Installing An Arch Desktop - Revision history

BrainwreckedTech: /* NFS */ Removed obsolete NFS configuration information

2022-03-14T05:18:08Z

NFS: Removed obsolete NFS configuration information

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:18, 14 March 2022
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	==NFS==		==NFS==

	~~For servers ONLY:~~		echo -e "[nfs-ip]:/\t[nfs-mount]\tnfs4\tnoatime,user,exec,soft,timeo=14\t0 0" >> /mnt/system/etc/fstab

	~~sed -i 's/^STATD_OPTS=""/STATD_OPTS="--no-notify"/g' /mnt/system/etc/conf.d/nfs-common.conf~~

	~~For clients ONLY:~~

	~~sed -i 's/^NEED_STATD=""/NEED_STATD="no"/g' /mnt/system/etc/conf.d/nfs-common.conf~~
	~~sed -i 's/^NEED_IDMAPD=""/NEED_IDMAPD="yes"/g' /mnt/system/etc/conf.d/nfs-common.conf~~

	echo -e "[nfs-ip]:/\t[nfs-mount]\~~tnfs~~\~~tasync~~,rw,exec\t0 0" >> /mnt/system/etc/fstab

	==mkinitcpio==		==mkinitcpio==

BrainwreckedTech: /* Fixes */ Removed the AWN Weather section as it is no longer applicable.

2022-03-14T05:15:39Z

Fixes: Removed the AWN Weather section as it is no longer applicable.

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:15, 14 March 2022
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	==Fixes==		==Fixes==

	~~===AWN Network Error In Weather===~~

	~~The Weather Channel changed the HTML on its web site and broke the script.~~

	~~sed -i 's/outlook\/travel\/businesstraveler/weather/g' \~~
	~~/usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/weather/weather.py~~

	~~sed -i 's/IMG/img/g' /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/weather/weather.py~~
	~~sed -i 's/SRC/src/g' /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/weather/weather.py~~
	~~sed -i 's/NAME/name/g' /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/weather/weather.py~~
	~~sed -i 's/WIDTH=/width="/g' /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/weather/weather.py~~
	~~sed -i 's/ HEIGHT=/" height="/g' /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/weather/weather.py~~
	~~sed -i 's/ BORDER/" border/g' /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/weather/weather.py~~

	~~sed -i 's/xoap\.weather/xml\.weather/g' /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/weather/weather.py~~

	===Nautilus Video Previews===		===Nautilus Video Previews===

BrainwreckedTech: /* GUI Configuration */ Removed the ATI section as it is no longer applicable

2022-03-14T05:14:45Z

GUI Configuration: Removed the ATI section as it is no longer applicable

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 ==GUI Configuration==
-===ATI Video Drivers===
+===GTK Themes===
 The defaults are not going to be pretty outside of the GNOME desktop environment.  You may want to install some packages and set some defaults for GTK.

BrainwreckedTech: /* Hardware Clock */ Reverted back to manually editing the adjtime file

2022-03-14T05:11:57Z

Hardware Clock: Reverted back to manually editing the adjtime file

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	If you aboslutely must have the hardware clock set to local time:		If you aboslutely must have the hardware clock set to local time:

	~~timedatectl set-local-rtc 1~~		{{hc\|/etc/adjtime\|2=
			0.0 0 0
			0
			LOCAL
			}}

	==Locale==		==Locale==

BrainwreckedTech: /* Hardware Clock */ Updated how to set RTC is local time

2022-03-14T05:07:04Z

Hardware Clock: Updated how to set RTC is local time

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:07, 14 March 2022
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	If you aboslutely must have the hardware clock set to local time:		If you aboslutely must have the hardware clock set to local time:

	~~cat << EOF > /mnt/system/etc/adjtime~~		timedatectl set-local-rtc 1
	~~0.0 0.0 0.0~~
	0
	~~LOCALTIME~~
	~~EOF~~

	==Locale==		==Locale==

BrainwreckedTech: Major re-vamp

2014-09-26T20:02:16Z

Major re-vamp

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BrainwreckedTech: /* Installing The System */ Re-arranged and added some programs

2014-03-15T06:39:30Z

Installing The System: Re-arranged and added some programs

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:39, 15 March 2014
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	You can pick and choose from the following lines.		You can pick and choose from the following lines.

	PKGS+=" acpid ~~base~~ cpupower lm_sensors ncdu ntp ~~reflector~~ sudo"		PKGS+=" base acpid cpupower lm_sensors ncdu ntp openssh sudo"
	PKGS+=" dcflldd rsync wget"		PKGS+=" dcflldd dnsutils iotop ix reflector rsync tmux whois wget"
			PKGS+=" arj lzop p7zip unrar unzip zip" # Compressed archives
	PKGS+=" grub-bios os-prober" # GRUB2 boot loader		PKGS+=" grub-bios os-prober" # GRUB2 boot loader
	PKGS+=" syslinux" # Syslinux boot loader		PKGS+=" syslinux" # Syslinux boot loader
	PKGS+=" alsa-utils alsa-plugins libsamplerate" # ALSA		PKGS+=" alsa-utils alsa-plugins libsamplerate" # ALSA
	PKGS+=" dosfstools ntfsprogs" # Microsoft filesystems		PKGS+=" dosfstools mtools ntfsprogs" # Microsoft filesystems
	PKGS+=" hdparm parted smartmontools" ~~# Extra drive utils~~		PKGS+=" hdparm hwdetect lshw parted smartmontools" # Extra hardware tools
	~~PKGS+=" hwdetect lshw"~~ # Extra hardware tools
	~~PKGS+=" arj lzop p7zip unrar unzip zip" # Compressed archives~~
	PKGS+=" cups sane" # For printing/scanning		PKGS+=" cups sane" # For printing/scanning
	~~PKGS+=" openssh" # For remote control~~
	PKGS+=" nfs-utils" # For NFS client/server		PKGS+=" nfs-utils" # For NFS client/server
	PKGS+=" samba" # For Samba Server		PKGS+=" samba" # For Samba Server
	PKGS+=" xorg-server ~~xorg-utils~~ xorg-xinit xorg-xrandr" # For GUI Desktop		PKGS+=" xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-xrandr" # For GUI Desktop
	PKGS+=" xf86-video-vesa" # Generic VESA driver		PKGS+=" xf86-video-vesa" # Generic VESA driver
	PKGS+=" xf86-video-intel" # Intel opensrc		PKGS+=" xf86-video-intel" # Intel opensrc

BrainwreckedTech: /* Installing The System */ Modified package list

2014-03-06T14:17:18Z

Installing The System: Modified package list

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:17, 6 March 2014
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	You can pick and choose from the following lines.		You can pick and choose from the following lines.

	PKGS="acpid base cpupower lm_sensors ncdu ntp reflector sudo"		PKGS+=" acpid base cpupower lm_sensors ncdu ntp reflector sudo"
	PKGS="$PKGS grub-bios os-prober" # GRUB2 boot loader		PKGS+=" dcflldd rsync wget"
	PKGS="$PKGS alsa-utils alsa-plugins libsamplerate" # ALSA		PKGS+=" grub-bios os-prober" # GRUB2 boot loader
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ dosfstools ntfsprogs" # Microsoft filesystems		PKGS+=" syslinux" # Syslinux boot loader
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ hdparm parted smartmontools" # Extra drive utils		PKGS+=" alsa-utils alsa-plugins libsamplerate" # ALSA
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ hwdetect lshw" # Extra hardware tools		PKGS+=" dosfstools ntfsprogs" # Microsoft filesystems
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ arj lzop p7zip unrar unzip zip" # Compressed archives		PKGS+=" hdparm parted smartmontools" # Extra drive utils
	PKGS="~~$PKGS base-devel wget" # For compiling (AUR)~~		PKGS+=" hwdetect lshw" # Extra hardware tools
	~~PKGS="$PKGS curl jshon git" # For compiling packer~~		PKGS+=" arj lzop p7zip unrar unzip zip" # Compressed archives
	~~PKGS="$PKGS~~ cups sane" # For printing/scanning		PKGS+=" cups sane" # For printing/scanning
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ openssh" # For remote control		PKGS+=" openssh" # For remote control
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ nfs-utils" # For NFS client/server		PKGS+=" nfs-utils" # For NFS client/server
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ samba" # For Samba Server		PKGS+=" samba" # For Samba Server
	PKGS="~~$PKGS rsync" # For remote file sync~~		PKGS+=" xorg-server xorg-utils xorg-xinit xorg-xrandr" # For GUI Desktop
	~~PKGS="$PKGS~~ xorg-server xorg-utils xorg-xinit xorg-xrandr" # For GUI Desktop		PKGS+=" xf86-video-vesa" # Generic VESA driver
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ xf86-video-vesa" # Generic VESA driver		PKGS+=" xf86-video-intel" # Intel opensrc
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ xf86-video-intel" # Intel opensrc		PKGS+=" xf86-video-ati" # ATI opensrc
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ xf86-video-ati" # ATI opensrc		PKGS+=" xf86-video-nouveau" # NVIDIA opensrc
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ xf86-video-nouveau" # NVIDIA opensrc		PKGS+=" nvidia nvidia-utils vdpau-video" # NVIDIA closed all
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ nvidia nvidia-utils vdpau-video" # NVIDIA closed all		PKGS+=" ttf-droid ttf-ubuntu-font-family" # Extra fonts
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ ttf-droid ttf-ubuntu-font-family" # Extra fonts		PKGS+=" gtk-engines librsvg lxappearance" # GTK2 Themes & Config
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ gtk-engines librsvg lxappearance" # GTK2 Themes & Config		PKGS+=" hplip python2-{pillow,reportlab,notify,dbus,pyqt}" # HPLIP
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ hplip ~~pil" # HPLIP~~		PKGS+=" xsane-gimp" # Scanner support
	~~PKGS="$PKGS~~ python2-reportlab ~~python2-~~notify ~~python2-~~dbus ~~python2-~~pyqt" # HPLIP		PKGS+=" lxdm" # LXDM Display Manager
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ xsane-gimp" # Scanner support		PKGS+=" compizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-fusion-plugins-extra" # Compiz
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ lxdm" # LXDM Display Manager		PKGS+=" ccsm emerald-themes" # Compiz + Emerald
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ compizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-fusion-plugins-extra" # Compiz		PKGS+=" galculator gucharmap lxtask mcomix sakura viewnior xdialog" # Miscellaneous
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ ccsm emerald-themes" # Compiz + Emerald		PKGS+=" xfburn gnucash gtk-recordmydesktop" # Miscellaneous
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ galculator gucharmap lxtask mcomix sakura viewnior xdialog" # Miscellaneous		PKGS+=" qemu wine_gecko" # Emulation
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ xfburn gnucash gtk-recordmydesktop" # Miscellaneous		PKGS+=" gksu gparted gsmartcontrol" # GUI Frontends
	PKGS="~~$PKGS virtualbox virtualbox-guest-iso~~ wine_gecko" # Emulation		PKGS+=" audacity deadbeef" # Audio
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ gksu gparted gsmartcontrol" # GUI Frontends		PKGS+=" gimp-help-en inkscape" # Graphics
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ audacity deadbeef" # Audio		PKGS+=" avidemux-gtk libdvdcss mediainfo mencoder mkvtoolnix-gtk" # Multimedia
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ gimp-help-en inkscape" # Graphics		PKGS+=" chromium firefox flashplugin midori opera" # Browsers
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ avidemux-gtk libdvdcss mediainfo mencoder mkvtoolnix-gtk" # Multimedia		PKGS+=" epdfview geany" # Doc View/Edit
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ chromium firefox flashplugin midori opera" # Browsers		PKGS+=" libreoffice-calc libreoffice-en-US libreoffice-writer" # LibreOffice
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ epdfview geany" # Doc View/Edit		PKGS+=" hunspell-en hyphen-en mythes-en aspell-en" # Dict,Thes,etc.
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ libreoffice-calc libreoffice-en-US libreoffice-writer" # LibreOffice		PKGS+=" pidgin-libnotify purple-plugin-pack skype xchat" # IM / Chat / VoIP
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ hunspell-en hyphen-en mythes-en aspell-en" # Dict,Thes,etc.		PKGS+=" thunderbird" # Email
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ pidgin-libnotify purple-plugin-pack skype xchat" # IM / Chat / VoIP		PKGS+=" lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-alsa-plugins lib32-libsamplerate" # 32-libs for 64-bit
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ thunderbird" # Email
	PKGS="~~$PKGS~~ lib32-nvidia-utils lib32-alsa-plugins lib32-libsamplerate" # 32-libs for 64-bit
	<!--		<!--
	PKGS="$PKGS openbox openbox-themes cairo-compmgr" # OpenBox		PKGS="$PKGS openbox openbox-themes cairo-compmgr" # OpenBox

BrainwreckedTech: /* Stuff That Can Only Be Done If Current Machine Is Installation Target */ Delete section - No longer relevent

2014-03-06T14:04:30Z

Stuff That Can Only Be Done If Current Machine Is Installation Target: Delete section - No longer relevent

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   grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
   grub-install ${TRGT:0:8}
 ==Finish System Setup==

BrainwreckedTech: Changed recommended DM from SLiM to LXDM due to systemd compatibility.

2014-03-06T13:46:16Z

Changed recommended DM from SLiM to LXDM due to systemd compatibility.

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:46, 6 March 2014
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	* Choices for piecing together your own system can be staggering.		* Choices for piecing together your own system can be staggering.

	One of the side-benefits from Arch's KISS approach is that it is relatively trivial to install Arch from an existing Arch system, including the installation ISO. For the sake of simplicity, this article will only cover the setup of an Arch system using ~~SLiM~~ and Compiz + Emerald. These are by no means the only choice for a desktop system.		One of the side-benefits from Arch's KISS approach is that it is relatively trivial to install Arch from an existing Arch system, including the installation ISO. For the sake of simplicity, this article will only cover the setup of an Arch system using LXDM and Compiz + Emerald. These are by no means the only choice for a desktop system.

	=Pre-Installation=		=Pre-Installation=
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	PKGS="$PKGS python2-reportlab python2-notify python2-dbus python2-pyqt" # HPLIP		PKGS="$PKGS python2-reportlab python2-notify python2-dbus python2-pyqt" # HPLIP
	PKGS="$PKGS xsane-gimp" # Scanner support		PKGS="$PKGS xsane-gimp" # Scanner support
	PKGS="$PKGS ~~slim slim-themes archlinux-themes-slim~~" # ~~SLIM~~ Display Manager		PKGS="$PKGS lxdm" # LXDM Display Manager
	PKGS="$PKGS compizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-fusion-plugins-extra" # Compiz		PKGS="$PKGS compizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-fusion-plugins-extra" # Compiz
	PKGS="$PKGS ccsm emerald-themes" # Compiz + Emerald		PKGS="$PKGS ccsm emerald-themes" # Compiz + Emerald
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	==DAEMONS Setup==		==DAEMONS Setup==

	systemctl enable acpid.service lm_sensors.service smartd.service nfs-wait-online.service ntpd.service cups.service cronie.service cpupower.service ~~slim~~.service		systemctl enable acpid.service lm_sensors.service smartd.service nfs-wait-online.service ntpd.service cups.service cronie.service cpupower.service lxdm.service

	==Hardware Clock==		==Hardware Clock==
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	sed -i 's/# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL/%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL/g' /etc/sudoers		sed -i 's/# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL/%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL/g' /etc/sudoers
	echo 'Defaults rootpw' >> /etc/sudoers		echo 'Defaults rootpw' >> /etc/sudoers

	~~==SLiM (GUI Only)==~~

	~~sed -i 's/exec \/bin\/bash/exec dbus-launch \/bin\/bash/g' /etc/slim.conf~~

	==Make InitRAM Images==		==Make InitRAM Images==