Arch Linux Full Installation

The following are commands to install various essential packages, configure Neovim, set up system configurations, and more.

September 25, 2024 (5mo ago)

Installation Commands

The following are commands to install various essential packages, configure Neovim, set up system configurations, and more.

1. Install necessary packages

yay -Syu --needed --noconfirm neovim atuin moar zoxide nodejs npm eza ripgrep cheese lazygit fzf microsoft-edge-stable-bin bat lf silicon fd git-delta update-grub tesseract ttf-joypixels tmux fastfetch openssh pipx pyprland cmake github-cli spicetify spicetify-cli spotify openvpn systemd-resolvconf zsh protonvpn nodejs-browser-sync docker docker-desktop zen-browser docker-compose yazi ffmpegthumbnailer p7zip jq poppler imagemagick

2. Clone Neovim configuration

git clone https://github.com/abhidahal/avim $HOME/.config/nvim

3. Create a work directory and clone dotfiles

mkdir $HOME/work && git clone https://github.com/abhidahal/dot-arch $HOME/work/dot-arch

4. Copy necessary dotfiles

cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/.git $HOME/.config
cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/lazygit $HOME/.config

5. Remove and link .zshrc, .bashrc, and .gitconfig

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
sudo mv $HOME/.oh-my-zsh /usr/share/oh-my-zsh
( cd $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins && git clone https://github.com/chrissicool/zsh-256color )
( cd $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins && git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git )
( cd $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins && git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions)
rm -rf $HOME/.zshrc && rm -rf $HOME/.bashrc
cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/.zshrc $HOME/.config
cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/.bashrc $HOME/.config/
cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/aliases $HOME/.config
cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/.gitconfig $HOME/.config/
ln -s $HOME/.config/.zshrc $HOME/.zshrc
ln -s $HOME/.config/.bashrc $HOME/.bashrc
ln -s $HOME/.config/.gitconfig $HOME/.gitconfig

6. Install Starship prompt

curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh
cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/starship.toml $HOME/.config/

7. Install Atuin and configure

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://setup.atuin.sh | sh
source $HOME/.atuin/bin/env
atuin register -u <username> -e <email> -p LAtecdv55
atuin login -u <username>

8. Sync system clock

sudo timedatectl set-ntp true

9. Set up Hyprdots configuration

mkdir $HOME/.config/hyprdots
cp -r $HOME/.local/share/bin $HOME/.config/hyprdots/scripts

10. Install additional system packages

sudo pacman -S yazi ffmpegthumbnailer p7zip jq poppler fd ripgrep fzf zoxide imagemagick

11. Build Bat cache

cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/bat $HOME/.config/
cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/fastfetch $HOME/.config/
bat cache --build

12. Replace SDDM and GRUB themes

sudo rm -rf /usr/share/sddm && sudo cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/sddm /usr/share
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/grub && sudo cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/grub /usr/share
sudo update-grub

13. Hyprland Plugin Management

hyprpm update
hyprpm add <https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprland-plugins>
hyprpm list
hyprpm add hyprexpo
hyprpm enable hyprexpo
hyprpm update

14. Clone and set up Rofi themes

git clone https://github.com/lr-tech/rofi-themes-collection.git $HOME/work
mkdir -p $HOME/.local/share/rofi/themes
cp -r $HOME/work/rofi-themes-collection/themes/** $HOME/.local/share/rofi/themes

15. Generate SSH keys and add to the agent

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "<email>"
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
cat $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | wl-copy
 
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "youremail@yourdomain.com"
 
gh auth login --web -h github.com
gh extension install github/gh-copilot --force

16. Install global npm packages

sudo npm i -g pnpm && sudo npm i -g yarn && sudo npm i -g @antfu/ni

17. Acer Sense Fan and KB_LIGHTs

yay -S rsync openrc
cp -r $HOME/work/dot-arch/acerSense $HOME/.config
cd $HOME/.config/acerSense
sudo pacman -U Predator-Sense-CLI-7.2-11-any.pkg.tar.zst
chmod +x ./*.sh
sudo ./install_service.sh
> sudo ./install_openrc.sh
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