Arch Linux Post-installation

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/General_recommendations
• https://github.com/yuanbohan/dot-files

Window Manager (i3wm)

sudo pacman i3-gaps i3status i3blocks i3lock

Network (netctl)

• sudo pacman -S netctl dhcpcd
• systemctl start/enable netctl-auto@<interface>
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/netctl
• https://man.archlinux.org/man/netctl-auto.1.en

place your profiles under /etc/netctl folder. The following two profiles are from my profiles

## this profile is for WPA Personal, or WPA-PSK, mostly used in home
Description='A simple WPA encrypted wireless connection'
Interface=<wifi-interface>
Connection=wireless
Security=wpa
IP=dhcp
ESSID='<your-wifi-ssid>'
Key='<your key>'
# Uncomment this if your ssid is hidden
# Hidden=yes
# Set a priority for automatic profile selection
Priority=10

Description='A wireless connection using a custom network block configuration'
Interface=<wifi-interface>
Connection=wireless
Security=wpa-configsection
ESSID=<your-wifi-ssid>
IP=dhcp
WPAConfigSection=(
    'ssid="<your-wifi-ssid>"'
    'identity="<your identity>"'
    'password="<your password>"'
    'priority=1'
    'phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"'
    'key_mgmt=WPA-EAP'
)

Sound (pipewire)

sudo pacman -S pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-media-session

Bluetooth (bluez)

• sudo pacman -S bluez bluez-utils blueman
• sudo systemctl start/enable bluetooth
• blueman-manager // gui

Xorg Keyboard Layout Config

sodu pacman -S org-setxkbmap

• ad hoc localectl set-x11-keymap us “” colemak
• i3 config (colemak, swap ctrl with caps, left alt with left win) exec_always –no-startup-id setxkbmap us -variant colemak -option “ctrl:swapcaps,altwin:swap_lalt_lwin”

options in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst

Shell & Terminal emulator

• zsh
• alacritty

Editor

Emacs

Input (Chinese)

1. font sudo pacman -S adobe-source-han-sans-cn-fonts adobe-source-han-sans-tw-fonts adobe-source-han-sans-hk-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-cn-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-tw-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-hk-fonts
2. fcitx sudo pacman -S fcitx fcitx-googlepinyin fcitx-im fcitx-configtool
3. launch fcitx-configtool
   • add Google pinyin (in Input Method)
   • change your key to switch input method (I use Ctrl+Shift+Space)
4. in xinitrc configuration export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx export XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
5. in i3 exec –no-startup-id fcitx

Screen Capture

flameshot

Softwares

• yay htop tig cowsay cmatrix sl
• feh rofi ranger fzf picom
• xdg-user-dirs firefox vlc docker code
• openssh git tig htop tree inetutils lsof zip unzip ripgrep curl wget httpie tldr jq ripgrep neofetch httpie

Pacman cheat sheet

• pacman -Syu // update system
• pacman -Syy // update database
• pacman -S package_name // install online
• pacman -Ss package_name // search online
• pacman -U /path/to/the/package //// install offline
• pacman -R or pacman -Rs // remove software
• pacman -Qs package_name // search local
• pacman -Qe // list all installed softwares
• pacman -Qm // List Installed Packages that are not in the Official Repositories

pacman mirrorlist

################################################################################
################# Arch Linux mirrorlist generated by Reflector #################
################################################################################

# With:       reflector @/etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf
# When:       2022-11-05 09:59:19 UTC
# From:       https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/json/
# Retrieved:  2022-11-05 09:57:25 UTC
# Last Check: 2022-11-05 09:49:07 UTC

Server = http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.aliyun.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.163.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.uk.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://arch.mirror.constant.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.theo546.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.lty.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.chaoticum.net/arch/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://arlm.tyzoid.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://america.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://asia.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://europe.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.thaller.ws/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://phinau.de/arch/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.the-repo.org/ArchMirror/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.osbeck.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.pseudoform.org/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://pkg.fef.moe/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://seoul.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://arch.jensgutermuth.de/$repo/os/$arch

Dot files and Screenshot

my personal dot-files