# Artix Base Install

Created: Feb 25, 2021 10:12 AM
Tags: ArchLinux, Artix
URL: https://youtu.be/nCc_4fSYzRA
Updated: Feb 26, 2021 11:08 AM

## Base Install

[Wiki | Main / Installation](https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Installation)

[Installing Artix Linux (Like Arch, but better)](https://youtu.be/nCc_4fSYzRA)

> `Ctrl` `Alt` `F2` / `F10` / `F9` usually goes back into the system TTY if there's ever any problem.

```bash
# 1. Verifying if UEFI
ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

# 2. Verify that you have internet (you might need to install `wifi-menu`)
ping <any-website>

# 3. Start witht the disk partitioning

# 3.1. Get root access
sudo su

# 3.2. Enter the `fdisk` utility
lsblk
fdisk /dev/sda
# Press `d` to delete a partition, if you have one.
# `p` lists the partitions.

# 3.3. Start creating your partitions
n

# 3.4. Boot Partition
# Press n twice and then (Last Sector) select +1G for the size of the boot partition.

# 3.5. Root Partition
# The recommended size is 30G

# 3.6. Home Partition
# Just press enter for everything so it takes the rest of the space.

# 3.7. Write Your Partitions
# `fdisk` only writes the partitions once you use the `w` command.
w

# 4. Verify your partitions
lsblk

# 5. Start creating filesystems

# 5.1. Home
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3
# If using UEFI, change `ext4` to `fat`: `mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1

# 5.2. Root
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

# 5.1. Boot
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

# Now we have all of our partitions with filesystems on them

# 6. Mounting

# 6.1. Mount your root to wherever
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

# 6.2. Create 2 useful directories
mkdir /mnt/home
mkdir /mnt/boot

# 6.3. Mount the Root Partition into the new /mnt/boot, and do the same for the home
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home
# Run `lsblk` to see that everything is mounted where it's supposed to be

# 7. Install the Operating System

# The Artix Wiki tells you which command for which distribution you need to apply
basestrap /mnt base base-devel openrc # pacstrap in ArchLinux
basestrap /mnt linux linux-firmware # this could be done on the command above

# 8. Setting up for reboot

# We need to tell the system how to boot the correct partitions when it reboots.
fstabgen -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab # genfstab in ArchLinux
# -U makes it so the PC uses the UUID of the partition, instead of its alias, which might conflict with something else.

# 9. Configs on the newly installed OS

artix-chroot /mnt # this accesses the installed OS
sh-5.0\# bash

[art /]\# vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist # Optional
[art /]\# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/ # Creating a symbolic link for your timezone
[art /]\# **ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Sao_Paulo /etc/localtime**
[art /]\# ls -l /etc/localtime # should link to America/Sao_Paulo
[art /]\# hwclock --systohc # updates the hardware clock
[art /]\# sudo pacman -Syu vim
[art /]\# vim /etc/locale.gen # Uncomment `en_US`'s UTF and ISO
[art /]\# locale-gen
[art /]\# vim /etc/locale.conf # new file
  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
[art /]\# pacman -S networkmanager networkmanager-openrc
[art /]\# ln -s /etc/runit/sv/NetworkManager/ /etc/runit/runsvdir/current # autostarts networkmanager
# OpenRC has a different command for what's above. See the wiki for more. (pacman -S connman-openrc) (rc-update add connmand)
[art /]\# vim /etc/hostname
  desktop
[art /]\# vim /etc/hosts
  127.0.0.1        localhost
  ::1              localhost
  127.0.1.1        desktop.localdomain  desktop
[art /]\# vim /etc/conf.d/hostname
  hostname='desktop'
[art /]\# pacman -S dhcpcd
[art /]\# pacman -S grub <for dual-boot: os-prober> <for UEFI: efibootmgr>
[art /]\# grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sda (UEFI: grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB)
[art /]\# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
[art /]\# passwd

# 10. Entering the Machine

# 10.1. Reboot
# Reboot the machine and enter the username as root and the password you set up above.

exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

# 10.2. Add a new user:
useradd -mg wheel philippe
passwd philippe
```

## GUI

[After a Minimal Linux Install: Graphical Envionment and Users](https://youtu.be/nSHOb8YU9Gw)

```bash
# 1. User setup

useradd -m -g wheel luke
# Other commands useradd, userdel, groupadd, groupdel
# `getent group` lists all groups
# `groups philippe` lists all groups philipe is a part of

vim /etc/sudoers # base-devel should have installed sudo
# Uncomment line 82 or 85
# Minute 6:34 mentions a more custom configuration

# 2. Graphical Desktops

# Two Options: Desktop Environments and Window Managers

# At any rate, install:
sudo pacman -S xf86-video-<intel/amd> xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-xrandr 
sudo pacman -S <xterm/konsole> git
# Start the server via `xinit` or `startx`, which will read `~/.xinitrc to know what to start

# Install YAY
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git
cd yay-git
makepkg -si
(yay -S brave-bin)
(yay -S nerd-fonts-mononoki)

sudo pacman -S brave-bin
sudo pacman -S xmonad xmonad-contrib
sudo pacman -S xterm dmenu

# Once you've installed all that
vim .xinitrc
  #!/bin/sh
  xinitrc
startx

# 3. Configuring XMonad

sudo pacman -S ttf-fira-code xorg-xmodmap

# You can also use the configuration I have on Github to cut most of the following steps down.
# !!! This will probably too much of a configuration change. Don't do it unless you do it step by step.
cd ~
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/psygo/unix_config.git
git pull origin master
# Edit your ~/.xinitrc
  #!/bin/sh

  exec xmonad &
  xinit

# 3.1. Open your browser and search for: xmonad default config. 
##     Download the: latest darcs template xmonad.hs

# 3.2. 
```

[Getting Started With Xmonad](https://youtu.be/3noK4GTmyMw)

## GTK

GTK is a toolset for UI on Linux. Many applications use it. Customizing it will affect all of them.

There are tons of themes on the AUR:

```bash
sudo pacman -Syu lxappearance
yay -S gtk-blah-blah-blah
```

## Dual Boot

[Arch Linux Install and Dual Boot with Windows 10 (UEFI) | Step by Step w/ Networking | 2021 Tutorial](https://youtu.be/LGhifbn6088)

Install Windows 10 first, not after Linux. Linux is capable of intelligently managing partitions of all systems, unlike Windows.

1. Go to Disk Management on Windows 10
2. Right-click on the C disk and shrink its volume. Enter the amount to shrink by in MB.
3. Download Arch/Artix
4. Go to Balena Etcher and put the image on a drive.
5. Search for "boot" on the startup options.
    - Use the advanced startup to boot into your ISO.
6. Continue with the typical Artix installation.
    - Just be careful not to partition the wrong partitions.
    - And don't forget to check for UEFI.
        - And to install `os-prober` if it does exist.