We are going to Install Arch Linux from Scratch
Download Arch ISO from official website
Use it via VirutalBox or VMware - give around 2GB of ram & 16gb of disk space
Start the VM
#Check Internet Access
ping archlinux.org
#Set Time & Date
timedatectl set-ntp true
Creating a Partition
#Check the partitions
fdisk -l
#Create partition using cfdisk
cfdisk
#Create a partition, allocate space & select it as bootable --> Create --> exit
#you can choose to create a swap space if required to hibernate.
#Creating File System, i choose /dev/sda2 as that's where i am looking to install the file system
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
#Creating Swap Memory
mkswap /dev/sda1
#Mount the drives
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
swapon /dev/sda1
Installing Required Tools
pacman -Sy pacman -S archlinux-keyring
pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel linux-lts linux-firmware dhcpcd vim nano iputils netctl networkmanager grub
Adding drive UUID to fstab
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
cat /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt
Setting up Location & Hostname
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkota /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc
nano /etc/locale.gen
#uncommnet en_US
locale-gen
nano /etc/hostname
Elric
nano /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.1.1 Elric.localdomain Elric
#Create symlink for dhcp service
systemctl enable dhcpcd
#Update password
passwd
Setting up Grub
grub-install /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#Incase of any error or warning:
Ex: Os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions
Solution:
nano/etc/default/grub
at the end of the file uncomment/add GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
#save the file & run below command again; you should not see any erros now
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Reboot
#Exit from the current session
exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot
Login to Arch as Root/User
#Check Internet Access
ping google.com
#incase of issues
nano /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver Gateway_IPAddress
#create a normal user
useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash Username
EDITOR=vim visudo
uncomment wheel
Setting up VM Tools
#VMWARE
pacman -S open-vm-tools
#Virtual Box
pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils
Installing Required Tools - GUI, audio
#here i choose xorg,xfce4 and lightdm - you can choose whatever you want- you can get the list from ArchWiki Page
lihgtdm - Display Manager - Graphical
xfce4 - Desktop Environment
pacman -S pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa xorg lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter xfce4
#when you are using a display login manager, it should be started on system start
sudo systemctl enable lightdm
Reboot and you can login to Arch via GUI
Setting up VMWare Tools
#Login to the VM --> click on VM --> Install VMware Tools
#usually it wont mount automatically
#mount using following commands
mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom
copy vmware.tar file to /tmp
tar -xvf vmware.tar
cd vmware-tools-distirb
#Create init directory
sudo bash
for x in {0..6}; do mkdir -p /etc/init.d/rc${x}.d; done
#Run below command and Accept all defaults
vmware-install.pl
nano /etc/systemd/system/vmwaretools.service
--------
[Unit]
Description=VMWare Tools Daemon
[Service]
ExecStart=/etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
ExecStop=/etc/init.d/vmware-tools stop
PIDFile=/var/lock/subsys/vmware
TimeoutSec=0
RemainAfterExit=yes
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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#Add Vmware Tools to systemctl
systemctl start vmwaretools.service
systemctl enable vmwaretools.service
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