What to do after installing Arch Linux

Setup your network

ping archlinux.org

pacman -S networkmanager network-manager-applet

Enable NetworkManager service

systemctl start NetworkManager

systemctl enable NetworkManager

Connect to Network

nmtui

Here we will simply add a new user to our system and give them wheel access

Add a user

• Add user

useradd -m -g wheel <your_user>

• Create password

passwd <your_user>

Switch users

To switch to your user run:

su <your_user>

Giving your user access to sudo

Make sure you have vi installed

Enter:

visudo

and uncomment this line so it looks like this

%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

if you hate typing your password everytime like me do this instead

%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Need more?

check out man pages for the following:

• useradd
• userdel
• groupadd
• groupdel

you can do this by typing:

man <command>

Install Xorg

pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit

Installing a DM

pacman -S lightdm

pacman -S lightdm-gtk-greeter

pacman -S lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings

Enable lightdm service

systemctl enable lightdm

List our enabled services

systemctl list-unit-files --state=enabled

Install i3wm (or any WM or DE)

pacman -S i3-gaps i3status i3lock dmenu

I'm using i3 but you can install any WM or DE you like best

Here are some WM options:

• dwm
• awesome
• bspwm
• xmonad

Here are some DE options:

• XFCE
• KDE
• Gnome

Install DE (Optional)

pacman -S xfce4

Install a terminal emulator

pacman -S alacritty

I'm using Alacritty but you can install any terminal emulator you want

Here are some options:

• st
• rxvt-unicode
• termite
• terminator

Install a web browser and file manager

pacman -S firefox

pacman -S nautilus

We're done

You can now reboot into your new system!

reboot