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  • Command Arch Linux
  • Active Dual Monitor with xrandr
  • Connect Wifi for Laptop
  • Keybind DWM
  • My Config file .bashrc
  • Install Arch Linux
  • Post Install Arch Linux
  • Install Window Manager dwm
    • Patching dwm
    • File .xinitrc
    • Install Font
    • Set wallpaper
    • Opacity or blur terminal
    • Generate Color theme with pywal
• Install App
  • Install Flashdisk NTFS
  • Install and Update Discord
  • Install alacritty (terminal)
  • Install Docker
  • Install bat (for cat display)
  • Install fzf (Fuzzy Finder)
  • Install Audio
  • Install Kdenlive
  • Install GIMP
  • Install krita
  • Install Virtualbox
  • Install Mysql and MySQL Workbench
  • Install xampp and configuration
  • Edit file virtual host on Apache XAMPP
  • Install Composer
  • Change Languages Arch Linux
  • Backup file .xinitrc manjaro-linux
• Fix Error In Arch Linux
  • Fix unable to lock database
• Command terminal perhaps help me
  • Set audio volume from terminal

Command Arch Linux

Command	Description
xrandr	Check list resolution monitor
xrandr --output "Virtual-1" --mode 1920x1080	Change resolution monitor

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Active Dual Monitor with xrandr

1. Check List Monitor

xrandr

2. Set Active

xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1280x720 --left-of VGA-1 --output VGA-1 --mode 1366x768 --primary

3. Increse Brightness Monitor

xrandr --output HDMI-1 --brightness 1.2

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Connect Wifi for Laptop

1. insert

# iwctl

2. show wlan

# station wlan0 show

3. scan wlan

# station wlan0 scan

4. connect wlan wifi

# station wlan0 connect name_wifi

Using nmcli

1. List device wifi

nmcli device wifi list

2. Rescan device wifi

nmcli device wifi rescan

3. Connect wifi

nmcli device wifi connect access_point_name password your_password

4. Show connection

nmcli connection show

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Keybind DWM

Keybind	Description
ALT + SHIFT + ENTER	Open terminal
ALT + J	Toggle forward and backward between window viewing FORWARD
ALT + K	Toggle forward and backward between window viewing BACKWARD
ALT + SHIFT + c	Close Window on active
ALT + p	Run program with dmenu
ALT + 1 2 3 4	Move workspace
ALT + SHIFT + 1 2 3 4	Move window to different workspace
ALT + h	move space window to left
ALT + l	move space window to right
ALT + d	Move window to down
ALT + i	Move window to up
ALT + SPACE	Change mode window to float
ALT + B	hide top bar dmenu
CTRL + SHIFT PgUp	zoom in and zoom in terminal
CTRL + SHIFT + pgDn	zoom in and zoom out terminal

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My Config file .bashrc

function cdf() {
    cd "$(find * -type d | fzf)"
}

alias sn='sudo shutdown now'

n() {
  nvim "$@"
}

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Install Arch Linux

1. synchronizing package database

# pacman -Syy

2. check partition

# lsblk

3. format partition

# gdisk /dev/"name disk"
# gdisk /dev/sda

Output :

4. install archlinux keyring package

# pacman -S archlinux-keyring

5. update package

# pacman -Sy archinstall

6. trigger installation

# archinstall

Output Image :

• Setup Partition :
• Aditional Package :
• All Setting Installation :

7. After installation done reboot or shutdown computer

# reboot
# shutdown now

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Post Install Arch Linux

• Change session cli to dekstop environment ALT F1 or F2
• Upadate all package

# sudo pacman -Syu

• Install app

# sudo pacman -S firefox

• Install yay package

# git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git
# cd yay-bin
# makepkg -si

// install app with yay
# yay -S firefox

• Install xorg for graphics

# sudo pacman -S xorg

• Install desktop environment (KDE Plasma)

# sudo pacman -S plasma-desktop

• Install xorg-xinit

# sudo pacman -S xorg-xinit

• Add script file .bash_profile

# vim .bash_profile

// Add script
if [ -z "${DISPLAY}"] && [ "${XDG_VTNR}" -eq 1 ]; then
    exec startx
fi

• Edit file xinitrc

# vim .xinitrc

// Add script
exec startplasma-x11

• Install konsole terminal KDE

# sudo pacman -S konsole

• Install fonts

# sudo pacman -S gnu-free-fonts noto-fonts ttf-jetbrains-mono

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Install Window Manager dwm

reference : https://dwm.suckless.org/

1. clone dwm

# git clone https://git.suckless.org/dwm

2. clone dmenu

# git clone https://git.suckless.org/dmenu

3. clone st

# git clone https://git.suckless.org/st

4. create folder

# mkdir suckless

5. move file dwm, dmenu and st to folder suckless

# mv dwm dmenu st suckless/

6. open file dwm, dmenu and st and install

# cd dwm
# sudo make clean install

7. edit script file .xinitrc (Home directory)

# vim .xinitrc

// Add script
#exec startplasma-x11
exec dwm

8. Keybind dwm

• Open terminal ALT + SHIFT + ENTER
• Toggle forward and backward between window viewing FORWARD = ALT + J, BACKWARD = ALT + K
• Close Window on active ALT + SHIFT + c
• Run program with dmenu ALT + p
• Move workspace ALT + 1 2 3 4
• Move window to different workspace ALT + SHIFT + 1 2 3 4
• move space window to left ALT + h, right ALT + l
• Move window to down ALT + d to left ALT + i
• Change mode window to float ALT + SPACE
• hide top bar dmenu ALT + B
• zoom in and zoom out in terminal CTRL + SHIFT PgUp and CTRL + SHIFT + pgDn

Patching dwm

1. Download patches : https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/
2. create folder in suckless/dwm/patches
3. copy file config cp config.h config.def.h
4. install patch patch -i patches/dwm-name-version.diff
5. after isntall patch sudo make clean install on folder dwm

File .xinitrc

~/.fehbg &
xrandr --output "Virtual-1" --mode 1280x720 &
picom &
slstatus &

#exec startplasma-x11
exec dwm

Install Font

Font Hack

sudo pacman -S ttf-hack

Font Awesome

sudo pacman -S ttf-font-awesome

Font Jetbrains

sudo pacman -S ttf-jetbrains-mono

Font Nerd Fonts symbols

sudo pacman -S ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols

Font Korean

sudo pacman -S ttf-baekmuk

Set wallpaper

see general command man feh

1. install feh sudo pacman -S feh
2. set wallpaper feh --bg-scale Pictures/name-wallpaper

Opacity or blur terminal

1. install picom sudo pacman -S picom
2. run picom picom &
3. open folder xdg cd /etc/xdg/
4. open file picom.conf sudo vim picom.conf
5. add script :

Generate Color theme with pywal

reference : https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal

1. Install pywwal sudo pacman -S python-pywal
2. generate color wallpaper which is being used wal -i wallpaper/name-wallpaper.png
3. open cd .cache/wal to see color results
4. add #include "/home/<USER>/.cache/wal/colors-wal-dwm.h" in file config.h on folder /dwm

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Install App

Install Flashdisk NTFS

1. install package ntfs

   sudo pacman -S ntfs-3g

2. install package Automount

   sudo pacman -S udiskie

3. add command in .xinit file

   udiskie &

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Install and Update Discord

1. Unduh file .tar.gz dari situs resmi Discord: 🔗 https://discord.com/download Pilih versi "Linux" → tar.gz.

2. Ekstrak file yang telah diunduh Gunakan perintah berikut untuk mengekstrak file:

tar -xvzf discord-*.tar.gz

3. Pindahkan ke direktori sistem Hapus versi lama (jika ada) dan pindahkan yang baru:

sudo rm -rf /opt/discord
sudo mv discord /opt/

Note : Untuk mengganti nama folder di terminal Linux, gunakan perintah berikut:

mv nama_folder_lama nama_folder_baru

Install alacritty (terminal)

• reference : https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/blob/master/INSTALL.md
• Theme : https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty-theme

1. First, On Arch Linux, you need a few extra libraries to build Alacritty. Here's a pacman command that should install all of them. If something is still found to be missing, please open an issue.

pacman -S cmake freetype2 fontconfig pkg-config make libxcb libxkbcommon python

2. Install

sudo pacman -S alacritty

3. Customize setting alacritty create file on folder ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml

[font]
normal = {family = "Hack", style = "Regular"}
bold = {family = "Hack", style = "Bold"}
size = 12

[window]
opacity = 1
blur = true

Install Docker

A. Install and Running Dcoker

1. install docker

sudo pacman -S docker -y

2. check version docker

docker --version

3. install docker desktop, first download docker desktop for arc linux. link : https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/
4. and install docker desktop

sudo pacman -U ./docker-desktop-<version>-<arch>.pkg.tar.zst

5. check docker running or not

sudo systemctl status docker

6. if not running run this command

sudo systemctl start docker

B. Command Docker

Command	Description
sudo docker version	Check version docker

Install bat (for cat display)

Reference : https://github.com/sharkdp/bat A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

1. Install bat

sudo pacman -S bat

Install fzf (Fuzzy Finder)

1. Install fzf with yay

yay -S fzf

2. run fzf

fzf

3. open folder with fzf

alias cdf='cd $(find * -type d | fzf)'

4. Custom script fzf

 vim ~/.bashrc

5. add script in file .bashrc

function cdf() {
  cd "$(find * -type d | fzf)"
}

6. run fzf with custom script cdf

Install Audio

1. install pipewire sudo pacman -S pipewire pipewire-pulse
2. install pavucontrol sudo pacman -S pavucontrol
3. Restart computer

Install Kdenlive

reference : https://linux-packages.com/arch-linux/package/kdenlive

1. Install kdenlive and update package

    sudo pacman -Sy
    sudo pacman -S kdenlive
   

2. Uninstall kdenlive

    sudo pacman -Rcns kdenlive
   

Install GIMP

reference : https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/gimp/

1. Install GIMP and update package

    sudo pacman -Sy
    sudo pacman -S gimp
   

2. Uninstall GIMP

    sudo pacman -Rcns gimp
   

Install krita

reference : https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/gimp/

1. Install krita and update package

    sudo pacman -Sy
    sudo pacman -S krita
   

2. Uninstall krita

    sudo pacman -Rcns krita
   

Install Virtualbox

1. first update system

    sudo pacman -Syu

2. Install virtualbox with headers

   sudo pacman -S linux$(uname -r | grep -o -E '[0-9]+' | head -n 2 | sed 'N;s/\n//')-headers virtualbox virtualbox-host-dkms

3. Add user to group

   sudo usermod -aG vboxusers $USER

Install Mysql and MySQL Workbench

Reference : https://gist.github.com/oddlyspaced/8856bd3db5132ef3714ecc40a9fe37ea

1. Updating system

   sudo pacman -Syyu

2. Installing software dependencies

   sudo pacman -S git gnome-keyring

3. Compile and Install MySQL Server, Note : (This might take like ~4 hours since it's compiling the source)

   git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mysql.git
   cd mysql
   makepkg -si

4. Install MySQL-Workbench

   sudo pacman -S mysql-workbench

5. Setting up database

   sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
   sudo mysqld --initialize --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
   # ^ Once the above command is executed successfully, make sure to copy paste the demo password displayed at screen!

6. Enabling the service

   sudo systemctl enable --now mysqld

7. Verifying

   mysql -u root -p
   # ^ Enter your dummy password from Part 5

Install xampp and configuration

reference : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XAMPP

1. Download xampp for linux on website https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

2. open file in directory Downloads

cd Downloads

3. run this command

sudo chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-8.2.12-0-installer.run

4. and install xampp with

sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-8.2.12-0-installer.run

5. install other package

sudo pacman -S libxcrypt-compat
sudo pacman -S net-tools

6. after install start xampp apache with this command

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp startapache

7. start mysql

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp startmysql

8. example command to start,stop,restart xampp

sudo /opt/lampp/xampp start,stop,restart

*note stop service apache2 if already running

sudo service apache2 stop

9. open localhost in browser http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

don't forget to add PATH xampp for run laravel project with PHP from xampp add in your .bashrc or .bash_profile

vim .bashrc

copy this path

export PATH="/opt/lampp/bin:$PATH"

Run mysql database

/opt/lampp/bin/mysql -u root

Edit file virtual host on Apache XAMPP

1. Open terminal

sudo vim /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

2. Add config in file httpd-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs/blog-website/public"
    ServerName blog-website.local
    <Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs/blog-website/public">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

3. Active config virtual host

sudo vim /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

and remove sign #

Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

4. Add Local Domain

sudo vim /etc/hosts

and add this example domain

127.0.0.1   blog-website.local

5. Restart Apache Server

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restartapache

or

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

Install Composer

reference : https://getcomposer.org/download

1. Update package

# sudo pacman -Sy

2. install composer

# sudo pacman -S composer

3. check version composer

# composer -v

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Change Languages Arch Linux

1. Add languages by editing /etc/locale.gen. Uncomment the languages you want to

#en_SG ISO-8859-1
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
#en_US ISO-8859-1

2. Run locale-gen to load those languages.

$ sudo locale-gen
Generating locales...
  en_US.UTF-8... done
  en_US.UTF-8... done
Genertaion complete.

3. Set your system language by editing vim /etc/locale.conf. Add LANG= and the language
4. Reboot

Backup file .xinitrc manjaro-linux

#!/bin/bash
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

DEFAULT_SESSION=startplasma-x11

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
    xrdb -merge "$userresources"
fi

if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

# start some nice programs

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
    for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
        [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
    done
    unset f
fi

get_session(){
    local dbus_args=(--sh-syntax --exit-with-session)
    case $1 in
        awesome) dbus_args+=(awesome) ;;
        bspwm) dbus_args+=(bspwm-session) ;;
        budgie) dbus_args+=(budgie-desktop) ;;
        cinnamon) dbus_args+=(cinnamon-session) ;;
        deepin) dbus_args+=(startdde) ;;
        enlightenment) dbus_args+=(enlightenment_start) ;;
        fluxbox) dbus_args+=(startfluxbox) ;;
        gnome) dbus_args+=(gnome-session) ;;
        i3|i3wm) dbus_args+=(i3 --shmlog-size 0) ;;
        jwm) dbus_args+=(jwm) ;;
        kde) dbus_args+=(startplasma-x11) ;;
        lxde) dbus_args+=(startlxde) ;;
        lxqt) dbus_args+=(lxqt-session) ;;
        mate) dbus_args+=(mate-session) ;;
        xfce) dbus_args+=(xfce4-session) ;;
        openbox) dbus_args+=(openbox-session) ;;
        *) dbus_args+=($DEFAULT_SESSION) ;;
    esac

    echo "dbus-launch ${dbus_args[*]}"
}

exec $(get_session "$1")

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Fix Error In Arch Linux

Fix unable to lock database

reference : https://ostechnix.com/how-to-fix-unable-to-lock-database-error-in-arch-linux/

1. Remove file db.lck

   sudo rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
   

2. And update again package

   sudo pacman -Syu
   

Command terminal perhaps help me

Set audio volume from terminal

1. Gets a list of simple mixer controls

    amixer scontrols 
   

2. and set increse audio with this example

    amixer sset 'Master' 100%