Arch post installation¶

Add your account¶

useradd -m -G wheel,users -s /bin/bash davis

Change password¶

passwd davis

Install sudo & add to sudoers¶

pacman -S sudo
visudo

Add davis ALL=(ALL) ALL after the root ALL=(ALL) ALL.

Install yaourt¶

sudo pacman -S base-devel wget git
cd /tmp
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/package-query.git
cd package-query
makepkg -si
cd ..
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yaourt.git
cd yaourt
mkpkg -si
cd ..
yaourt -Syu
rm -rf package-query/ yaourt/

Add multilib repository¶

sudo vi /etc/pacman.conf

find the [multilib] part and uncomment it.

sudo pacman -Syu

Install i3 (from dotfiles)¶

pacman -S i3-wm i3status i3blocks dmenu xorg xorg-xinit git
git clone https://github.com/daviskregers/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
chmod +x sync.sh
./sync.sh
chmod +x apps.sh
./apps.sh

if something fails due to keys / signatures, add them

gpg --recv-keys A2C794A986419D8A

Install i3 (from scratch - skip if dotfiles used)¶

pacman -S i3-wm dmenu xorg xorg-xinit
nano .xinitrc

#! /bin/bash
exec i3

nano /etc/profile

# autostart systemd default session on tty1
if ["$(tty)" == '/dev/tty1'](../../"$(tty)" == '/dev/tty1'.md); then
    exec startx
fi

Add sound¶

pacman -S alsa-utils
alsamixer
yaourt -S asoundconf
asoundconf list
asoundconf set-default-card AIMO
speaker-test -c2

Multiple monitors¶

sudo pacman -S arandr
arandr