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Set keyboard layout
loadkeys dk
Verify EFI boot mode
ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

If the directory does not exist, you need to find a way to reboot into EFI boot mode
Update system clock
timedatectl set-ntp true
Partition the disks
gdisk /dev/nvme0n1p

Example: /dev/nvme0n1p1 EFI partition 550 MiB, /dev/nvme0n1p2 linux partition remaining space
Format EFI partition
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/nvme0n1p1

IMPORTANT: Refer to the wiki if you are dual booting, formatting your EFI partition will most likely make Windows unbootable
Format root partition
mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2
Mount root file system
mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt
Create EFI mount point
mkdir /mnt/boot
Mount EFI file system
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot

Choose download mirrors
vim /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

The higher a mirror is placed in the list, the more priority it is given when downloading a package. You may want to edit the file accordingly, and move the geographically closest mirrors to the top of the list, although other criteria should be taken into account. This file will later be copied to the new system by pacstrap, so it is worth getting right.
Install base packages
pacstrap /mnt vim base base-devel linux linux-firmware intel‑ucode

Generate fstab file
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
Change root into new system
arch-chroot /mnt
Set root password
passwd
Set default editor
echo 'EDITOR=vim' >> /etc/environment

Set the time zone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Copenhagen /etc/localtime
Write software UTC time to hardware
hwclock --systohc
Uncomment locales to generate
vim /etc/locale.gen

en_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

Generate locales
locale-gen
Set LANG
echo 'LANG=en_DK.UTF-8' > /etc/locale.conf
Persist keymap
echo 'KEYMAP=dk' > /etc/vconsole.conf

Set hostname
echo 'ballz-pc' > /etc/hostname
Configure hosts file
vim /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1	localhost
::1		localhost

Install bootloader
bootctl install
Read UUID of root partition
lsblk -dno UUID /dev/nvme0n1p2

You will need this for the next step
Configure bootloader
vim /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf

title Arch Linux (linux)
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /intel-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root="UUID=put-here-the-uuid-you-got-above" rw

You can also edit /boot/loader/loader.conf to increase timeout if you are dual booting-windows (otherwise you will boot directly to linux)
Reboot into new system
Leave chroot
exit
Unmount and reboot
umount -R /mnt && reboot

Create regular user
useradd --create-home --groups wheel zach

The `wheel` group is for sudo
Set user password
passwd zach
Enable sudo for wheel group
visudo

%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

Uncomment the above to allow members of group `wheel` to execute any command (after entering root password)
Change to regular user
su zach

curl -L -O https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/aurman.tar.gz
Import GnuPG key
gpg --recv-keys 465022E743D71E39
Unpack
tar -xvf aurman.tar.gz
cd aurman
Compile and install
makepkg -si

aurman -Syu systemd-boot-pacman-hook

IMPORTANT: the bootctl update hook is needed to ensure microcode updates

sudo pacman -Syu xorg docker openssh termite ...