So I installed Arch

[iTpHo3NiX]

Well tbh being a newish nix user, only really using variants of Debian mainly for LAMP setups and Kali. I'm familiar with the command line, but I wouldn't consider myself an intermediate user by any means I was able to install Arch without much hassle thanks to lifehackers guide and some help from blindfuzzy.

Anyways here's what I did to install Arch, in a quick and dirty fashion

1. Gparted Live CD (booted off USB)
So I started off by formatting 2 of my drives to ext4, they were /dev/sdc (OS drive 120GB SSD) and /dev/sde (Data drive 500GB HD)

Quick and easy, no moar winblowz

2. Latest Arch ISO (USB Boot)
Ran:

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ping -c 3 www.google.comOk, I was connected to the internet

Then I ran the following stuffs:

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mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sde1 /mnt/home
Then I made my mirror on the top of the list that was closest to me.

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nano /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlistCTRL+X after doing so then saved the file

Installed Arch base, I didn't modify it, just installed all of it

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pacstrap -I /mnt base
Generated fstab

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genfstab -U -P /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
Ok, now time to connect to my Arch install

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arch-chroot /mntCreated locale files like so

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nano /etc/locale.genI uncommented en_US.UTF-8 CTRL+X and saved

I then created a locale.conf file like so

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echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Then set up timezone and clock

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ln -S /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtimeThen

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hwclock --systohc --utc
Then it was network time, now this had caused some issue, as for some reason my network card was called enp10s0 instead of eth0, so if you end up having trouble, check your network adapters.

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systemctl enable dhcpcd@eth0.serviceThis is for hardwired, there's extra steps for wife, but this is my install, so deal with it.

I then configed my pacman as I'm on a x64 system

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nano /etc/pacman.confAnd uncommented the multilib option

Ran the following to update my repos

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pacman -Sy
Ok then I set up my root password and then my user account

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passwd
<enter root pass and confirm>
useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power -S /bin/bash itpho3nix
passwd itpho3nix
<enter pass and confirm>
Now I setup sudo

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pacman -S sudo
I then edited the sudo config

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EDITOR=nano visudoI uncommented the %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL and saved

Time to install grub, here I fucked up and forgot to make the config, so I had to go back and fix that

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pacman -S grub-bios
grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sdc
cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo
grub-mkconfig -O /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Then time to unmount and reboot (removed USB after reboot)

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umount /mnt/home
umount /mnt
reboot
Ok now I'm into my new Arch install, however I was having issues connected to the internet until I leaned my adapter was called enp10s0, so my commands were as follows

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dhcpcd enps10s0And I was then online

I'm going to skip sound, because I haven't got it working yet, maybe TheWormKill will be able to help me later :-P

Ok time for the X window system

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sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils
I installed nVidia shits

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sudo pacman -S nvidia lib32-nvidia-utils
Then time to make sure gui works

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sudo pacman -S xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm
start
Yay! It worked now I wanted xfce so I did the following

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sudo pacman -S xfce4 slim
At the time, I didn't know, but I soon learned, I needed a login manager and whatnot, which is where I also ran into my other issue, I also installed SLiM which I included in the above command. Also I had issues logging in, but how it was corrected after a bit of googling was creating a file in my home directory

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cd ~
nano .xinitrc
Then added
exec xfce4-session and saved

Then ran the following:

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sudo systemctl enable slim.service
Rebooted and I was all set up and in

Yay. I welcome myself to the members amungst the Arch master race

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EDIT
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So I fixed my audio issue, thanks to straycat and Sinister

Ran the following

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sudo pacman -S pulseaudio puvacontrol
pulseaudio --start
puvacontrol
Then it was a matter of selecting my appropriate device which is kind of unconventional as its via HDMI to my monitor. But alas, I got it working

So another little issue I was having was my time wasnt correct. For some reason it was about 12 hours off. What's weird is I was set to the right timezone and whatnot, but hey whatever. So I decided to use internet time to ensure its correct

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sudo pacman -S ntp
ntpd -qg
After a minute or 2, there it was nice and fixed and synced via network.

[techb]

I would also install base-devel. Yeah, the network interfaces where renamed a while back, I would also get used to using ip instead of ifconfig.

You don't need a login menu or anything.  I don't use one. I just log in to the cli on boot and if I need the gui I just start xorg by doing "startx". If you ever have a severe issue with xorg like messing with drivers and such,  ctrl+alt+f2 to get to another cli session and kill xorg with "pkill X".

Some people use helpers for installing from AUR like yaurt. I would recommend learning to install things the old way by dl the tarball, unpacking,  makepkg, and installing that way for things not in the official repo. You will also have to unstall updates manually for AUR packages since pacman -Syu doesn't.

Anyway, welcome to the Arch army. After a month or so, you'll wonder why you didn't switch earlier lol.

[iikibT]

Tnx for the guide and GZ for comming to Arch. I myself have been "experimenting" (pronounced as "n00bing around") with Arch for some time, but need to learn some more before making the switch on my main computer =).

p.s.: I am also stealing your backround from the other thread, deal with it 

[proxx]

Glad you stopped being a faggot.

[TheWormKill]

Well, this is pretty much what the beginners guide etc. tells you to do, glad it worked out for you.

Just some comments from me:
The interface naming stuff is a new idea introduced by systemd (afaik) because interfaces don't show up in a deterministic order there due to the shitload of parallelization employed, so they get so-called unique names
that are not just numbered as in ethX.

Also, I wouldn't use GParted beforehand because you simply don't need it: the arch install ISO includes {c,}{f,g}disk as well as parted, which are very handy tools worth knowing anyway.

As for the sound: I'd need more information on your hardware etc. to be of help

[iTpHo3NiX]

Thanks for the input wormy. I used gparted because I had it during around on a USB and I knew how to use it and I didn't want to take the chance of losing my data :-P I have 3 identicle 2tb drives and 2 identicle 500gb drives that I had to know specifically which one to use to not lose my backups.

As for the audio, pulseaudio worked for my HDMI, whereas Alsamixer works for my mobos sound card. Only issue I have as far as audio input devices is the mic on my webcam, didn't want to work with rabb.it

The other issue I have is with dockbarx, it was working and then I fucked around with openbox and now it no longer works after getting rid of openbox and just sticking with xfce4. I'm thinking about changing from SLiM as its depreciated and isn't compatible with systemd

[TheWormKill]

Thanks for the input wormy. I used gparted because I had it during around on a USB and I knew how to use it and I didn't want to take the chance of losing my data :-P I have 3 identicle 2tb drives and 2 identicle 500gb drives that I had to know specifically which one to use to not lose my backups.

As for the audio, pulseaudio worked for my HDMI, whereas Alsamixer works for my mobos sound card. Only issue I have as far as audio input devices is the mic on my webcam, didn't want to work with rabb.it

The other issue I have is with dockbarx, it was working and then I fucked around with openbox and now it no longer works after getting rid of openbox and just sticking with xfce4. I'm thinking about changing from SLiM as its depreciated and isn't compatible with systemd

Well, I have a pulseaudioless setup, but I need to explicitely make ALSA use my speakers / jack as output instead of HDMI by putting this into my ~/.asoundrc:

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defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.ctl.card 1
(YMMV, I am running a laptop etc.)

Apart from that, check whether your mic works without rabb.it, mine does, and we all know how I am on video chats. Use

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arecord for that (not sure what package that is, alsa-utils maybe?). If it does,
the problem is somewhere in the chain rabb.it-browser-ALSA, I should investigate that futher.

As for SLiM, I used that on my Slackware install, but right now I just boot into a TTY and have a nice line in my ~/.zlogin (using ZSH, apply to your shell/whatever:

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[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && startx
This basically starts X when I log into said TTY. No need for a Login manager if you're like me.

[straycat]

YAY I was wondering if I was gonna see something like this after last night. Pretty much did it exactly how I would tho I would've installed base packages as well. Let us know how the tweaking goes with it once you make it truly yours.

[dimi]

I also made the jump to arch (still on a dual boot with windows though).

I had an issue with the dual boot thing (first installed grub on SDB where windows is on SDA and grub has to be installed on the windows partition).

After finding this problem, i finally made it to the login screen.

Now, as with iTpHo3NiX, my network connection doesn't work (though it worked when installing).
Tried to find this problem, still not solved. Also the locale.conf concerning the keyboard layout is a problem, will need to find that too.
I will give it  a try this weekend (or monday )
Google helped me out pretty good so far 

[iTpHo3NiX]

I also made the jump to arch (still on a dual boot with windows though).

I had an issue with the dual boot thing (first installed grub on SDB where windows is on SDA and grub has to be installed on the windows partition).

After finding this problem, i finally made it to the login screen.

Now, as with iTpHo3NiX, my network connection doesn't work (though it worked when installing).
Tried to find this problem, still not solved. Also the locale.conf concerning the keyboard layout is a problem, will need to find that too.
I will give it  a try this weekend (or monday )
Google helped me out pretty good so far 

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ip link
And get the name of your network adapter. Then run

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dhcpcd <interface-name>
And you should be good to go if you're on a wired connection.

This is a good resource for looking into network issues:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_configuration

Glad you made the jump to Arch :-)

[dimi]

Run

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ip link
And get the name of your network adapter. Then run

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dhcpcd <interface-name>
And you should be good to go if you're on a wired connection.

This is a good resource for looking into network issues:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_configuration

Glad you made the jump to Arch :-)

Thank you for the help. I was trying to use the ifconfig command but had  no luck 
As said, I will try it this weekend or monday.

I'm using a docking station, maybe that may be an issue too.

I'll try. Anyway, it is fun to try something new. Debian and Ubuntu look so easy now 

//avoiding double posting on 15/12/2015; It worked out iTpHo3Nix! I'm in x now (xfce) and have wired internet. I'm still looking to install the broadcom drivers and having my touchpad in working order (buttons do work). Haven't had time to try the touchpad but spent already 2 hours for the Wireless 

But arch is very smooth till now! Nice to be able to install it all, but it is a lot of work. I'm wonder why google hasn't blacklisted me yet 

[KOR]

I managed to get Arch installed last night. Fell into the same issues with the dhcpcd not being turned on but eventually got it resolved after I found out it renamed eth0 to eno16777736... And managed to get GNOME put on.

Anyway, I've run into a different problem now. I've followed the instructions for downloading and installing programs but can't get them to work (as in install). Any tips to get this up and running as my own alternative to Kali?

EDIT: Nevermind. My brain was obviously tired.

[evolut1o]

Never tried just the Arch, installed the BlackArch once and hated it, the repositories were all fuck, just to install the iso in my VM was a fucking nightmare.

[iikibT]

Never tried just the Arch, installed the BlackArch once and hated it, the repositories were all fuck, just to install the iso in my VM was a fucking nightmare.

BlackArch isn't really much more than a big collection of tools. If you want to benefit from it, you will be better off installing and configuring Arch the way you like it and then just installing BlackArch on top of it. Don't really know what you mean with "repositories were all fuck", you have 13K+ packages and they are generally well documented, what else could you want? Installing can be a pain if you are used to GUI installers, but if you stick to Beginners' guide it is quite easy and straightforward.

[evolut1o]

BlackArch isn't really much more than a big collection of tools. If you want to benefit from it, you will be better off installing and configuring Arch the way you like it and then just installing BlackArch on top of it. Don't really know what you mean with "repositories were all fuck", you have 13K+ packages and they are generally well documented, what else could you want? Installing can be a pain if you are used to GUI installers, but if you stick to Beginners' guide it is quite easy and straightforward.

It seems a useful plataform, but the last time i saw, BlackArch was outdated, some people told me that he was substituted by ArchAssault, that seems to be lighter and more operative. About the repository, it seems to be relocated to another server, i always used backtrack and kali, so i really didn't tried.