minimal arch linux w/ xfce

#!/bin/bash

#
# a minimal Arch Linux system with XFCE on an NVMe drive using GRUB as the bootloader for UEFI systems.
#

# Update system clock
timedatectl set-ntp true

# Partitioning using sgdisk for UEFI
sgdisk -Z                                 \
       -o                                 \
       -a 2048                            \
       -n 1:0:+200M -t 1:ef00 -c 1:"EFI"  \
       -n 2:0:0     -t 2:8300 -c 2:"ROOT" \
       /dev/sda

# Format partitions
mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 -E discard /dev/sda2

# Mount root partition
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
mkdir -p /mnt/{home,boot/grub,}
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

# Enables multilib & ParallelDownloads
perl -i -0777 -pe "s/^#(\[multilib\]\n)#/\1/gm; s/\#(ParallelDownloads)/\1/gm" /etc/pacman.conf

pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring --noconfirm

# Grab the latest and most hottest mirrors known to man!
reflector --verbose --latest 5 --country US --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist --ipv4

# Install base system and necessary packages (-P will copy our pacman.conf)
pacstrap -P /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware archlinux-keyring grub efibootmgr xfce4-notifyd xfce4-panel xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin xfce4-screenshooter xfce4-session xfce4-settings xfce4-terminal xfdesktop xfwm4 xfwm4-themes ristretto thunar thunar-archive-plugin thunar-volman xorg-server mesa xf86-input-libinput networkmanager network-manager-applet lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa gvfs nano openssh xarchiver arj binutils bzip2 cpio gzip lha lrzip lz4 lzip lzop p7zip tar unarj unrar unzip xdg-utils xz zip zstd --needed --noconfirm

# Generate fstab
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

# tmpfs to fstab
echo -e "tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0" >> /mnt/etc/fstab

echo -e 'KEYMAP="us"\nFONT="eurlatgr"' > /mnt/etc/vconsole.conf

# Change root into the new system
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash <<EOF
# Update keys and stuff
pacman-key --init
pacman-key --populate archlinux

# Set timezone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc

# Add sysctl settings to disable IPv6
echo "# Disable IPv6" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
echo "net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
echo "net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
echo "net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1" >> /etc/sysctl.conf

# Disable IPv6 in network configuration (dhcpcd)
echo "noipv6rs" >> /etc/dhcpcd.conf

# Localization
echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf

# Network configuration
echo "arch" > /etc/hostname
echo -e "127.0.0.1\tlocalhost\n::1\t\tlocalhost\n127.0.1.1\tarch.localdomain\tarch" > /etc/hosts

# Set root password (replace 'password' with your own)
echo "root:password" | chpasswd

# Cant forget this one.. jeez
echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers

# Create user account
useradd --create-home --gid users --groups wheel,storage,power,video --password $(openssl passwd -1 "password") --shell /bin/bash user

# rebuild the ram disk for the kernel
mkinitcpio -p linux

# Install GRUB bootloader for UEFI
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB

# Generate GRUB configuration file
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg


systemctl enable NetworkManager
systemctl enable dhcpcd
systemctl enable lightdm
systemctl enable sshd


# hide those stupid menu itemns i hate
for i in {'xfce4-mail-reader.desktop','avahi-discover.desktop','bssh.desktop','bvnc.desktop','qvidcap.desktop','qv4l2.desktop',}; do
    [ -e "/usr/share/applications/$i" ] && echo "OnlyShowIn=GNOME" >> "/usr/share/applications/$i"
done

EOF

# Unmount all partitions
umount -R /mnt

# Reboot system
reboot