How to Install Manjaro

Over the previous years, I had to install Manjaro a couple of times and to ease the process for the next time, I began to document more and more the command I typed. You will find below the procedure that I will try to follow the next time I want to install this distribution. 🤓

Warning: this procedure may be incomplete or may be not working on your setup. Follow it cautiously. 🚸

Create a bootable USB

1. Download the distribution on the official website, such as the XFCE edition
2. Insert a USB key into your computer
3. Open a terminal
4. Make yourself a superuser with sudo su
5. Take note of the path of the inserted USB key with fdisk -l
6. Burn the ISO on the USB key with dd bs=4M if=/home/ranb2002/Downloads/manjaro-xfce-21.1.6-minimal-211017-linux513.iso of=/dev/sda status=progress
7. Remove the USB key

BIOS configuration

Depending on your computer, you may need to activate the UEFI mode to be able to boot from your USB key:

1. Insert your USB key and restart the computer
2. Repeatedly press on ESC on your keyboard to enter the BIOS when your computer is booting
3. Activate the UEFI
4. Boot from the USB key

Installation

Just follow the instructions on your screen! 😉

Install applications

Some applications may exist only on the AUR repository. If it is not already activated, you can look at this tutorial to activate it with Package Manager.

#######################################
# (su) Multiple applications from AUR #
#######################################
# Switch to the super user
sudo su

# Make sure all installed applications are up to date
pacman -Syyu
pacman -S --needed base-devel

# Install vim
pacman -S vim

# Install Zoom
# https://zoom.us/download?os=linux (Arch 64 bits - zoom_amd64.deb)
sudo pacman -U zoom_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
# pacman -Rs pdfsam

# Enable color in Pacman by uncommenting "Color" under "Misc options"
vim /etc/pacman.conf

exit

# Install paru as an AUR helper
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
cd paru
makepkg -si
cd ..
rm -rf paru

# Switch to the super user
sudo su

# Install applications with paru
#   Search a package with paru: paru PACKAGE_NAME
paru -S noto-fonts-emoji --noconfirm
paru -S dnsutils --noconfirm
paru -S docker --noconfirm
paru -S nvm --noconfirm
paru -S sshfs --noconfirm
paru -S system-config-printer --noconfirm
exit

paru -S dockbarx --noconfirm
paru -S firefox --noconfirm
paru -S thunderbird --noconfirm
paru -S libreoffice --noconfirm
paru -S google-chrome --noconfirm
paru -S jetbrains-toolbox --noconfirm
paru -S xfce4-dockbarx-plugin --noconfirm
paru -S inkscape --noconfirm
paru -S plex --noconfirm
paru -S notepadqq --noconfirm

# TODO Document commands used to install clamav
# with Synaptic (clamtk and clamtk-nautilus)

# paru -S teams --noconfirm
# paru -S vmware-horizon-client --noconfirm
# paru -S vmware-keymaps --noconfirm
# paru -S google-chrome-beta --noconfirm
# paru -S google-chrome-dev --noconfirm
# paru -S firefox-beta-bin --noconfirm
paru -S firefox-nightly --noconfirm
# paru -S jdk11-openjdk --noconfirm

# Remove cache
paru -Sc

#######################################
#               Node.js               #
#######################################
# Finish the setup of NVM
echo 'source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL

# Install the latest version of NVM
nvm install 20.9.0

#######################################
# (su)           Misc                 #
#######################################
# Switch to the super user
sudo su

# Disable Linux PC speaker beep permanently
echo "blacklist pcspkr" | tee /etc/modprobe.d/nobeep.conf

# Set ntp so that the clock is set to the correct time
timedatectl set-ntp true

#######################################
# (su)          Docker                #
#######################################
# Start Docker now
systemctl start docker

# Start Docker when starting the computer
systemctl enable docker

# Show the version of Docker (ex. Docker version 20.10.9, build c2ea9bc90b)
docker --version

# Add your user ID to the docker group to be able to manage it as non-root
usermod -a -G docker benran

#######################################
# (su)          Restart               #
#######################################
# Restart the computer
shutdown --reboot

Generate SSH keys

# Generate SSH keys with ssh-keygen
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "ranb2002-laptop"
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "ranb2002-laptop"

# See the generated keys
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Git

# Set your identity
git config --global user.name "Benjamin Rancourt"
git config --global user.email benjamin.rancourt@email.com

# Set Vim as default editor for Git
git config --global core.editor vim

# Set some useful aliases (https://git-scm.com/book/tr/v2/Git-Basics-Git-Aliases)
git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.br branch
git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.st status

# https://www.stefanjudis.com/snippets/a-git-alias-to-show-a-detailed-git-branch-overview/
git config --global alias.zup "for-each-ref --sort='authordate:iso8601' --format='%(color:green)%(authordate:relative)%09%(color:white)%(refname:short) / %(contents:subject)' refs/heads"

## Unstage a file (git unstage fileA)
git config --global alias.unstage 'reset HEAD --'

## See the last commit easily (git last)
git config --global alias.last 'log -1 HEAD'

## Set the push default config to simple
git config --global push.default simple

# Confirm your settings
git config --global --list

## Add Git completion
cd ~ && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
echo "source ~/git-completion.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

## Add Git branch name to bash prompt
# Follow instructions on https://coderwall.com/p/fasnya/add-git-branch-name-to-bash-prompt

# TODO To document correctly
git config --global commit.gpgsign true

Upgrade

If you want to update applications and dependencies on your computer:

sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade

Hopes it could also help you if you want this distribution! 😇