Arch Linux Cheat Sheet by misterrabinhalder

Verify signature

gpg --keys­erver pgp.mi­t.edu --keys­erv­er-­options auto-k­ey-­ret­rieve --verify archli­nux­-ve­rsi­on-­x86­_64.is­o.sig

Set the keyboard layout

ls /usr/s­har­e/k­bd/­key­map­s/**­/*.map.gz
loadkeys us

Verify boot mode

ls /sys/f­irm­war­e/e­fi/­efivars

Update the system clock

timeda­tectl set-ntp true

Format the partitions

mkswap /dev/sda1
swapon /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

Select the mirrors

pacman -Sy
pacman -S pacman­-co­ntrib
curl -s "­htt­ps:­//w­ww.a­rc­hli­nux.or­g/m­irr­orl­ist­/?c­oun­try­=IN­&p­rot­oco­l=h­ttp­&p­rot­oco­l=h­ttp­s&­ip_­ver­sio­n=4­&u­se_­mir­ror­_st­atu­s=o­n" | sed -e 's/^#S­erv­er/­Ser­ver/' -e '/^#/d' | rankmi­rrors -n 5 - > /etc/p­acm­an.d­/m­irr­orlist

Fstab

genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/e­tc/­fstab

Time zone

ln -sf /usr/s­har­e/z­one­inf­o/A­sia­/Ko­lkata /etc/l­oca­ltime
hwclock --systohc

Network config­uration

echo 'local­host' > /etc/h­ostname

Root password

passwd