This is a personal guide for my own arch install for my reference only.
Installation depends on your hardware and personal preferences.
You may use my dotfiles and configs if you want.

os: arch linux
shell: zsh
terminal: alacritty // previously urxvt
wm: i3-gaps // planning to go bspwm
switcher: rofi // previously d-menu
bar: polybar // previously i3bar/i3status
compositor: picom
display server: xorg
editor: nvim enabled vscode
cli editor: nvim

NOTE:

If you're installing arch, please follow the official guide instead.

// --- Preparation

1. Download Arch ISO & Balena Etcher
   
2. Flash to drive and boot to UEFI

// --- Installation

1. check stuff
   1.1 internet > ping -c3 archlinux.org
   1.2 isUEFI? > ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
   1.3 disk > fdisk -l

2. update sys clock > timedatectl set-ntp true

3. wipe drive and create partitions
   3.1 > gdisk /dev/sd*
   3.2 o -> n -> defx2, +512MB, ef00 -> n -> defx3 -> w

4. format partition
   4.1 boot > mkfs.fat /dev/sd*1
   4.2 system > mkfs.ext4 /dev/sd*2

5. Mount
   

> mount /dev/sd*2 /mnt // system 1st
> mkdir /mnt/boot/efi
> mount /dev/sd*1 /mnt/boot/efi

// --- Init Packages
> pacstrap /mnt ...

• System Packages

base base-devel linux linux-firmware grub efibootmgr networkmanager man amd-ucode xf86-video-amdgpu udisks2 ntfs-3g alsa-utils pulseaudio-alsa pavucontrol

• Environment Packages

xorg xorg-xinit xorg-xrdb alacritty i3-gaps polybar rofi picom nitrogen neofetch htop bspwm nautilus eog noto-fonts-emoji

• Tool Packages

nvim git zsh npm p7zip gnome-keyring libsecret

• Normal Apps

vlc qbittorrent gimp libreoffice-still obs-studio gedit discord handbrake kdenlive

// --- Post Configs

1. Fstab > genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

2. chroot > arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash

3. network > systemctl enable NetworkManager

4. bootloader
   4.1 > grub-install /dev/sd*
   4.2 > grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

5. timezone
   5.1 > ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Singapore /etc/localtime
   5.2 > hwclock --systohc

6. locale
   6.1 > nvim /etc/locale.gen
   6.2. get en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
   6.3. > locale-gen
   6.4. > nvim /etc/locale.conf
   6.5. LANG=en_US.UTF-8

7. hostname
   7.1. > nvim /etc/hostname -> [name]
   7.2. > nvim /etc/hosts
   

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.1.1 arch.localdomain arch

1. account
   8.1. Set root ps. > passwd
   8.2. create user

> useradd -m -G wheel [name]
> passwd [name]
> nvim /etc/sudoers // uncomment wheel all

1. fin

> exit
> umount -R /mnt
> reboot

// --- AUR helper

> sudo git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git
> cd yay-git
> makepkg -si
> yay -S ...

• AUR packages

tts-fs-fonts google-chrome visual-studio-code-bin neovim-nightly viber slack-desktop escrotum-git 4kvideodownloader 4kyoutubetomp3 zoom

// --- xinitrc

eval $(/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=pkcs11,secrets,ssh)
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
exec i3

// --- zprofile

if [[ ! $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]]; then
  exec startx
fi

// --- shell

1. change shell to zsh > chsh -s $(which zsh)

2. get Oh-My-Zsh
   > sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

3. plugins
   

> git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
> git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:=~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-completions
> git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

1. theme agnoster

// --- multilib

1. > sudo nvim /etc/pacman.conf
   
2. enable

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

1. sys upgrade > sudo pacman -Syu

// ===[ MY DOT FILES ]=== //
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