====== Artix Installation Guide ======
This Guide is on how to install Artix from bottom up, we need:
* USB Drive (12GB recommended)
* A laptop or PC (25GB of storage minimum)
Go to https://artixlinux.org/downloads, there you will find artix iso's with and without graphical enviroment.
We install the system from bottom up, which is why you can choose between:
* artix-base-dinit
* artix-base-openrc
* artix-base-runit
* artix-base-s6
It doesnt matter what you choose. Just download one of those ISO Files.
===== Boot into your USB Stick =====
After you downloaded the ISO you need to flash it onto an USB Stick. Please refer to internet guides since i don't want to cover this step.
After you have flashed the ISO onto your USB Drive, plug it into your computer. Now reboot your system, Linux or Windows (not Mac of course).
**For Windows:**
Press and hold the "Shift" key as you click the "Restart" option in the Start menu or on the sign-in screen. Windows will reboot into a special boot options menu.
Click Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > UEFI Firmware Settings.Once you’re in the BIOS or UEFI firmware menu, look for some sort of “Boot” option menu.
YOu will find a boot order list. If "USB drive" is above "hard drive" in your boot order, your computer will try the USB drive and thats what we want, which is why you shoudl put your USB Stick (whatever name it is) on top of the list.
**For Linux:**
You know what to do.
===== The actual Installation =====
After you bootet into Artix you will be welcomed by small GUI, giving you the option to choose your keybord layout and language.
After you did that, press 'from DC/DVD/ISO'. It will install some scripts, then you need to login with:
username: artix
password: artix
After you sudo, you need to partition your drive, this is a little tricky, but don't worry i will guide you trough. To start partioning type in your console:
cfdisk /dev/sda
After that you will get asked how you want to change the designation type, put in **DOS**. After that it will give you a partition table that will look like this:
| **Device** | **Start** | **End** | **Sectors** | **Size** | **TYPE** |
If there is something within this window, press "delete", we want the whole system free, to space our new System into.
===== Partioning your Drives =====
**ROOT Partition:**
Within this menu, press "New", you can now choose the Size, we will create the root partition first which you should make at least 80% of your Storage big (within a 30GB System you should therefore give root 20GB).
To do that just type in the requirement amount for example '**100G**'. After that it gives you some options which are unecessary, therefore just press '**write**' and partition the next one.
**SWAP Partition:**
The next partition will be the swap Partition, type in '**2G**', then change the "**type**" to "**Linux Swap / Solaris**" which is usually the number '**83**' in the DOS Partitiontable.
**HOME Parition:**
At last the home partition which should be 8GB, type in '**8G**' und press write.
Now your table look something like this, depending on your input of Gigabytes:
| **Device** | **Start** | **End** | **Sectors** | **Size** | **TYPE** |
| /dev/sda1 | 2048 | 64191 | 262144 | 100GB | Linux |
| /dev/sda2 | 26278 | 986168 | 8913612 | 2GB | Linux Swap / Solaris |
| /dev/sda3 | 964986 | 9881938 |863986233 | 8GB | Linux |
When youre finished, just press "**Resize**" type in "**yes**" and afterwards press "**Quit**"
===== Format and Mount Partitions =====
Jetzt müssen wir noch die Partitionen die wir erstellt haben, richtig formatieren.
mkfs.ext4 -L ROOT /dev/sda1 <- root partition
mkfs.ext4 -L BOOT /dev/sda2 <- boot partition
mkfs.ext4 -L HOME /dev/sda3 <- home partition
mkswap -L SWAP /dev/sda4 <- swap partition
Dann müssen wir die formatierten Partitionen einbinden:
swapon /dev/disk/by-label/SWAP
mount /dev/disk/by-label/ROOT /mnt
Dann erstelle Directorys für 'boot' und 'home':
mkdir /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/home
Dann mounte 'boot' und 'home':
mount /dev/disk/by-label/HOME /mnt/home
mount /dev/disk/by-label/BOOT /mnt/boot
===== Install Base System =====
Installiere das Basis-System auf der Root-Partition:
basestrap /mnt base base-devel openrc elogind-openrc
Activate the NTP daemon to synchronize the computer's real-time clock:
rc-service ntpd start
Install the kernel:
basestrap /mnt linux-lts linux-firmware
Use fstabgen to generate /etc/fstab, use -U for UUIDs as source identifiers:
fstabgen -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
Now, you can chroot into your new Artix system with:
artix-chroot /mnt
===== Configure the base system =====
Run hwclock to generate /etc/adjtime:
hwclock --systohc
Install a text editor of your choice (let's use nano here) and edit /etc/locale.gen, uncommenting the locales you desire:
pacman -S nano
nano /etc/locale.gen
After that generate your desired locales running:
locale-gen
Localize to your Language:
export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
Then, install grub and os-prober (for detecting other installed operating systems):
pacman -S grub os-prober efibootmgr
grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
Then, set the root passwd:
passwd
Secondly, create a regular user and password:
useradd -m user
passwd user
Create the hostname file:
nano /etc/hostname
Insert:
nano /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost
127.0.1.1 myhostname.localdomain myhostname
And install the DHCP client:
pacman -S dhcpcd or dhclient
Install connman and optionally a front-end:
pacman -S connman-openrc connman-gtk
rc-update add connmand
Lastly, you can reboot and enter into your new installation:
exit
umount -R /mnt
reboot
===== Finishing, Polishing and the Post Confugration of your new System =====
You can now either configure your system yourself or install my autobootstrapping script called [[https://sharks.marlonivo,xyz|SHARKS]], which will give you pretty much everything you need. Therefore type:
curl -LO marlonivo.xyz/sharks.sh
sh sharks.sh