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Inside the Environment ​

Enable NetworkManager ​

INFO

Automatically start NetworkManager to manage network connections at boot.

bash
systemctl enable NetworkManager

Configure pacman.conf ​

INFO

Edit pacman.conf to optimize package management.

bash
nano /etc/pacman.conf

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Navigate nano with arrow keys. Save with CTRL + O and exit with CTRL + X. To exit without saving, press CTRL + X and n.

Add these lines:

bash
[options]
ILoveCandy
ParallelDownloads = 5

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
  • ILoveCandy: Adds visual effects to downloads.
  • ParallelDownloads: Enables faster downloads.
  • multilib: Adds 32-bit support (for apps like Steam).

Update Pacman Repositories ​

INFO

Refresh the package database to get the latest software versions.

bash
pacman -Syy

Set the System Timezone ​

INFO

Set your timezone (replace Europe/Berlin with yours):

bash
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime

INFO

Sync the system clock with the BIOS clock:

bash
hwclock --systohc

Set Locale ​

INFO

Set the system's language and encoding.

  1. Edit locale.gen to uncomment your locale:

    bash
    nano /etc/locale.gen

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    Use CTRL + W to search for your locale.

  2. Generate the locale:

    bash
    locale-gen

  3. Set the default system language (replace de_DE.UTF-8 with yours):

    bash
    echo "LANG=de_DE.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf

Set the Hostname ​

INFO

Set your system's hostname which is displayed in your network:

bash
echo "arch" > /etc/hostname

Configure Keyboard Layout for Console ​

INFO

Set the console keyboard layout (replace de-latin1 with yours):

bash
echo "KEYMAP=de-latin1" > /etc/vconsole.conf

Create a New User ​

bash
useradd -m -G wheel,power,storage,video,audio -s /bin/bash justus

Set the user’s password: ​

bash
passwd justus

Grant Sudo Access (Admin Privilages) ​

INFO

This gives sudo access to users in the wheel group.

  1. Open the sudoers file:

    bash
    EDITOR=nano visudo

  2. Uncomment this line (remove the #):

    bash
    %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL