BAD Gumby's base install of Arch

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WARNING

This script was created by BAD Gumby for his own install. The very first step is wiping your storage device. If you use it, be sure to backup your data before starting the script. BAD Gumby takes no responsibility for lost data or damage to your device.

Files

Apps-Arch-Repo.md

Table of apps that will be installed from the official Arch repository if you use BAD Gumby's defaults

Apps-User-Repo.md

Table of apps that will be installed from the Arch user repository (AUR) if you use BAD Gumby's defaults

arch-install-gumby(-2/3).sh

What you came to see

configuration.md

Contains the common configuration changes that I make on a fresh install

"icons" folder

Contains icons I commonly use

README.md

Uh... you're looking at it

Preparing to run the script

1. Download the archiso image from https://www.archlinux.org/

2. Copy to a usb-drive. If on linux use the below command:

   dd if=archlinux.img of=/dev/sdX bs=16M && sync

3. Boot from the usb. If the usb fails to boot, make sure that secure boot is disabled in the BIOS configuration.

4. Setup network connections

   For Wired LAN, use systemctl start dhcpcd@eth0.service

   For Wireless LAN, use wifi-menu

Executing the script

bash <(curl -s --tlsv1.2 --request GET "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/badgumby/arch-linux-install/master/arch-install-gumby.sh")

What does this script do? In order:

1. Prompts for system type (EFI or BIOS)

   Note: BIOS setup is still a work-in-progress. DO NOT USE BIOS OPTION.

2. Format and partitions your hard drive

   • EFI Formatting

     Partition	Size	Type	Format
     1	200 MB	EFI (ef00)	FAT32
     2	500 MB	Linux File System (8300)	EXT2
     3	Remainder +	Linux File System (8300)	LUKS (aes-xts-plain64) logical volume group (vg0)
     vg0-swap	8 GB	n/a	swap on vg0
     vg0-root	Remainder +	n/a	EXT4 on vg0

   • BIOS Formatting

     Partition	Size	Type	Format
     1	10 MB	MBR (ef02)	FAT32
     2	250 MB	Linux File System (8300)	EXT2
     3	Remainder +	Linux File System (8300)	LUKS (aes-xts-plain64) logical volume group (vg0)
     vg0-swap	8 GB	n/a	swap on vg0
     vg0-root	Remainder +	n/a	EXT4 on vg0

3. Run pacstrap (base install) based on choice of system. Packages listed below:

   • EFI:

     base base-devel grub-efi-x86_64 efibootmgr linux-headers zsh vim wget git dialog wpa_supplicant reflector

     Note: base is the required minimum for install, and base-devel is recommended.

   • BIOS:

     base base-devel grub-bios linux-headers zsh vim wget git dialog wpa_supplicant reflector

     Note: base is the required minimum for install, and base-devel is recommended.

4. Generate /etc/fstab

5. Make a tmpfs for /tmp (used by installer)

6. Download second script

   arch-install-gumby-2.sh

7. Chroot into new system

   arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash /root/arch-install-gumby-2.sh

8. Set time zone

9. Set hostname

10. Enable en_US.UTF-8 locale, and generate locale

11. Set root password

12. Create new user, set shell, and add to wheel group

13. Configure initrd MODULES

    • Default:

      ext4

    • Custom:

      Enter modules separated by spaces

14. Configure initrd BINARIES

    • Default:

      none

    • Custom:

      Enter binaries separated by spaces

15. Configure initrd FILES

    • Default:

      none

    • Custom:

      Enter files separated by spaces

16. Configure initrd HOOKS

    • Default:

      base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard encrypt lvm2 filesystems fsck

    • Custom:

      Enter hooks separated by spaces

17. Generate initrd image

18. Run initial grub-install, edit grub config for cryptdevice boot, then run grub-mkconfig

19. Enable Arch [multilib] repo

20. Run reflector to update mirrors based on sync, location, and sort by download speed

21. Intialize pacman-key

22. Install packages from Arch official repository

    • BAD Gumby's default packages:

      List of official repo packages

    • Custom:

      Enter packages separated by spaces

23. Download third script

arch-install-gumby-3.sh

24. Switch into newly created user

su -p $MYUSERNAME /home/${MYUSERNAME}/arch-install-gumby-3.sh

25. Download and install yay Arch user repository helper and pacman wrapper

26. Prompt to install System76 drivers/modules (installed from AUR)

    • Packages

      system76-driver system76-dkms-git system76-wallpapers

27. Install packages from Arch user repository

    • BAD Gumby's default packages:

      List of AUR packages

    • Custom:

      Enter packages separated by spaces

28. Enable services sytemctl enable * after packages have been installed

Enter services separated by spaces

29. Prompt to install BAD Gumby's favorite themes/fonts

    • Packages:

      List of Themes/Fonts

30. Prompt to reboot