Note Migration Artix Linux

By arvdl | March 01, 2021 | 2 minutes

This is note after migration to Artix Linux, based on my software choices.

Enable Archlinux Repository

You need to enable the archlinux repository after the Artix Linux installation.

Install packages to support archlinux repository.

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sudo pacman -S artix-archlinux-support

Edit the configuration pacman.conf.

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sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf

Paste the configuration as below.

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# ARCH
 [extra]
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch

 [community]
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch

 [multilib]
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-arch

Now run the update repositries command.

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sudo pacman -Syyu

Now you’re ready.

Install Firefox

The default artix linux repository didn’t provide you firefox packages. But they provides the firefox fork Librewolf and Firedragon (available on the universe artix repository).

The firefox browser can be installed from the archlinux repository.

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sudo pacman -Sy firefox

Install NetworkManager

by default, the artix linux used connman for managing the network. Well I prefer NetworkManager because it’s easy to use on graphical and ncurses or tui.

Install NetworkManager on artix linux using the following command.

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sudo pacman -Sy networkmanager network-manager-applet networkmanager-openvpn

Now depends on the init system you’re using right now, install the init startup script for network manager.

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# For openrc
sudo pacman -S networkmanager-openrc

# For runit
sudo pacman -S networkmanager-runit

Now enable the NetworkManager services. If you’re installing artix linux from base package, you must install dbus and add it to the system boot first, because the NetworkManager service require dbus running at first.

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# For openrc
rc-update add NetworkManager default

# For runit
ln -s /etc/runit/sv/NetworkManager /run/runit/service/

Now disable connman to run at boot.

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# For openrc
rc-update del connman

# For runit
touch /run/runit/service/connman/down

Installing Basic Tools

run pacman below.

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sudo pacman -S vim gnome-keyring openbsd-netcat cpupower binutils make gcc pkg-config fakeroot

Done.

Optionally

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sudo pacman -S neofetch

Ok done you’re ready to rock and your system is faster than any other.

FEEL FREE USING NON SYSTEMD DISTRIBUTION