How-To | Install Arch Linux with Nvidia GeForce 1080Ti

How-To
Installation, Linux

Download Arch and Verify ISO

https://www.archlinux.org/download/
pg —keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve —verify archlinux--x86_64.iso.sig

Create Installation Medium

dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx status=progress && sync

Arch Installation Guide

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide#Install_the_base_packages

Partition Scheme

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/boot	/dev/sdx1	EFI System Partition (EF00)	    More than 512 MiB
/	    /dev/sdx2	Linux	                        70 GB
/home	/dev/sdx4	Linux	                        Rest

Example:

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Partition number (3-128, default 3):  3 
First sector (34-15728606, default = 4605952) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: 
Last sector (4605952-15728606, default = 15728606) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: +4G
Current type is 'Linux filesystem'
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): 8300
Changed type of partition to 'Linux filesystem

  • Make Swap-File

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    fallocate -l 8GB /swapfile
    chmod 600 /swapfile
    mkswap /swapfile
    swapon /swapfile
    ~ vim /etc/fstab
        /swapfile none swap defaults 0 0

  • Installation of KDE Plasma (NVIDIA)
    https://sadanand-singh.github.io/posts/completesetuparchplasma/

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    $ pacman -S xorg-server nvidia nvidia-libgl nvidia-settings mesa
    $ pacman -S ttf-hack ttf-anonymous-pro
    $ pacman -S ttf-dejavu ttf-freefont ttf-liberation
    $ pacman -S plasma-meta dolphin kdialog kfind
    $ pacman -S konsole gwenview okular spectacle kio-extras
    $ pacman -S kompare dolphin-plugins kwallet kwalletmanager
    $ pacman -S ark yakuake flite

  • SDDM

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    $ vim /etc/sddm.conf
    ....
    [Theme]
    # Current theme name
    Current=breeze
    # Cursor theme used in the greeter
    CursorTheme=breeze_cursors
    ...
    $ systemctl enable sddm
    $ reboot