Macbook Pro 11,4 {Status = Development}

You can follow the 'Readme.me' file and carry the set-up step by step or run the automated scripts. There are 3 scripts (pre, post and package install).

Installation Instructions

Setting the font

Macbook Pro have HiDPI which makes reading the text hard. To make it readable.

setfont latarcyrheb-sun32

If the system is not connected to internet through LAN, it can be connected using wifi

wifi-menu

Git is not available in the start which can be installed using:

pacman -Sy git

Disk Preparation

Following is my disk set-up. I am choosing not to create a special partition for swap file. If swap is required in the future, I plan to create a swap file.

| Size | Mount Point | Format | Partition Code | |---|---|---|---| | 300M | /boot | FAT32 | UEFI Boot Partition | | 200G | / | ext4 | Linux File System | | * | /home | ext4 | Linux Home System |

cgdisk /dev/sda

Formatting the Drives

mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 -l main /dev/sda2

Mounting drives for install

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
mkdir /mnt/boot && mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
lsblk 

lsblk allows you to look at the structure of the disk.

Installing Arch Linux files

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel vim intel-ucode sudo networkmanager wpa_supplicant  git util-linux sway wlroots wayland swaylock swayidle termite mako grim slurp wl-clipboard

| Package | Purpose | |---|---| | base | The required one with base utils. | | base-devel | Development tools | | neovim | Text Editor | | intel-ucode | | | sudo | To run superuser commands without changing the suer | | networkmanager | Package to manage network connections | | wpa_supplicant | | | git | | | util-linux | | | sway | Wayland based tiling windows manager and 100% compatible with i3 | | wlroots | Required by wayland | | wayland | The new Xorg compositor | | swaylock | Sway's addon to allow system lock down with idle | | swayidle | | | termite | Terminal application | | mako | Notification Daemon | | grim + slurp | Screen shot | | wl-clipboard | Clipboard copy/paste |

Configuring fstab

genfstab -L -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt

Running Scripts

There are 3+ scripts that need to be run in each stage. | Script Name | Stage | Purpose | | --- | --- | --- | | post_install.sh | Preparation | Install basic required packages | | install.sh | Install | Basic Configuration and Bootup setup | | post_install.sh | Post Install | Starting Services for day and patching | | sway.sh | Desktop Environment | Setting up Sway DE - Development | | gnome.sh | Desktop Environment | Setting up Gnome DE - Development | | kde.sh | Desktop Environment | Setting up KDE DE - Development |

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193121