Arch Linux Monthly Install: April 2022

[@TheDeeplyCynical]

With the help of your videos I finally took the plunge (into the deep end) and installed Arch on my daily driver PC/gaming rig after 28 years of Windows (I went Arch+BTRFS+KDE). Almost 3 weeks later and it's going well so far. THANK YOU

[@calazaplay]

28y of Windows and you first distro is Arch Linux?

[@chief5145]

@@calazaplay well arch isnt as hard as people make it, everyone can learn

[@anonx8822]

@@chief5145 agreed, I installed Arch 10 years ago when I was a mindless teen with no linux knowledge at all, its just knowing how to follow a tutorial and google search if something isn’t right.

[@ludovico3716]

Thanks, after doing it twice i finally got it working. One thing to note before doing mkinitcpio is to make sure install btrfs-progs otherwise you will get fsck error.

[@joachimwulff8022]

Been watching your videos for the last week or two, installed some examples in KVM/QEMU, and played around with them. Even considering replacing my trusty Linux Mint installation with Arch. Your work is so easy to follow and understand, well done! One remark: in the video around 18:10 you can also add the user's full name by adding -c "Ermanno Ferrari" to the usermod command. Now when you enter the greeter for the first time your name is already there. Bet you know that.

[@tech_tutorials2053]

Do it, you won't regret.

[@johncenaversusthings8452]

out of the hundreds of tutorials out there yours are the only one I consistently come back to each time I need help making a new install of arch. cheers for that!

[@AvocadoCotijaCheeseConnoisseur]

Thank you for taking the time to make this.

[@benarcher372]

I still come back here now and then. Great videos!

[@ryancast]

Thanks

[@Menezham]

Dunno why it work for EF Linux BUT i redo this tutorial after a boot fail because kernel was unable to find the boot partition. So at 14:25 of this video, when we edit the mkinitcpio.conf, you must add after btrfs "vfat" like this ---> MODULES=(btrfs vfat)

[@taidee]

Wow, this was a big one Master Ermanno, thank you. I think I'll go this route next time I happen to need a reinstall for my Arch/Qtile system.

[@N3CDX09]

@EF - Linux Made Simple This install is way out of my expertise LOL. Thank You very much for all you do for the community, your hard work every month, most importantly your own time. I , for one, really appreciates all you do.

[@Phydoux2112]

Thank you SO MUCH for all that you do!!! These Arch install videos are very cool! You explore many different ways to install Arch Linux. I may try this one day.

[@Appalling68]

Yay! Another vid from Ermanno. Good to see ya.😃

[@vitfl2580]

Wow! Just needed to install exact same setup on my new laptop))) Perfect timing for this video ))) Thanks a lot!!!

[@vitfl2580]

Everything went smoothly, as always ;) Thank you, Ermanno!!

[@xXUkanlosXx]

Thanks for the excellent tutorial! I always used arch but with my new laptop i was looking for a future-proof setup and i think this is it :)

[@gerds.9956]

Very helpfull Tutorial! Thank you Ermanno 👍🏻👍🏻

[@esmirol]

Great, Ermanno, simply great!

[@tiktok.4527]

Thank you very much for this great tutorial video about installing Arch Linux

[@LarsOksendal]

Hi, thanks for a great tutorial. The one thing I miss is adding a keymap hook in case you use a LUKS-password with letters outside the English alphabet. I would also appreciated a tutorial on how to mount and chroot a LUKS-partition in an existing installation to make changes like the stuff above :)

[@66menon]

Ermanno you are The Linux God! You are genius! Thank You very much!

[@vazymhubbs7967]

Great content as usual, well done my friend !

[@ArminKhorram]

That's amazing 🧠 Thank you 🙏

[@timuralmaev219]

Thanks a lot for the video, super useful!

[@abobader]

Well done Ermanno!

[@syerra1]

Excellent instructive video. Just found out your channel.

[@romarom346]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@FrankTheile]

Dense, straight forward information, thank you! In one of your future videos, can you give some info on the partitioning scheme with an "Linux extended boot" (XBOOTLDR) partition (mounted on /boot) and the usual EFI partition, but mounted on /efi?

[@LorenzoBettini]

Thank you so much for the video! Which video of yours would you suggest for Linux Arch installation (I mean, installation without further things like encryption or timeshift).

[@realjohnhoward]

Thank you very much. I've enjoyed all your tutorials and do many installs by memory.

[@gjermundification]

I have used arch since 2012, not as my main OS, however there is a thing the frequently fails on upgrades and this is the X11, after doing an upgrade I have more than once encountered i3 or cinnamon no longer working; the only reason for installing a GUI on my end is the need to check some of my work in FireFox or Brave. If I was to run vim and tmux only I would not have had any issues with the upgrades. I get some kind of E: Nvidia message in the error log of X11 when this happened( on at least 3 iterations of the upgrades. ) My option has been to reinstall the entire system. The benefit of arch linux is also its lack of such; I mean your install is not solid as a rock in which I have been used to with debian; 1998 on.

[@dragonek_gnu_linux_pl]

Can you make a tutorial like this with dualboot windows +arch linux encrypt, btrfs and gnome 42?

[@ronjeremy9302]

Hi mate I searched your videos, which month for Arch installations is the line by line install guide? Can't seem to find it. Thanks for these tutorials, learned so much in a week.

[@fartsalad2456]

Hi EF, I found success with this tutorial despite it being somewhat old, and the repo name mismatch wasn't an issue - I just had to simply modify those scripts to fit my settings, but I noticed an alarming error upon running pacstrap, the message is as follows: invalid ENCRYPT_METHOD value: 'YESCRYPT'. This may have something to do with SHA512 being removed as the default password hash method as of 2023-09-22 which was fairly recent. This didn't affect my system as its running great, just wondering if I should be worried lol. Thanks again

[@mattmaks]

First of all - thank you for your great work. I use Arch for about 10 year now. I would like to ask you a few questions: 1) I've got simple test server with software raid 1 and I need to rebuild it from scratch. What would you recommend: make software raid 1 (with mdadm) and then format to btrfs or make btrfs raid 1? I tried to find pros and cons both of these solutions but I'm still not sure what to choose. 2) Do you plan to make videos for more advanced users? I would like to learn more about docker. 3) I think you should add one more dependency to your xfce.sh. When you install xfce4-goodies then parole will be installed too but I does not play for example mp4 files because gst-libav package is missing.

[@techfan7808]

Would you consider a video Installing Arch on Bare Metal and discussing power management?

[@grau2092]

Hey, thanks for this guide (and many others)! I used this morning on my machine and it worked great! I just have a question regarding fstrim for my nvme and ssd. Is it possible to use it? Because lsblk --discard shows 0 values on the luks partitions and i read that only non-zero-values indicate support for trim. Could you look into that or maybe explain how I would configure it correctly? Thanks!

[@grau2092]

In the arch.conf I changed "options cryptdevice=UUID=XXX:root" to "options cryptdevice=UUID=XXX:root:allow-discards". Seems to work. (:

[@wassimhabibi306]

Will you please make a video about properly installing retropie on arch linux ? I've always struggled with that !

[@supernovae640]

Merci beaucoup !

[@ishoulddegoogle]

I have a bit of experience using snapper with btrfs, is the lack of additional sub volumes for things such as tmp, opt, .snapshots, etc. due to the the use of time shift this time instead of snapper? Thanks for the video btw, very informative.

[@dummydummydummy7568]

Davvero molto interessante. Complimenti per l altissimo livello dei suoi video. Posso chiederle perché non ha utilizzato grub in questa occasione? Se eventualmente volessi provare ad usare grub quali passi dovrei seguire? Grazie mille

[@shell11]

Did you ever do a video about luks (ext4) + systemdboot arch installation?

[@linuxmeow]

You are not adding initrd /amd-ucode.img to your entries?

[@DrVektor]

i installed archlinux at vmware alongside windows 10 uefi with success. After i installed plasma-wayland-session + pipewire. But loading coming until kde opening animation after opens black screen and mouse cursor. Never open desktop taskbar or app menu why. I dont understand. why? ☹

[@mikeg9b]

I just learned about :x in vim.

[@sharjeel_mazhar]

Firstly, i must say, it's the best installation guide on the whole internet! Secondly sir, i have a question: Can we change the password of the encryption once the system is installed and in running condition? One might want to change the password sometime in the future, so how do we do it and what files need to be re-generated? Such as systemd boot config files etc. Thank you.

[@xXUkanlosXx]

you can use cryptsetup luksChangeKey /dev/

[@aronlinesl]

Hi! Can you guide me how I can add a separate btrfs encrypted home partition for this setup?

[@ambassadorseeker1756]

hello, thanks for your guides, can you do a new one for arch install with i915 and nvidia modules? i read after kernel 5.18 there is workarounds to make it work and since the guide i followed you is old is not updated. thanks in advance.

[@MxMayers]

All what I do step by step following your videos works excelent! Why official manual is less informative than your videos?😂

[@gjermundification]

@EF - Linux Made Thank you for some interesting videos. Did you make any videos on arch and ZFS? I did a search on your channel for arch zfs, however there is a plethora of arch btrfs entries showing up.

[@eflinux]

No, not yet. It is going to probably come sometime in the future, but I don't have an eta.

[@marol75-l2h]

I did everything according to this tutorial, but I have no systemd-boot option - it goes to entering password for encryption. What's wrong?

[@obsidianchickenz]

Is there any way you could explain the individual packages installed by your base script? I'm trying to figure out if there are any programs in there that I won't use, plus I'd like to learn about the essential packages for a fresh Arch install.

[@osmancoskun95]

Something is really strange. İ read almost every documentation and guide. But all of them work on sata ssd but not on my nvme drive. What can be so annoying more than this?

[@andrzejpopowski7745]

When I am trying to add the kernel parameter video=HDMI-1:e when booting from arch linux in GRUB I cannot enter the colon (:) character. Do you know why?

[@deepanshushora]

i have followd the same step but i have created a another home parition on another drive and also mount it with btrfs and encryption but i can not able login after base installation. it stuck on after asking for the drive password plz help me out.

[@mateuszkolbusz4115]

What about boot partition after kernel upgrade? It will replace /boot content(grub in my case) and system will boot into emergency mode. How to solve that?

[@daviel]

I have a question regarding UEFI systems, I have a somewhat corrupted efivars folder/partition where it said I have multiple dupe boot entries. Not only that, it has over 200 files in it and it is jam-packed. Are you able to help me fix my efivars? And any advices to manage it properly in the future. Many thanks in advance, cheers.

[@glaf1488]

Hello, I got a problem while im trying to login at 29:40 I put the correct login and password but got "Incorrect login" and I did everything correctly. If someone can help me please edit : I can't login as root too

[@eflinux]

Try the password “password’ you might have considered where to change the password in the script.

[@glaf1488]

@@eflinux I tried and it didn't work I think I will use archinstall thank you hour tutorial was the clearest I found and the best.

[@eflinux]

You can also boot from the live iso, remount the partitions, chroot in and change the password from there.

[@glaf1488]

@@eflinux I'll try soon on a vm like I did and try to do that. But I don't know why the password don't work on the first boot load and after restart from 0 correctly don't work too.

[@andreiiancu5144]

Hey! I’ve just installed ArchLinux on my laptop thanks to your guides. Thank you! I have one question, how can we set the display language properly?

[@eflinux]

I haven't looked at the zram generator yet, I normally use zramd.

[@andreiiancu5144]

@@eflinux this might be a noob note, but I’m refering to KDE display language. I’ve tried to set in locale.conf the flags as needed but the main display language goes back to English, as default.

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video.

[@killertigergaming6762]

Why is setting up fde such a pain on arch the install almost never mentions it and the way to set it up seems needlessly complex

[@craigdyke6131]

Just curious, should this install finish with a startx command available? Just I have run it a few times and don't have that command, so wondered what else was starting the X environment?

[@eflinux]

SDDM, the display manager

[@CesarPeron]

Could someone tell me how the "paru" helper is better compared to the old and well-known "yay"? Thanks

[@YannMetalhead]

Well, paru is written in rust and is newer, other than that there's no advantage that I know of.

[@aybak1989]

Hi i want to install archlinux in my external nvme , i find your video "Arch Linux on a USB Stick " How to install Arch Linux on External NVMe m2 on USB enclosure ? best Configuring for NVMe & USB ? please make a video for this , thank you

[@deyvischarles]

Faz um vídeo sobre "Plymouth" para tela de Login em "Full Encrypt". ;)

[@utc_3]

Im having issue with installing sudo. I was typing: sudo pacman -Sy and bash: sudo doesnt exist lol

[@MB-gf6zd]

Hello Ermanno , I updated ARCH 2 days ago , after the update and to the next boot I'm not be able to see the gnome login ? Could You help me ? Thanks

[@eflinux]

Open a console and check the mkinitcpio.conf file. Make sure your video module is under Modules.

[@fiodorpeterson45]

Hey, Ermano! I have a machine with windows 10 already installed. How could I procced this installation in order to have a Dual-Boot system with Arch?

[@YannMetalhead]

1 - Defragment your windows partition. 2 - Create a new partition for Arch Linux. 3 - Install Arch.

[@Henry-sv3wv]

@@YannMetalhead you shall probably also disable fast startup in win

[@BrazenNL]

Could you make a video on how to add an existing second NVMe drive mounted on /dev/nvme2 as a subvolume? I followed your Ubuntu video, and I've converted the second drive, but don't know how to add it as a subvolume.

[@isidzukuri]

it is same process as initial setuping btrfs for primal drive. But change device /dev/nvme2* part, map with different name to mapper. mount it, make there needed subvolumes. And then unmount and using blkid take UUIDs and add subvolume entries to /etc/fstab as you wish (where you need mount second drive) Also you options in time shift will be changed, You might need to change configuration for snapshots. Have fun.

[@BrazenNL]

@@isidzukuri Sorry, somehow missed your reply. Thank you.

[@somethingnice8695]

hi i'm trying to add a keyboard language but my vconsole.cfg is not available. how do i create the file? i tried but no soccess

[@eflinux]

If it’s not there you need to create it, it’s vconsole.conf

[@blackstar-1069]

Maaaaan i just followed the march installation 😅😅

[@doncuarsigo]

Hello Mr.Ferrari can you do the same installation but with windows 10 dual boot please Thank you

[@YannMetalhead]

For dual boot you will need create a partition to install Arch. 1 - Defragment your windows partition. 2 - Create a new partition. 3 - Install Arch on the new partition.

[@Henry-sv3wv]

@@YannMetalhead you shall probably also disable fast startup in win

[@moosbruger]

ciao Ermanno, sai perché non si possono attivare i sottotitoli autogenerati nei tuoi video?

[@eflinux]

Hmm.. non saprei proprio. Guardo che riesco a trovare.

[@GiovanniScafora]

io li vedo i sottotitoli.

[@moosbruger]

@@GiovanniScafora ora funzionano, ma prima in un paio di video il cc era grigio scuro e non cliccabile. grazie per le risposte.

[@ahmedal-afifi2101]

super arch

[@bibianomauro]

Why didn't you install using your public repo?

[@eflinux]

I'll probably change that in the next video.

[@guinuxbr]

@@eflinux , any chance for a video showing how to enable and use Secure-boot on Arch Linux?

[@legatto]

using the gitlab files is too complicated for me as it keeps asking for a password

[@eflinux]

Sorry, I forgot to add the public Repo to the description. Now it's there, you shouldn't be asked for a password.

[@ryanmccarville5193]

@@eflinux I am currently attempting to clone arch-basic and am also coming up with request to authenticate. Loving your channel!

[@eflinux]

This link works for me: git clone gitlab.com/eflinux/arch-basic

[@conradmbugua9098]

Is any one else getting a login incorrect for non-root user?

[@Deviner75]

Please, use fdisk for partition. It's safer for noobs

[@M.4y]

Any easy way to change from ext4 to btrfs with encryption?

[@isidzukuri]

No easy way, no one in sane mind will do such tricks with 1 drive on live system with VALUABLE data. Cause changing volume FS will erase data (not actually erase, but marked as free space and coding will be different, so generic user will lose all data). Also almost any config files for your apps you can backup and then add them to new installed system by merging. First off backup all needed data from drive to another drive/SDcard/Cloud/etc. Then do "migrate" as new installation. Edit: When working with computers stuff - first make your backups and keep them safe, then do some voodoo.

[@M.4y]

@@isidzukuri yeah a clean install would be the easiest way. I'm curious lol

[@M.4y]

@@isidzukuri Uhh can you help me with /etc/fstab config? My system won't boot when specifying subvol=/@home for home partition.

[@eflinux]

It's subvol=@home and not subvol=/@home.

[@M.4y]

@@eflinux Still wont work. With this config the system boots up normally: # at /etc/fstab # /dev/nvme1n1p1 UUID=E6BE-99CB /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 2 # /dev/nvme1n1p2 UUID=e8d8837d-0153-479a-83fd-57aa3e34f9ae / btrfs subvol=/@,defaults,noatime,space_cache=v2,compress=zstd,ssd,discard=async 0 1 # /dev/nvme1n1p3 UUID=ed661e95-b79b-4746-804a-52ed6c3bc0ea /home btrfs defaults,noatime,space_cache=v2,compress=zstd,ssd,discard=async 0 2 ___________________________ Another issue is that I can't run timeshift-launcher ´´´(timeshift-gtk:2397): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:17:24.351: cannot open display: ´´´ All other gtk application launch fine. There's already an open issue at github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/issues/190 but still can't get it working.

[@edwardnihal248]

can you review a new Archinstall script menu?

[@eflinux]

Will do.

[@luqmanhamdan9285]

Can I do the same setup using Arch guided installer?

[@eflinux]

I'm not sure, I've never tried it.

[@isidzukuri]

@@eflinux there new guided "archinstall" scrip released. But it not on iso, cause it RC, but i tried it and it awesome. Even better then CLI debian install guide. You might like to see it.

[@nejathakan5521]

❤️🌹❤️

[@rivubardhan6376]

make one more please

[@callmedrecksack]

Hello, I have two questions: 1. Is the btrfs system usefull for a normal user of Linux ? i do not have raids nor do i need a lot of iotas so can i stick with the ext4 system or should i reinstall it with btrfs ? My second question is way more important for me: after installing arch from your video "from terminal to productivity" i have the problem that libreoffice can´t be deinstalled and doesn´t have the right language (german) which i would prefer. How can i fix this ? either deinstall libre or add the german language ? the option inside libre doesnt give me the option to add new languages. Please help. Thank you.

[@sa6xta6xni6xc]

Hello! I have “file not found: “fsck.btrfs” error after mkinitcpio -p Linux. Help appreciated

[@eflinux]

Make sure btrfs-progs is installed and that btrfs is in the modules section of mkinitcpio.conf

[@sa6xta6xni6xc]

@@eflinux works flawlessly!!! Thank you, Ermanno