The only good reason to do this is to become familiar with the Arch system. It is very good for that, indeed. And then just install Manjaro 😎😎😎
https://averagelinuxuser.com/a-step-by-step-arch-linux-installation-guide/
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
pacstrap -i /mnt base linux linux-firmware sudo nano
genfstab -U -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
nano /etc/locale.gen
...you should jump to the line #en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
Uncomment it by removing the # sign. Press Ctrl+O Enter to save and Ctrl+X Enter to exit the editor.
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
keyboard for US no need to change
ip a check internet (or wifi-menu)
timedatectl set-ntp true (sets time)
pacman -Syyy
pacman -S reflector
reflector -c US -a 6 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
pacman -Syyu
lsblk
fdisk /dev/sda1 (or whatever)
n, p, (if want swap of 4 type +4G), type t for type to get number and enter it
do same for main partition and accept defaults
w to write
mkswap /dev/sda?
swapon /dev/sda?
... make 128-512 boot partition on SDA1 and second partition full disk)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda?
mount /dev/sda? /mnt
... mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
... mkdir /mnt/boot
... mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware nano (intel-ucode or amd-ucode) none for vb
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
cat /mnt/etc/fstab
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arch-chroot /mnt
timedatectl list-timezones | grep US
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc
nano /etc/locale.gen
...you should jump to the line #en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 (both lines)
Uncomment it by removing the # (not the example one)
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
nano /etc/hostname (name your PC)
nano /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1
localhost
::1
localhost
127.0.1.1
arch.localdomain
arch
passwd (root password
pacman -S grub networkmanager network-manager-applet wireless_tools wpa_supplicant dialog os-prober mtools dosfstools base-devel linux-headers git reflector bluez bluez-utils cups pulseaudio pulseaudio-bluetooth pulseaudio-equalizer pulseaudio-jack xdg-utils xdg-user-dirs openssh
grub-install /dev/sda (disk name not partition)
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
systemctl enable NetworkManager
systemctl enable bluetooth
systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd
systemctl enable sshd
useradd -mG wheel george
passwd george
EDITOR=nano visudo (all=all all)
exit
umount -a
reboot
install xfce4 https://www.maketecheasier.com/set-up-xfce-arch-linux/