Software/Tools

These are installed seperately apart from the base installation, which is quite barebone.

Essential

Typically, these should be installed during the installation/setup process.

Tool	Description	Installation
sudo	Gives user `superuser` permision to perform task. `sudo` does not come preinstalled, need to be installed and setup manually for the user.	`pacman -S sudo`
vim	A terminal text editor, would be used to edit file configuration during the installation process.	`pacman -S vim`
nmtui	A terminal application to configure IP network, useful for setting up network connection via terminal (before GUI is installed.)	`pacman -S networkmanager`

Terminal related packages.

Tool	Description	Installation
tmux	A terminal multiplexer.	`pacman -S tmux`
htop	An interactive process viewer.	`pacman -S htop`
zsh	Alternative to `bash` shell, this is actually optional.	`pacman -S zsh zsh-completions`

Development packages.

Tool	Description	Installation
git	A distributed version control system for tracking changes in source code during software development.	`pacman -S git`
curl	A command-line tool and library for transferring data with URLs. It supports various protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more.	`pacman -S curl`
wget	A command-line utility for downloading files from the web. It supports downloading via HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, with options for recursive downloads and more.	`pacman -S wget`
rust	A multi-paradigm programming language developed by Mozilla.	Setup

Setup via installation script.

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Graphical User Interface (GUI) related packages.

X display manager, used to launch i3.

The greeter is used to login into the i3 session.

sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter

Enable the service.

sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service

After that, start the service.

sudo systemctl start lightdm.service

Used to set screen resolution.

pacman -S xrandr

Getting display names

Get the name of the display and the supported reolution to set.

xrandr

Setting the resolution

For example, setting a display output of 1280x720 for Display-1.

xrandr --output Display-1 --mode 1280x720

Lightweight image viewer, used to set the background wallpaper for i3.

https://github.com/i3/i3

A tiling window manager.

Install the i3 package.

Note: i3 is a metapackage that would install the other packages (i3-wm, i3blocks, i3lock, i3status), install them all!

sudo pacman -S i3

https://github.com/Raymo111/i3lock-color

Replacement for i3lock, which looks much better that the default lockscreen.

https://github.com/polybar/polybar

Replacement for i3 status bar, which allows for a ton of customization.

https://github.com/davatorium/rofi

Replacement for i3 dmenu, a dynamic menu to start applications.

Note: Ensure that yay is setup beforehand!

A terminal emulator for GUI.

pacman -S terminator

A web browser.

pacman -S firefox