Arch Linux Setup

Auto Setup Script

1. Step 1: Install Required Packages

sudo pacman -S git curl wget nano base-devel python

2. Step 2: Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/hirusha-adi/myLinuxSetup.git

3. Step 3: Run the Script

cd myLinuxSetup/desktop

python arch.py

Manual Setup

Update & Upgrade System

sudo pacman -Syyu

Installing yay

• One Liner

sudo pacman -Sy base-devel --noconfirm && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si && cd .. && rm -rf yay

• Manual Method

sudo pacman -Sy base-devel --no-confirm

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git

cd yay

makepkg -si

now, remove the yay directory as its no longer needed

cd .. & rm -rf yay

Install Packages

Other Package Managers

Snap

FlatPak

Trizen

Pamac

Powerpill

Browser

Brave Browser

Firefox

Google Chrome

Google Chrome Canary

Utilities

Yakuake (for KDE)

Guake (for GNOME)

ffmpegthumbs

mplayerthumbs

qbittorrent

KDE-Connect (Phone Sync)

Media

Audacity (Audio Editor)

RawTherapee (Image Editor)

Pinta (Image Editor)

KdenLive (Video Editor)

OpenShot (Video Editor)

Shotcut (Video Editor)

yt-dlp (Video Downloader)

yt-dlp GUI (Video Downloader)

HandBrake (Video Transcoder)

Spotify (Music player)

System Monitor

neofetch

bpytop

Stacer

Password Manager

Bitwarden

KeepassXC

Messaging

Telegram

Discord

Remote Desktop

TeamViewer

AnyDesk

Flasher

Balena Etcher

Popsicle

UNetbootin

Development

Git

Docker

Docker Compose

Github Desktop

Visual Studio Code

VirtualBox

OpenJDK v8

NodeJS

Pycharm Community Edition

Eclipse

NPM

TCL

FPC

NotepadQQ

codeblocks

MongoDB Compass

Options in yay

--noconfirm (No confirm. Choose the defaults)

--noeditmenu (Skip editing PKGBUILD before building)

--noveride (Ignore version restrictions in the PKGBUILD)

--nodiff (Skip checking for differences in files)

--editmenu (Edit PKGBUILD before building)

--rebuild (Rebuild a package even if its up to date)

--verify (Verify the hashes of downloaded files)

--noextract (Skip extracting source files)

--editflags (ggggggggggggg)

Selected Software:

yay -S