My Arch Linux Configuration

Installation

In the live system

loadkeys fr
iwctl

then

station wlan0 scan
station wlan0 get-networks
station wlan0 connect SSID

Exit iwctl and run archinstall. Install the bspwm profile with the lightdm greeter.

Remove the greeter

sudo systemctl disable lightdm
sudo pacman -Runs lightdm-gtk-greeter

Config Files

cd
sudo pacman -S git stow
git clone https://github.com/3fxcf9/dotfiles
stow dotfiles

Among others, the .xinitrc file will get linked in the home.

Packages

Install paru

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
cd paru
makepkg -si

Bspwm

sudo pacman -S bspwm sxhkd xorg-xinput xorg-xsetroot polybar maim xclip xdotool
mkdir ~/Screenshots

Fix polybar backlight

sudo chown $USER /sys/class/backlight/amdgpu_bl1/brightness

Fonts

sudo pacman -S otf-monaspace-nerd

Applications

sudo pacman -S kitty firefox btop neovim signal-desktop yazi zathura zathura-pdf-mupdf

Utils

sudo pacman -S pavucontrol man-db unzip bat fd rg fastfetch cpufetch zoxide udisks2 jq

Zsh

sudo pacman -S zsh zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting eza fzf
paru -S pursarship    # Shell
chsh -s $(which zsh)

############## Reboot if needed ##############

Kanata

paru kanata

# Permissions
sudo groupadd uinput
sudo usermod -aG input $USER
sudo usermod -aG uinput $USER
sudo echo 'KERNEL=="uinput", MODE="0660", GROUP="uinput", OPTIONS+="static_node=uinput"' > /etc/udev/rules.d/99-input.rules
sudo udevadm control --reload && udevadm trigger --verbose --sysname-match=uniput
sudo modprobe uinput

############## Reboot if needed ##############

systemctl --user enable kanata.service
systemctl --user start kanata.service

# Re-run bspwm config file

Git and github

sudo pacman -S github-cli git-delta
gh auth login

# Generate signing key
gpg --gen-key
gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG

Dev

paru -S vlang nodejs npm tree-sitter tree-sitter-cli

OCaml

sudo pacman -S opam
opam init -y
opam install odoc utop  # ocaml-lsp and ocamlformat are managed by Mason

3D printing

sudo pacman -S prusa-slicer

Syncthing

sudo pacman -S syncthing
sudo systemctl enable syncthing@moi.service
sudo systemctl start syncthing@moi.service
# SET USERNAME AND PASSWORD: localhost:8384

School

sudo pacman -S inkscape python3 python-pip python-xlib rofi
sudo pacman -S texlive-basic texlive-latex texlive-latexrecommended texlive-fontsrecommended texlive-mathscience texlive-latexextra pdf2svg
# TODO: Add course_manager setup

Power management

sudo pacman -S tlp tlp-rdw
sudo systemctl enable tlp.service
sudo systemctl start tlp.service

Customize in /etc/tlp.conf. Change systemctl suspend-then-hibernate delay in /etc/systemd/sleep.conf.

• Suspend hook:

  sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep
  sudo nvim /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/10-s2idle-tune

  Content:

  #!/bin/bash
  case "$1" in
   pre)
     # Before suspend
     nmcli radio wifi off 2>/dev/null || true
     systemctl stop syncthing.service 2>/dev/null || true
     ;;
   post)
     # After resume
     nmcli radio wifi on 2>/dev/null || true
     systemctl start syncthing.service 2>/dev/null || true
     ;;
  esac

  sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/10-s2idle-tune

• Tune power button behavior in /etc/systemd/logind.conf (run sudo systemctl restart systemd-logind after edit)

Battery notifications

sudo pacman -S acpi dunst
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/battery-*
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable battery-alert.timer
systemctl --user start battery-alert.timer

Add this to /etc/udev/rules.d/60-power.rules:

ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{type}=="Mains", ATTR{online}=="0", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/moi/.Xauthority" RUN+="/usr/bin/su moi -c '/home/moi/.local/bin/battery-charging discharging'"
ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{type}=="Mains", ATTR{online}=="1", ENV{DISPLAY}=":0", ENV{XAUTHORITY}="/home/moi/.Xauthority" RUN+="/usr/bin/su moi -c '/home/moi/.local/bin/battery-charging charging'"

Hibernation

• sudo btrfs filesystem mkswapfile --size 16G /swapfile
  swapon /swapfile

• Edit /etc/systemd/system.conf.d/hibernate.conf with

  [Sleep]
  HibernateMode=platform
  HibernateDelaySec=0
  

• Execute this command

  root_uuid=$(sudo findmnt -no UUID /)
  offset=$(sudo filefrag -v /swapfile | awk '$1=="0:" {print substr($4, 1, length($4)-1)}')
  echo "systemd.resume=UUID=$root_uuid systemd.resume_offset=$offset"

  and add the result to the options line of /boot/loader/entries/2025-08-18_11-26-04_linux.conf.
• Add the resume hook to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.
• Run

  sudo mkinitcpio -P
  sudo bootctl update

• Reboot

Course manager

# Figure manager
sudo pacman -S inotify-tools scour rofi inkscape

Add built binaries to ~/.local/bin.