# Personal Arch Linux Install Guide

I'm using this repo to record the steps I take to install and personalize arch linux.
Hopefully I can automate some of the later steps over time.

# Part 1 - Installation

Generally following the steps on the arch 
[install guide](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide) to
get to a chrooted environment.

- Verify we booted as x64 UEFI `cat /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size`

## Network

- Check device with `ip link`
- Auth wifi with `iwctl station wlan0 connect $AP_NAME`
- `ping archlinux.org` to verify


## Partitioning

Use fdisk to partition:
/boot : 1G partition, type=1 (EFI), bootable (press M then a)
/ : remainder of the disk, default type

For /boot (/dev/sda1) call `mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sda1`

Follow the steps 
[here](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#LUKS_on_a_partition)
to encrypt the root partition. Consider increasing the cryptographic parameters as mentions.

Mount the partitions at /mnt and /mnt/boot.

## Install

Install the base:
`pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware`

Followed by important packages:
`pacstrap /mnt grub efibootmgr e2fsprogs networkmanager vim man-db man-pages texinfo sudo`

# Part 2 - Configure 

Generally follow the configure the system steps in the 
[install guide](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide#Configure_the_system).

`genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab`

`arch-chroot /mnt`

- Set the time as described.
- Set the localization as described.
- Enable NetworkManager `systemctl enable NetworkManager.service`
- Update the initramfs as described 
[here](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dm-crypt/Encrypting_an_entire_system#Configuring_mkinitcpio)

- Set the root password

- Run `grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB`
- Update `/etc/default/grub` to have the line:
`GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=UUID=device-UUID:root root=/dev/mapper/root"`
- Run `grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg`

- Reboot sucessfully(?) into the new system.

## In the new system

Connect to wifi
- `nmcli device wifi list`
- `nmcli device wifi connect --ask $SSID`
- `nmcli c modify $SSID connection.autoconnect true`

Create a user:
- `useradd -m -G wheel drew`
- `EDITOR=vim visudo` and uncomment the line starting %wheel

Install helpful utilities:

- `pacman -S git`

TODO: Install graphics driver pagckages?

# Part 3 - Desktop

Reboot and login as the new user.

Clone this git repo at /home/drew/install.

Run `sudo ./install_desktop.sh`

# Part 4 - Applications

`mkdir Documents/ Downloads/ Pictures/`
`sudo pacman -S firefox`

Log into firefox w/ sync (installs bitwarden.)

# Part 5 - Dev environment

`sudo pacman -S neovim lua-language-server ccls rust rust-analyzer jedi-language-server`

Start up neovim and run PackerSync
(note you may have to comment out:
init.lua: require(impatient)
opts.lua: vim.cmd("colorscheme nordfox")


Add ssh keys to gitea and gitlab.

mkdir prog and clone a c++ code base, a python code base, and a rust code base to test the language server.


# Part 6 - Optional

Steam?