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GUI

NOTE: Do not follow the next steps with the root user, use your personal user (if you dont have user you can create it typing useradd -m <user_name> and passwd user_name>)

To install the gui you need some libraires:

1. Core packages

  • xorg: graphic controller
  • xorg-server: graphic controller service
sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-server

2. Session manager

  • lightdm: graphic session manager service
  • lightdm-gtk-greeter: theme for the graphic session manager

Instalation

sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter

Configuration

  • enable the lightdm service
sudo systemctl enable lightdm
  • edit the file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf search by 'greeter-session' and remove the #
# file: /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter

3. Desktop manager

  • awesome: graphic desktop manager

Dependencies and instalation

  • Git - control version manager
sudo pacman -S git
  • yay - AUR packages manager
cd /opt
# download the library
sudo git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git
# change the permissions of the directory
sudo chown -R <your_user>:<your_user> ./yay-git
# install the library and dependencies
sudo pacman -S fakeroot make gcc jq
cd yay-git
makepkg -si
  • Awesome - Desktop manager

go to the oficial repository and follow the Arch instalation guide

Summary to install in arch

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

NOTE: awesome use a default configuration in the path /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua, this configuraton try to use the console xterm which is not installed, change this value with your console or install xterm.

Apply my desktop configuration

  • Kitty - the console - configure the console here (optional)
sudo pacman -S kitty
  • awesome try to find the configuration in ~/.config/awesome/rc.lua, if you want to use my desktop configuration:
# remove preconfigured directory (if exists)
rm -r ~/.config/awesome
# create ~/.config and move there the configuration 
mkdir ~/.config
cp-r <path_of_this_repo>/awesome ~/.config/

Reboot the computer

NVIDIA DRIVERS create /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia nvidia-utils and add:

blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

Refresh the linux image and install the correct drivers

sudo mkinitcpio -P
sudo pacman -S linux-headers nvidia nvidia-utils