From cf7c6a797a5e7aad65583419fb23705a137c46b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gabriel Arakaki Giovanini Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 15:03:20 +0100 Subject: feat: Add draft for how to setup alpine --- content/posts/2022-12-10-alpine-setup.md | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 123 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2022-12-10-alpine-setup.md (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/posts/2022-12-10-alpine-setup.md b/content/posts/2022-12-10-alpine-setup.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..874d3d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2022-12-10-alpine-setup.md @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +--- +title: "Alpine set up for daily driver" +date: 2022-12-10 +tags: ['alpine', 'linux'] +--- + +# Installation Process + + +## Disable secure boot + +First, always check for secure book. If it is enabled you won't be able to boot +your thumbdrive. + +## setup-alpine +On the official wiki[^1] there a more complete guide on how to setup, and will +probably be more accurate than this one, so always refer to that wiki first. +This is more a log of how I setup. + +Once you boot your live installation run `setup-alpine` and follow the steps: + +* _Select keyboard layout_: **us** + +* _Select keyboard variant_: **us** + +* _Enter system hostname_: **gridx.local** [This is my choice, if you don't know + what exactly is this go for the default **localhost**] + +* _Which one do you want to initialize?_: **wlan0** [I chose wlan0, since it is + a laptop I don't have it connected to cable] + +* _Type the wireless network name to connect to_: **\** + +* _Type network key_: ****** + +* _Ip address for wlan0_? **dhcp** [and for the following device I have chose + none since I won't use them anyways] + +* _Do you want to do any manual network configuration_? **n** + +* _Changing password for root_: ****** + +* _Which timezone are you in?_ **Europe/Berlin** + +* _HTTP/FTP proxy URL?_ **none** +* _Which NTP client to run?_ chrony +* _Enter mirro number?_ **f** [I pick this one to speed up things a bit, default + one is fine as well] + +* _Set an user?_ **\** [Since we aiming to be a desktop create your user here] + +* _Full name for user \:_ **\** +* _Type password_: ****** + +* _Enter ssh key or URL for \?_ **none** [this is a public key so you can + ssh into this machine] + +* _Which ssh server?_ **openssh** + +* _Which disks would like to use?_ **\** [now you are going to set up the + disk for installation] + +* _How would you like to use it?_ **crypt** [I like to use encrypted disks, I + strongly advice for it, but in case you don't want, go for sys directly] + +* _How would you like to use it?_ **lvm** + +* _How would you like to use it?_ **sys** [more info[^2]] + +* _WARNING: Erase the above disks and continue?_ **y** + +* Enter passphrase for \: ****** + +Once you have finish the step run `reboot`. + +## Desktop environment + +Now comes the "hard" part, where we need to configure the desktop. For me, I'm +going for i3wm with lightdm. + +To be able to install all the necessary packages we will need to enable the +community repository[^3]. To edit it I use vim + +```bash +apk add vim +# then +vim /etc/apk/repositories +``` +and uncomment the `.../community` + +```bash +#/media/cdrom/apks +http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.16/main +http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.16/community +#http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main +#http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community +#http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing +``` + +Then run `apk update` and you will see the both repositories printed out. + +Now we will install the necessary drivers for `xorg` to run properly. Firs +search for all video drivers `apk search xf86-video*` and install whatever you +have for you computer (in my case `apk add apk add xf86-video-amdgpu`) + +* `apk add mesa-dri-gallium mesa-va-gallium mesa-egl` +* `setup-xorg-base` +* `apk add lightdm-gtk-greeter` +* `setup-devd udev` +* `rc-update add dbus` +* `rc-update add lightdm` + +* `apk add terminus-font` +* `dbus-uuidgen > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id` +* `rc-update add dbus` +* `apk add i3wm i3status xterm i3lock` +* `add user input` +* `add user video` +* `reboot` + +[^1]: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Installation#Questions_asked_by_setup-alpine +[^2]: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Installation#The_general_course_of_action +[^3]: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Repositories#Enabling_the_community_repository -- cgit v1.2.3