Box

Quick setup snippets for my personal dotconfigs, etc.

See also Stack, *nix#Configuration_2

Setting up Arch Linux

Arch Linux, bspwm, sxhkd, dmenu_run.pl, xfce4-panel, urxvt(c), zsh, vim

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide - more detail

# arch linux install from archiso usb drive

# set keyboard for UK qwerty
loadkeys /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/uk.map.gz

# check for potentially failed services (i.e. network dhcp)
systemctl --failed

# turn ntp time updates on
timedatectl set-ntp true 

# create drive partitions
cfdisk

# see also https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning
# there can be only 4 'primary' partitions
# make the fourth 'extended' so it can contain further 'logical' partitions
# only primary and logical partitions are formatted

# / - root partition, will contain /usr (includes installed programs) - 20/25Gb - Bootable - Type: linux (83)
# /boot - contains boot kernel images, 100Mb for no extra kernel images, 200Mb safer for additional images (linux-ck, linux-lts, etc.) - Type: linux (83)
# /var - contains misc. including spools, logs, packages downloaded for installation. separate to avoid running out of space. 10Gb
# /home - contains user home folders, where media will be stored - size: remainder Type: linux (83)
# [swap] - swap partition - 1Gb - Type: linux swap (82)

# check and format drive partitions
lsblk

mkfs.ext4 /dev/[partition]
# repeat for each partition, excluding swap

# create swap partition
mkswap /dev/[swappartition]
swapon /dev/[swappartition]

# mount partitions
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot

mkdir /mnt/var
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/var

mkdir /mnt/home
mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/home

# use geographically close arch package mirror
vi /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# put selected mirror at top of the list. this is copied across in the next step

# install pacman and bootstrap
pacstrap /mnt base

# generate file system configuration info
genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

# chroot into new system
arch-chroot /mnt

# set a hostname
echo computer_name > /etc/hostname

# set timezone
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime

# uncomment en_GB*
vi /etc/locale.gen

# build boot images
mkinitcpio -p linux

# change root password
passwd


[stuff]

# add your own user account
useradd -m USERNAME

# add sudo rights to new user
vi /etc/sudoers

# uncomment %wheel      ALL=(ALL) ALL

# USERNAME HOST_NAME= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/halt,/usr/bin/poweroff,/usr/bin/reboot,/usr/bin/pacman -Syu

# add user to wheel group for sudo/etc, access
gpasswd -a USERNAME wheel




# set network device names in relation to their MAC
vi /etc/udev/rules.d/10-network.rules

# SUBSYSTEM etc. w/ MAC address (todo - dynamic man alteration?)

# set network devices for DHCP (dynamic ip)
vi /etc/systemd/network/net0.network

[Match]
Name=net0

[Network]
DHCP=ipv4


# set dns resolver (router)
vi /etc/resolv.conf

hostname 192.168.1.254


# make systemd-networkd start automatically
systemctl enable systemd-networkd 

# make slim login desktop manager start automatically
systemctl enable slim.service

# edit slim config - default_user, focus_password, current_theme sleep-openbox
vi /etc/slim.conf


# update system
pacman -Syu

# find out graphics chipset
lspci | grep -e VGA -e 3D

# find gfx chipset drivers to install
pacman -Ss xf86-video | grep ##something##

# install gfx drivers
pamna -S xf86-video-ati # etc.


# bootstrap AUR access with AUR helper yaourt
# https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-yaourt-to-easily-download-arch-linux-community-packages

echo "[archlinuxfr]" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "SigLevel = Never" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch" >> /etc/pacman.conf

# install required basic commands
pacman -Syu yaourt

# now remove last three pacman.conf lines

# install various apps
yaourt -S binutils fakeroot base-devel pm-utils
yaourt -S zsh vim openssh terminus-font htop tree ipcalc
yaourt -S xorg-server xorg-initrc xorg-xsetroot xorg-xrdb xorg-xset slim slim-themes bspwm-git sxhkd-git dmenu xfce4-panel urxvtcd hsetroot redshift unclutter udiskie volti radiotray compton dunst autocutsel lxapperance friendly-find

# setup encrypted dns
dnscrypt-autoinstall







python

# uncomment en_GB*


fuck about with syslinux *.c32 symbolic links (on the same boot partition)


git config --global user.name USERNAME
git config --global user.email MAILADDRESS

dotfiles

# install: vcsh myrepos
vcsh clone git@github.com:milkmiruku/vcsh-mr.git
# edit config.d symlinks to available.d
mr up

old Ubuntu setup

• https://github.com/milkmiruku/boxbootstrap/blob/master/box1.5

hostname new.host.name

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tmux git
git clone git@github.com:milkmiruku/dottmux.git ~/.tmux
ln -s ~/.tmux/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
tmux

sudo apt-get install curl zsh ncdu htop tree mercurial build-essential gcc libc6-dev ncurses-dev

sudo git clone git@github.com:milkmiruku/zsh.git ~/.zsh && cd ~/.zsh && sudo git submodule init && sudo git submodule update
  # edit zshrc location config 
useradd -m -s /usr/bin/zsh milk
passwd milk
adduser milk sudo

sudo apt-get remove vim vim-runtime gvim
  # (disable distro vim. not possible with apt on ubuntu [1])
mkdir ~/src && mkdir ~/src/vim
hg clone https://vim.googlecode.com/hg/ ~/src/vim && cd ~/src/vim && ./configure --enable-pythoninterp=yes && make && sudo make install
cd

git clone git@github.com:milkmiruku/dotvim.git ~/.vim
ln -s ~/.vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
mkdir ~/.vim/bundle
git clone git://github.com/Shougo/neobundle.vim ~/.vim/bundle/neobundle.vim
echo ':NeoBundleInstall' > ~/viminit.txt
echo ':q' >> ~/viminit.vim
vim -s ~/viminit.vim
rm ~/viminit.vim

wget -O src/atop.tar.gz http://www.atoptool.nl/download/atop-2.0.2.tar.gz && cd ~/src && tar zxvf atop.tar.gz && cd ~/src/atop && ./configure && make && make install
cd

vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  # disable root, change port, etc.

ssh-keygen -t rsa
  # (for user and root?)

To sort: multiuser config. permissions? Or /usr/share/config/ ...

apt-get install php mariadb
apt-get install ruby rubygems
apt-get install python pip

Install

• https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed
• http://fai-project.org/
• http://www.50ply.com/blog/2012/07/16/automating-debian-installs-with-preseed-and-puppet/

• https://github.com/vitamins/archinstaller

Backup

See also Backup

Attick

Release date.

List of installed programs, dependencies.

Paths

/home/* /etc /var /boot etc..