How to Install Arch Linux, with desktop environment (KDE, Xfce)
Updated 2021-07-26
So, I happened to vanilla installed Arch Linux + incomplete KDE and several eye candies.
Caveat to installing
- Remove secure boot
- You need Internet Connection
- If you don't have Wifi driver, you might need an Android device, with USB cable
rfkill unblock wifi
is required in my case, even if there is Wifi driver bundled with the kernel- You might need
git
to clone AUR repo to install Wifi drivers.
- Install
networkmanager
. No, there won't be iwctl ornetworkmanager
, if you don't install it.- KDE will need
networkmanager
- Xfce will need
networkmanager
andnetwork-manager-applet
(yes, with hyphen betweennetwork
andmanager
)
- KDE will need
- User management and install
sudo
- Install GRUB, but switch to rEFInd later, with
cp /etc/os-release /boot/etc/os-release
- Install yay. I know that Ubuntu / Debian do have
apt search
, butyay -Ss
,yay -Qs
searches the whole AUR and looks more powerful - Install missing drivers
- Install not only
plasma
, but alsokde-applications
, just to uninstall many later. (Also installedsddm
. Liked better thanlightdm
)