# Before typing any commands, we should set the keyboard layout for your keyboard.
# Replace de_CH-latin1 with your keyboard layout.
# If you have the US keyboard layout, skip this step.
loadkeys de_CH-latin1

# Before installing Arch, be sure that your computer is connected to the internet.
dhcpcd
ping -c 3 archlinux.org

# If you wish to use Wifi, open the wifi menu using the command below and follow the wizard.
wifi-menu

# If no internet is available, stop the dhcpcd service using the command below and see the network configuration.
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_configuration#Device_driver
systemctl stop dhcpcd@<TAB>

# Partition your disk how you want.
# I recommend a seperate /home/, /, swap & UEFI partition

lsblk
cfdisk /dev/sda

# I configured it like this:
#
# 1.82TB HDD - 16GB Ram
# +-----------+------+-------------+
# | /dev/sda  | Size | Mount Point |
# +-----------+------+-------------+
# | /dev/sda1 |  8G  | linux-swap  |
# +-----------+------+-------------+
# | /dev/sda2 | 512M | /boot/efi   |
# +-----------+------+-------------+
# | /dev/sda3 |  1T  | /home/      |
# +-----------+------+-------------+
# | /dev/sda4 | 830G | /           |
# +-----------+------+-------------+

# Activate the swap (/dev/sda1 - 8G)
mkswap /dev/sda1
swapon /dev/sda1

# Format the EFI parition in VFAT (/dev/sda2 - 512M)
mkfs.vfat /dev/sda2

# Format the home parition (/dev/sda3 - 1T)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

# Format the root partition (/dev/sda4 - 830G)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda4

# Mount the file systems
mount /dev/sda4 /mnt

mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home

mkdir -p /mnt/boot/efi
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot/efi

# Choose the closest mirror
pacman -Sy 
pacman -S reflector
reflector --verbose -l 5 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# Install the Arch Linux base package
pacstrap -i /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware nano

# Configure fstab
genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
cat /mnt/etc/fstab

# Login into your new installed system
arch-chroot /mnt

# Configure language
# Uncomment en_US.UTF-8 in the file below (remove the # infront of it)
nano /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/locale.conf
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

# Configure keymap
echo "KEYMAP=de_CH-latin1" >> /etc/vconsole.conf

# Set time zone
rm -rf /etc/localtime
ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich /etc/localtime

# Update hardware clock to your time zone
hwclock --systohc --utc

# Configure multilib repository
# Uncomment the lines: [multilib] and include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist (remove the # infront)
nano /etc/pacman.conf
pacman -Sy

# Set hostname for the machine
# Add under the last line:
# 127.0.0.1   marc-arch.localdomain   marc-arch
nano /etc/hosts
echo "marc-arch" > /etc/hostname

# Enable network connection after next restart
# To find out your network link, type "ip link show" and find your network device.
systemctl enable dhcpcd@<Your network link>.service

# Set root password
passwd 
pacman -S sudo bash-completion

# Add a user
useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power,log -s /bin/bash marc
passwd marc

# Allow the users in the wheel group to execute sudo commands
# Uncomment the line: %wheel ALL=(ALL) (remove the # infront)
EDITOR=nano visudo

# Install the GRUB boot loader
mkinitcpio -p linux
pacman -S grub os-prober efibootmgr
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

# Exit back to the arch iso, unmount and reboot
exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot

# Success! Login now with your username and password.
# You probably want to install packages from the aur, so let's install yay.
sudo pacman -S git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

# Let's install neofetch now to get a nice overview over our installed system.
yay -S neofetch
neofetch

# It should look something like this
#                   -`                    marc@marc-main-machine
#                  .o+`                   ----------------------
#                 `ooo/                   OS: Arch Linux x86_64
#                `+oooo:                  Host: MS-7A34 4.0
#               `+oooooo:                 Kernel: 4.14.12-1-ARCH
#               -+oooooo+:                Uptime: 19 mins
#             `/:-:++oooo+:               Packages: 1617
#            `/++++/+++++++:              Shell: zsh 5.4.2
#           `/++++++++++++++:             Resolution: 1920x1080, 1920x1080
#          `/+++ooooooooooooo/`           DE: GNOME
#         ./ooosssso++osssssso+`          WM: GNOME Shell
#        .oossssso-`''`/ossssss+`         WM Theme: Arc-Dark
#       -osssssso.      :ssssssso.        Theme: Arc-Dark [GTK2/3]
#      :osssssss/        osssso+++.       Icons: Numix-Circle [GTK2/3]
#     /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-       Terminal: gnome-terminal
#   `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-     CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12) @ 3.200GHz
#  `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
# `++:.                           `-/+/   Memory: 4431MiB / 16057MiB
# .`                                 `/ 

# The below is optional and is no longer required for further installation.

# Lets install drivers
sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils # NVIDIA
sudo pacman -S mesa # AMD

# Restart now to enable the driver kernel modules.
reboot

# Let's install a desktop environment and a login manager. I'll be using Gnome and LightDM
sudo pacman -S gnome gnome-extra
yay -S lightdm lightdm-webkit2-greeter

# Edit the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file to change the following lines to this:
# logind-check-graphical=true
# greeter-session=lightdm-webkit2-greeter
# Let's enable LightDM now
sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service
reboot

# LightDM should greet you now and you should be able to login.