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Installing Arch Linux
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> John Hammond | September 29th, 2019
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This are my notes while installing and setting up my Arch Linux environment.
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I did this on my DELL XPS 15 laptop on September 29th, 2019.
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Downloading the ISO
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I downloaded the `archlinux-2019.09.01-x86_64.iso` from here: [https://www.archlinux.org/download/](https://www.archlinux.org/download/).
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I searched for a United States mirror and chose one: specifically, I used: [http://mirrors.acm.wpi.edu/archlinux/iso/2019.09.01/](http://mirrors.acm.wpi.edu/archlinux/iso/2019.09.01/)
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Burning the ISO to a Disc
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I still had Ubuntu at the time, so I burned the Arch Linux ISO to a disc with [Brasero].
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Booting the Arch Linux Live Disc
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On my DELL XPS 15, I needed to spam the `F12` key when booting to get to the menu and choose "Boot from CD". **I made sure to boot in UEFI**.
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Once I got into the Arch Linux prompt, I followed the instructions from their [Installation Guide](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide).
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I didn't need to change the keyboard layout, so I went on just to verify the UEFI boot mode:
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ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
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```
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This had results, so I knew I successfully booted with UEFI. Good enough!
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Connecting to the Internet
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On my DELL XPS 15, I wanted to connect to the Internet right away. To get started, I needed to know the name of the
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interface I was working with.
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ip link
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In my case, my interface name was `wlp59s0`.
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Now I needed to actually connect to my Wi-Fi. I used `netctl` to keep it easy.
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cp /etc/netctl/examples/wireless-wpa /etc/netctl/home
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vim /etc/netctl/home
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```
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With that configuration file, I could fill in the interface name, SSID, and Wi-Fi password.
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```
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net start home
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```
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At that point, I could connect to the Internet!
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> This is incomplete. I need to keep working on this (1109 September 30th 2019)
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[Brasero]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Brasero
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