-libsm gcc-libs lib32-gcc-libs libpcap lib32-libpcap desktop-file-utils giflib lib32-giflib libpng lib32-libpng gnutls lib32-gnutls libxinerama lib32-libxinerama libxcomposite lib32-libxcomposite libxmu lib32-libxmu libxxf86vm lib32-libxxf86vm libldap lib32-libldap mpg123 lib32-mpg123 openal alsa-lib lib32-alsa-lib libxcomposite lib32-libxcomposite mesa-libgl lib32-mesa-libgl opencl-icd-loader lib32-opencl-icd-loader libxslt lib32-libxslt libpulse lib32-libpulse libva lib32-libva gtk3 gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader sdl2 lib32-sdl2 vkd3d lib32-vkd3d gsm ffmpeg xf86-video-ati xf86-video-amdgpu xf86-video-intel xf86-video-nouveau libva-intel-driver libva-utils libva-vdpau-driver vulkan-intel libgphoto2 ncurses lib32-ncurses libjpeg-turbo lib32-libjpeg-turbo lib32-alsa-plugins vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-intel lib32-vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-validation-layers wine-staging

For codecs (codecs, are extremely important in the system, for better multimedia harmony: sound and video):

Enable Multilib in /etc/pacman.conf

Strip the hashtag before the two lines: [multilib] and Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

pacman -S lib32-libcanberra-gstreamer lib32-gstreamer lib32-gst-plugins-good lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base aribb24 gpac gst-libav lame libdvbpsi libiec61883 libmad libmp4v2 libmpeg2 mjpegtools mpg123 twolame xvidcore libquicktime sox libopusenc opus opus-tools opusfile schroedinger aom celt flac libde265 opencore-amr openjpeg2 speex libfishsound gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-base-libs gst-plugins-good gstreamer libcanberra-gstreamer fmt atomicparsley

To make your computer much faster, more efficient, more secure. Increase performance and FPS in GAMES:

Read. In the line below contains 13 command lines, obey each command:

1. • echo -e "vm.swappiness=10" > /etc/sysctl.conf
2. • echo -e "net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
3. • echo -e "net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
4. • echo -e "net.ipv4.ip_forward=1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
5. • echo -e "net.ipv4.tcp_dsack=0" > /etc/sysctl.conf
6. • echo -e "net.ipv4.tcp_sack=0" > /etc/sysctl.conf
7. • echo -e "fs.file-max=100000" > /etc/sysctl.conf
8. • echo -e "kernel.sched_migration_cost_ns=5000000" > /etc/sysctl.conf
9. • echo -e "kernel.sched_autogroup_enabled=0" > /etc/sysctl.conf
10. • echo -e "vm.dirty_background_bytes=16777216" > /etc/sysctl.conf
11. • echo -e "vm.dirty_bytes=50331648" > /etc/sysctl.conf
12. • echo -e "kernel.pid_max=4194304" > /etc/sysctl.conf
13. • echo -e "vm.oom_kill_allocating_task=1" > /etc/sysctl.conf

In /etc/security/limits.conf Note: Below command will increase performance and FPS in games.

Read. In the line below contains 11 command lines, obey each command:

1. • echo -e "hard stack unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
2. • echo -e "nproc unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
3. • echo -e "nofile 1048576" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
4. • echo -e "memlock unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
5. • echo -e "as unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
6. • echo -e "cpu unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
7. • echo -e "fsize unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
8. • echo -e "memlock unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
9. • echo -e "msgqueue unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
10. • echo -e "locks unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
11. • echo -e "* hard nofile 1048576" >> /etc/security/limits.conf

include in /etc/systemd/

Read. In the line below contains 3 command lines, obey each command:

1. • cd /etc/systemd/
2. • wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/felipefacundes/desktop/master/etc-systemd/system.conf
3. • wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/felipefacundes/desktop/master/etc-systemd/user.conf

For notebooks:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics acpi libinput
2. • echo -e "vm.laptop_mode=1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf

If you don't enjoy your monitor, turning off, or dimming the screen (black screen), do the following:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • cd /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
2. • wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/felipefacundes/desktop/master/Arch_linux_Install/arch_linux_install_scripts/naodesligamonitor.conf

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Step 08 - Enable Hibernation

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For system HIBERNATION. Example:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • blkid
2. • nano /etc/default/grub

In resume=UUID change according to the example below and place according to the result of the blkid command, only the part of the UUID

resume=UUID="swap UUID" em "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="

In /etc/mkinitcpio.conf include in "HOOKS=" "resume" right after "filesystems"

After everything changed, run the commands for the system to go to sleep:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
2. • mkinitcpio -P

If you use paging swapfile - file to virtual memory (swapfile) and want the system to hibernate, follow the tutorial below:

https://github.com/felipefacundes/desktop/tree/master/swapfile-hibernate

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Step 09 - Additional Apps, Drivers and Configs:

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To install to printers:

Read. In the line below contains 3 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -S cups cups-filters cups-pdf cups-pk-helper libcups python-pycups python2-pycups system-config-printer lib32-libcups splix foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gutenprint-ppds foomatic-db-nonfree foomatic-db-nonfree-ppds foomatic-db-ppds hplip
2. • systemctl enable cups-browsed.service
3. • systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service

Totally optional, for virtualbox run:

pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules-arch virtualbox-guest-iso virtualbox

To install LibreOffice:

pacman -S libreoffice-fresh libreoffice-fresh-pt-br

Optional. To install TrueType fonts to increase the number of fonts on your system, search and install the ones you prefer:

pacman -Ss ttf

If you prefer to install all the fonts available in the repository, all at once, without even searching:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -S $(pacman -Ssq ttf)
2. • fc-cache

Or you can also install these fonts:

Read. In the line below contains 2 command lines, obey each command:

1. • pacman -S wqy-bitmapfont wqy-microhei wqy-microhei-lite wqy-zenhei terminus-font tamsyn-font dina-font adobe-source-han-sans-otc-fonts noto-fonts-emoji noto-fonts-cjk gnu-free-fonts font-bitstream-speedo bdf-unifont adobe-source-code-pro-fonts adobe-source-sans-pro-fonts adobe-source-serif-pro-fonts
2. • fc-cache

To have excellent accessibility support like TTS, follow the tutorial on my website:

https://brasiltts.wordpress.com/

For you to change the name of your distribution, if you want:

1. • pacman -S lsb-release
2. • nano /etc/lsb-release

So that you can use the famous AUR repository, when you don't have the desired program in the official repository, install yay, to use the AUR repository:

Read. In the line below contains 3 command lines, obey each command:

1. • git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
2. • cd yay
3. • makepkg -si

For you who came from UBUNTU or DEBIAN, and are used to the apt-get command, use:

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/felipefacundes/apt-get-pacman/master/iniciorapido.sh)

If you want to install Windows Games on Linux with ease. See the PlayOnGit project

• https://www.github.com/felipefacundes/PlayOnGit/
• https://jogoslinux.github.io/

For obsolete driver incompatible with current kernels: Catalyst

DO NOT use it, it's deprecated, it's here for Linux history purposes.

pacman-key -r 653C3094

pacman-key --lsign-key 653C3094

echo # uninstall the open drivers:

pacman -Rcc lib32-ati-dri ati-dri xf86-video-ati

pacman -S catalyst-hook catalyst-libgl catalyst-utils acpid qt4

install extra components (optional but needed for gaming):

pacman -S opencl-catalyst lib32-catalyst-utils lib32-catalyst-libgl lib32-opencl-catalyst

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  :OWo ......NMMMMWOkkkkxxxc''''''''.......... .kxK'
  ,dKk .....lWWWWMMMWWWNNNX:,''''''''...........KOx'
  ,lk0......ONNNWWddddddddo,,,,,''''''.........lNOc'
  'cdk;....;KXXXNO''',,,,,,,ddddoooolllccc:....0WO,'
  ',ddd....o0KKKXl'',,,,,,,lWWNNNXXKKK00OOc...,0Xx'
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    ':x:c......''''''',,,,xNWWWM0dddddool...:00O,'
     'ld::.......'''''',,,KNNNWWWMMMWWWWx..;XXK;'
      'dd::.......'''''''lKXXNN0kkOOOkkk;.;0KK;'
       'ox::........'''''x0KKKX;'''......lK0k;'
        'cx:c,........'.,OO00KO........'kN0o,'
         ',dllc'........lkkOO0c.......:KNk:'
           ':lldc.......oodddd'.....,d0Oc,'
            ',:ldxl'..............'lxxo;,'
              ',;lx0x;..........,cldo:'
               '',cxXXd,....,cdxkd:'
                   ',;o0N0odkkkk,'
                     ',;lxdl:,'

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