Disk
cfdisk /dev/sda
Create 3 disk partitions:
- EFI System - 100M
- boot - 512M
- root - rest of the disk space
LUKS encryption
modprobe dm-crypt
modprobe dm-mod
cryptsetup luksFormat -v -s 512 -h sha512 /dev/sda3
cryptsetup open /dev/sda3 sda3_crypt
Disks formatting
mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt
Disks mounting
mount /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/boot/efi
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
Install Arch
pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt
Timezone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Region/City /etc/localtime
Set locale
pacman -S vim
Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 in the file /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
Create file /etc/locale.conf with content
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Set hotname
vim /etc/hostname
Root password
passwd
Sudo user
pacman -S sudo
Uncomment %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL using command
EDITOR=vim visudo
useradd -m -G wheel user
passwd user
UEFI GRUB
pacman -S efibootmgr grub
Add the line to the GRUB config /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:sda3_crypt"
and add the encrypt after the block in the file /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
mkinitcpio -p linux
grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
(optional) If the internet doesn’t work after reboot
pacman -S dhcpcd
systemctl enable dhcpcd.service
systemctl start dhcpcd.service
reboot
Post-install
sudo pacman -S bash-completion
Openbox
sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-server xorg-xinit
sudo pacman -S openbox
cp -s /etc/xgd/openbox ~/.config
Add to the file ~/.xinitrc
exec openbox-session
(optional) Install picom compositor
sudo pacman -S picom
Add to auto-start config ~/.config/openbox/autostart
picom &
(optional) Install openbox menu generator
sudo pacman -S menumaker
Resources
https://linuxhint.com/setup-luks-encryption-on-arch-linux/ https://gist.github.com/huntrar/e42aee630bee3295b2c671d098c81268 https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide