I read the whole arch wiki yesterday and this is what i learned.
1. ping archlinux.org (Connect to the Internet) 2. # timedatectl set-ntp true (Update the system clock) 3. Partition the disks (i'm still confused with this) 4. Format the partitions with appropriate file systems 5. Mount the file system on the root partition to /mnt 6. Select the mirrors (/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist) 7. # pacstrap /mnt base 8. # genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab (Fstab) 9. # arch-chroot /mnt (Chroot) 10. Time zone # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Region/City /etc/localtime
# hwclock --systohc
11. Localization
Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 and other needed locales in /etc/locale.gen, and generate them with: # locale-gen
12. Create the hostname file 13. # mkinitcpio -p linux ( Initramfs)
14. Set the root password: # passwd 15. install grub bootloader (i don't get either) 16. Exit the chroot environment by typing exit or pressing Ctrl+D. 17. Reboot
Install gentoo if you like USE flags and removing bloat from the kernel i guess that's all gentoo is good for
Connor Johnson
>shitposting memes get serious replies nu/g/
Zachary King
im literally screeching nu as we speak it's a cool word i hope i don't get kicked out
Ryder Foster
Partitioning is easy, just use LVM.
Isaac Morales
I never heard of LVM until yesterday
Ayden Myers
Fuck you
James Russell
Good find on the pic at least, OP. Love this desktop, great fucking song too.
Lucas Perry
Better Arch process, much simpler:
1. install Arch on bootable usb 2. delete it and install kubuntu on bootable usb 3. install kubuntu on your machine 4. enjoy an aesthetic computation experience that allows you to get work done and doesn't get in your way with rolling release nonsense.
Jaxson Flores
actually, rolling release does a better job of staying out of your way than point release distros.
the problem is, arch is a lazily engineered, bloated piece of shit meme os.
Nolan Wood
*KDE Neon
Adam Walker
>3. Partition the disks (i'm still confused with this) Use cfdisk for graphical-ish interface, much easier >15. install grub bootloader (i don't get either) pacman -S grub grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/sd? grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg I'm assuming that you don't need dualboot or uefi, if you do it's different
Bentley Cruz
1. boot a live disk 2. read the instruction file included in the live environment
Nathaniel Hill
show me the wiki page where it shows these commands i hate how arch hides this shit in hyper links
Asher Allen
>i386-pc that's 32 bit i have 64 bit, why does the command look retarded
Elijah Brooks
I'm not your employee, look it up
Levi Nguyen
I wonder how many people think they installed arch correctly but in actuality they missed some steps
Noah Howard
Yeah, i really like this desktop. One of my favorites
Evan Powell
command doesn't matter, its the same no matter what x86 cpu you have
there isn't even a 32bit arch install anymore
Jose Murphy
here, this is a simple install guide I wrote up because the wiki is poorly formatted. This gives you a full disk encryption and has instructions for both UEFI and BIOS. You're on your own for the rest of the system though pastebin pastebin.com/5uwebwyg
Unrelated with your thread but, where did you get that desktop background?
Robert Moore
you're just dumb.
the installation guide tells you you need to install a bootloader, and links you to a page listing your options. so you pick one. and then it describes *in detail* how to do it. you're just incapable of fucking reading.
>doesn't get in your way with rolling release nonsense. hmmm yes this makes sense having to reinstall your OS isn't getting in your way
Caleb Mitchell
yea i already found it before I forgot to delete the post >you're just incapable of fucking reading. more like im incapable clicking links 1000 times for every little info
Kevin Bell
>actually, rolling release does a better job of staying out of your way than point release distros. lol
Eli Morales
>here, this is a simple install guide I wrote up >this is a simple install guide how delusional are you?
Brandon Brown
>there isn't even a 32bit arch install anymore not officially
yes and no Installing gentoo takes fucking forever if you don't have decent hardware. I waited over 12 hours for the profile to compile and near 6 hours for the kernel to compile. Installing arch takes maybe 45 minutes if you have decent internet and at least somewhat know what you're doing.
Kevin Rodriguez
1. Download Manjaro ISO 2. Install
Lucas Bell
How the flying fuck do I install grub on a non-UEFI system? The Arch wiki is just a mess.
>six fucking hours for a kernel compile What the hell are you using? A potato?
Angel Russell
Its a 14 year old HP, Pentium4 HT and 2gb of ram. But I recently took all of my old/broken computers apart and put the ram from there in my main pc. Its now 6gb but I don't know if that would speed things up so much when I still have a trash cpu.
Aiden Edwards
>installing Arch >using Grub instead of systemd boot Morons...
Cameron Foster
just install manjaro
Aiden Green
Just be yourself and everything will work out in the end.
>people can't figure out simple instructions what the fuck happened
Ethan Davis
Windows 10 is so shit that microsoftoddlers are migrating to linux.
James Smith
Just try to install it OP. You will fuck it up. Take this as a fact. But still, you will learn in the process. And then you will try again, and again until eventually you manage to have your computer running a fresh and working install of Arch Linux. And even then you will try again to install. There will come a moment when you will manage to install Arch without looking at any kind of tutorials or cheatsheets, just having the wiki open on your phone for the occasional peek.
>imagine going through all these steps to install your operating system
Just installed elementary OS. Took like 5 minutes to install, then two commands to fully update it. Sure, more commands to get the software I want but IT JUST WERKS
>imagine being a cuck and letting a program install an OS for you
look kid, if you want it done right you have to do it yourself
Cooper Barnes
>implying you are not using programs to install arch
>muh unix philosophy, do one thing do it well!
>pacman -S systemd
Sebastian Cooper
S A V A G E
Jason Hughes
I haven't used a systemd os in a while so I am not insulted. But why do you oppose manual installs so much?
Nicholas Collins
lol stfu basedboy
Juan Nguyen
like i said, every single distro is fucking shit expect for debian and gentoo
Samuel Roberts
i used to send him emails during livestreams sent him about like 40 something emails in total, he would literally click on any link. after viewing it, he would delete it. i even asked him what a random number was he freaked out and it made me laugh hard.
sigh, damn, it's weird that he is dead
Julian Phillips
Better yet, just use Manjaro
Cooper Russell
my first distro was manjaro, it was okay but i realized later on it's really really really really fucking shit
Hudson Hall
the only reason i used it is cause of the stupid retarded distrowatch ranking shit. fuck distrowatch, stay away from that shit
Michael Miller
whats wrong with manharo?
Xavier Ward
If you think there is nothing wrong, you haven't used gnu/linux long enough or you are too retarded and need to go back to wangblows
Ayden Wood
Not an argument.
Justin Bennett
but I've never used it. I was asking you why it's shit.
Joseph Cooper
GRUB is useless bloat. All you really need is 1. mount /dev/sda1 (formatted as fat32 with ESP flag) /boot 2. pacman -S linux 3. efibootmgr --disk /dev/sdX --part Y --create --label "Arch Linux" --loader /vmlinuz-linux --unicode 'root=PARTUUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw initrd=\initramfs-linux.img' --verbose bruh from that century is that ancient shit
OP just install Linux from Scratch. I'm being 100% unironic here, Arch just has enough abstraction layers to confuse you and spit on you under the pretense of "learning". The Arch install isn't even that hard, it's just partitioning a disk, mounting it then copying the pacstrap and installing a boot manager. But I guarantee you will learn much more with LFS. Unironically, installing Gentoo is harder than LFS because of the abstraction and simplification it provides for a first time user. Just install LFS and a package manager (I recommend dpkg), trust me OP, you won't regret it once you get it up and running.
I'll translate "install gentoo" for you >Fix it yourself, learn how your system works, use search engine
Sebastian Williams
I tried to install LFS using the official guide but my brain stopped working after I couldn't compile some math librairies. Is there any hope for me or should I just kill myself myself?
Jace Diaz
RTFM. If you follow everything step by step there shouldn't be any reason to fail. There's actual care taken into making the book readable, comprehensible, and linear, unlike the many Distro Wiki's there are.
Isaiah Roberts
see
Jose Cooper
>15. install grub bootloader I'd look into alternatives. I ended up using rEFInd (or EFISTUB if it's the only OS on the machine) for reasons I'm now not too sure of but it may have had something to do with UEFI. Either way, my point is you have options and maybe I was just autistic when I picked my bootloader, but on the other hand maybe I had a legitimate reason, I can't remember.
I think you got the gist of it though. The only thing is you have a lot more setup to do after the steps you posted - firewall, network, hardware (e.g. drivers for when you close your laptop lid, drivers to control your keyboard backlight, etc.), an Xorg server and window manager and desktop of your choice, etc. Have fun!
Jaxon Torres
Bump
Christopher Baker
The Arch wiki is an abhorrent mess of articles. I hated installing arch the first few times I did it because navigating the wiki was the hardest part. Gentoo has a solid installation guide that made it super easy to install. Although they could have been more clear on things related to setting it up for a mbr boot, as I'm sure not everyone in the world has got a efi system.
I really want to try linux from scratch but the whole compiling everything, same as gentoo, really makes it take forever and leaves me with nothing to do but wait while my computer works and I sit and watch.
Nice job, I've had that picture downloaded since the first time I saw it.
>Minimalism isn't a lack of something, its just the perfect amount of something.
Why don't more people understand this?
Dominic Hall
Cause everyone is retarded sheep and universities create incompetent programmers and those incompetent programmers work for big IT corporations writing shit bloat code.
For me its something different. I don't program for a living, and barely even write scripts as a hobby. I just have old hardware and equipment and want to make the absolute best out of it. Removing things I don't need/want and using more optimized programs and operating system is the best way to make my old computer seem less obsolete. It also really saves on drive space and I think everyone no matter how great of a computer they have, can care about that. But yet for some reason most people dont care about using something with functions they dont want or will never use, that requires other programs that they don't want or will never use.
I cant control the bloat code in programs that I use, but I can control what programs I use and I don't see the point in having something that I'd never use. Life isn't so grandiose that I require everything possible just to live it, so why do I need everything out there just to do some computing?
Kayden Reyes
>I cant control the bloat code in programs that I use
What do you mean? Do you use bloated software?
Tyler Hill
I try my best not to use bloated software. But what I meant was I cant fix bloated software when I don't know how to program in any language.
Easton Ramirez
>I cant fix bloated software when I don't know how to program in any language. There are always nerds out there but, are you just not interested or don't have the motivation?
I'm learning C at the moment
Angel Bennett
I'm certainly interested but I'm not sure if I have the motivation. I know I wouldn't want to do it for a living but it would certainly make for a fun hobby. I'd be happy to learn almost any language. Particularly something like C or maybe an object orientated language like Haskell.
Any language and books for that language you would recommend?
Anthony Thompson
>Any language and books for that language you would recommend?
I literally downloaded this yesterday. Download it on lib gen. Practice makes perfect i guess
