Arch Linux Notes
Arch Linux Notes
By: Matthew_Moore
Enable AUR support for Arch Linux
Edit Pacman.Conf file
sudo [text editor] /etc/pacman.conf
Example:
sudo mousepad /etc/pacman.conf
First enable/uncomment
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Add Repo
[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
install
sudo pacman -Sy yaourt
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Creating a Local Repo for AUR pakcages
Add local source in your pacman.conf file
[local]
SigLevel = Never
Server = file:///home/user/work/local/
Create Local Directory /home/user/work/local/
Download AUR Tarballs and build the packages in
this directory.
Then Open Terminal and CD into this directory and
execute this following command to make it a database.
repo-add local.db.tar.gz *xz
Then in your Packages list in your Build Directory
add a list of the AUR packages you wish to install
from the Local Repo.
##AUR Packages
List here
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GUI frontend for Pacman ( Octopi )
yaourt -S pamac-aur
yaourt -S octopi
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Start Deamon
sudo systemctl
sudo systemctl
sudo systemctl
sudo systemctl
enable org.cups.cupsd.service
enable cups-browsed.service
start org.cups.cupsd.service
start cups-browsed.service
yaourt -S libxfce4ui-devel
yaourt -S xfwm4-devel
Once these packages are installed you will find a new setting
for Sync to V-blank. in your settings under Window Manager Tweaks.
in the Compositer tab.
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Installing Virtual Box and Enabling Full features and permissions
sudo pacman -S virtualbox virtualbox-host-dkms virtualbox-host-modules
yaourt -S virtualbox-ext-oracle
Then load the Vbox driver with this command.
sudo modprobe vboxdrv
To give yourself permissions so virtualbox can access Shared folders and USB dev
ices use this command,
sudo gpasswd -a $USER vboxusers
To load the VirtualBox module at boot time, refer to Kernel_modules#Loading and
create a *.conf with the line:
vboxdrv
in location
/etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf
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OTHER FIXES AND WORKAROUNDS:
Fix Thumbnails in file manager
sudo pacman -S tumbler ffmpegthumbnailer gstreamer0.10 poppler-glib libgsf libop
enraw
sudo rm -rf ~/.thumbnails/
mv ~/.config/Thunar ~/.config/Thunar.bak
sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
Then logout and back in or Reboot.
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Enable Teamviewer Daemon in Arch/Manjaro:
sudo systemctl start teamviewerd
sudo systemctl enable teamviewerd
( if it needs to be restarted )
sudo systemctl --system daemon-reload
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Hide Windows Partitions on DualBoot:
Create a new file /etc/udev/rules.d/99-hide-partitions.rules and add one line pe
r partition you want to hide like so:
(Manually set system Time "Example") sudo timedatectl set-time "2013-08-11 23:5
6:16"
Note: To Fix Clock errors when dual booting, Select Local time when installing
Manjaro
( This is done by default if using GUI install) Then Open Terminal and Se
t the TimeZone as UTC. Using the followng command.
sudo timedatectl set-timezone UTC
There is a bug that causes the System time and the Local time to be reversed. Se
tting
The TimeZone to UTC Results in Correct time Being diplayed on the Desktop.
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