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:: Part 2: The Linux Part > Setup ArchLinux

Setup ArchLinux

If this were actually Arch Linux, we could have used a script called arch_install to knock out some of this stuff. Since we don't have it, we got to do it manually.

Here's just the quick summary of everything I ran to get mine set up. The first few packages we install will be the ArchLinux keyring, the base development tools, Git, another package manager called yay that will let us use the ArchLinux User Repo (AUR), and short list of other cool stuff.

Note: I'm not going to write the prompt anymore. Almost everything will be done as your default user, even the sudo commands.

sudo pacman-key --init
sudo pacman-key --populate
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S archlinux-keyring                                            # Note: ArchWSL says this is optional, but THIS PACKAGE IS MANDATORY! It should be the first one installed.
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git                                      # When you install the `base-devel` package for ArchWSL, `fakeroot` and `fakeroot-tcp` are in conflict. When asked if you want to replace `fakeroot-tcp` with `fakeroot` SAY NO!
mkdir Projects Downloads Documents Sandbox Music Pictures Videos            # Just some placeholder directories. I should really make them soft-links to their Windows counterpart later.
mkdir bin                                                                   # Add this directory. It should be added to your `$PATH`. You can use this directory to launch scripts that you write to do tasks
cd Downloads                                                                # Switch to the Downloads directory
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git                                 # This will install `yay` which will allow you access to the ArchLinux User Repository.
cd yay                                                                      # Go to the yay directory (This should be in the Downloads directory)
makepkg -si                                                                 # Make the `yay` package, this will also install the Go Language (`golang`) that `yay` needs to do stuff.
yay --version                                                               # Verify that yay was installed.
rm -rf ~/yay                                                                # With yay successfully installed, you may remove the `yay` folder in your home directory. (This is optional)
cd ~
sudo pacman -S openssh github-cli pv fzf clang llvm rust python-pip lm_sensors psutils python-psutil neofetch htop bashtop imagemagick jq

In case you were wondering, here's just a short summary of all those items that we used to install with pacman

Package What applications does it provide/What does it do?
archlinux-keyring Necessary to install ANY package from the Arch Linux repository. This one MUST be installed FIRST because IT IS MANDATORY!
--needed Not really a package, but tells pacman to install all the necessary applications. (I should probably list what they are later.)
base-devel Install the base development applications.
git Installs git, used for managing software projects.
openssh Installs OpenSSH so we can use SSH.
github-cli Install this to use the gh command with any project that is on Github.com (Note: there's a similar application for gitlab, but we can install that later.)
pv Installs the "pipe viewer" which allows you to see the progress of process. Some apps use this.
fzf Fuzzy Finder
clang Clang
llvm LLVM
rust Rust
python-pip Installs the pip program that is used to install Python packages.
lm_sensors This software is used to detect hardware sensors. While it might not be as good in WSL, it does still do some things.
psutils Process Utilities. Named after the ps application.
python-psutils Process Utilities written in Python.
neofetch Installs the neofetch program which provides a summary of your system. Useful if you are filing bug reports.
htop The htop program is basically like the Windows Task Manager. Because of its user-friendly interface, it is a must-have.
bashtop The bashtop program is like htop but prettier and more useful in terminals with 256 colors or more. (Which we will be setting up.)
imagemagick The ImageMagick program is a set of command-line programs that can manipulate images. Typically, these commands are modified by other programs.
jq jq is like sed or awk but for JSON files. (Note: There's also a hq and a yq, but I haven't tried those.)

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