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Arch Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for Archlinux configuration files, pacman commands, Xorg configuration, useful groups, common packages, and additional tips. It lists configuration files such as /etc/rc.conf, /etc/locale.gen, and /etc/pacman.conf. It describes pacman commands for installing, removing, updating, searching for, and listing packages. It also gives tips for Xorg configuration and login managers. Useful user groups, fonts, and multimedia packages are listed as well.

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Arch Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for Archlinux configuration files, pacman commands, Xorg configuration, useful groups, common packages, and additional tips. It lists configuration files such as /etc/rc.conf, /etc/locale.gen, and /etc/pacman.conf. It describes pacman commands for installing, removing, updating, searching for, and listing packages. It also gives tips for Xorg configuration and login managers. Useful user groups, fonts, and multimedia packages are listed as well.

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Archlinux Cheat Sheet

Configuration Files
/etc/rc.conf Main configuration File, modules, daemons, network. /etc/locale.gen Locale Config /etc/makepkg.conf Makepkg configuarion file /etc/pacman.conf Pacman config file /etc/a s.conf A!S config file /etc/mkinitcpio.conf "nitrd cofiguration /etc/conf.d/ #aemons configuration /etc/pacman.d/ Mirrors config for pacman /etc/rc.d/ #aemons start scripts

Pacman
pacman %S package%name "nstalls package pacman %& package%name &emo'es package pacman %&ns package%name &emo'es package, deps, and config file pacman %Su( )pdates the s(stem pacman %Ss string Search string in the package #! pacman %* package%name Search the package in s(stem pacman %*l package%name List files whithin the package pacman %) package%name.tar.g+ "nstalls a gi'en package file pacman %*e List explicit installed packages pacman %*m List A)& packages pacman %,*-S-&-). %%help Shows helps for the gi'en option makepkg %s Auto install deps for A)& packages )seful man pages/ pacman.conf, pacman, makepkg

$org configuration
pacman %S xorg "nstalls xorg pacman %Ss xf01%'ideo List generic 'ideo dri'ers $org %configure n'idia%xconfig Configure a xorg.conf file ,2ew 'ersions of $org should detect e'er(thing, install hal with pacman and then tr( startx. "n order to oot in $ (ou should add a login manager to the daemons arra( 34#M, Slim, 5dm6, use the startx script or change the initle'el and login manager in /etc/initta )seful man pages/ xorg.conf, initta

Useful Groups gpasswd %a user group Add user to group/ lp For printers audio For audio optical Acces to optical dri'es storage Acces to storage de'ices 'ideo Access to 'ideo de'ices )seful man pages/ useradd, gpasswd, groups

Other Common Packages pacman %S ttf%ms%fonts ttf%de7a'u ttf% itstream%'era Some fonts pacman %S gnome gnome%extra gdm "nstalls 4nome, extra apps and the 4#M login manager pacman %S elinks 8ext mode rowser pacman %S firefox 7re flashplugin "nstalls Firefox with 9&: and Ado e Flash plugins pacman %S 'imdiff )seful to check differences etwen files, like a .pacnew config file pacman %S alsa%li alsa%utils "nstalls alsa, then run alsaconfig pacman %S codecs gstreamer;.<;% ad gstreamer;.<;%ugl( gstreamer;.<;%ffmpeg gstreamer;.<;%ugl(%plugins Propietar( codecs Llinks and information

Forum/ http/// s.archlinux.org =iki/ http///wiki.archlinux.org Aur/ http///aur.archlinux.org "&C/ >archlinux, >archlinux%offtopic at Freenode ? )se man to get the manual pages, in some cases, a gi'en command ma( had more than one man page, to acces all of them use @man %a command@ or @man 2 command@ if (ou know wich page it@s. ? Search the we , the wiki and forums at an( trou les ? Alwa(s check .pacnew files ? Alwa(s read news and forum efore a full s(stem update ? Check logs for important messages and errors 3/'ar/log/6 ? &ead the P54!)"L# efore install an( software from A)&
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