Install a minimal gnome setup and some more useful things

arch-linux-gnome-install

# Install Gnome and some other useful thins
# The official installation guide (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide) contains a more verbose description.
# And based on https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/Anleitung_f%C3%BCr_Einsteiger

# I have just copied commands from https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/Anleitung_f%C3%BCr_Einsteiger#Weitere_notwendige_Dienste
# It's just to have it with one view after doing a [fresh installation](https://gist.github.com/thacoon/05d5a39606ab554455d6713e8a714b2c)

# Switch to root
sudo su -

# Some useful services
pacman -S acpid ntp dbus cups cups-pdf cronie

systemctl enable acpid
systemctl enable ntpd
systemctl enable cups

# nano /etc/ntp.conf # not needed
# For german time server de.pool.ntp.org
ntpd -gq
date # verify correct time
hwclock -w

# GUI installation
pacman -S wayland

# Find out your graphics drivers
lspci | grep VGA
pacman -Ss xf86-video

pacman -S YOUR_DRIVER
pacman -S xorg-drivers # For all if you do not know

# For labtops
pacman -S xf86-input-synaptics

# Minimal gnome installation
pacman -S gnome-shell gnome-shell-extensions gnome-browser-connector gnome-tweaks nautilus gnome-terminal gnome-control-center xdg-user-dirs gdm

# The gnome terminal manager needs en_US.UTF-8 uncommented in locale.gen
# For guake you have to change the keyboard and format used in the Gnome settings
# If guake cannot display chars like: ä,ö,ü then regenerate the locales, like:
nano /etc/locale.gen # uncomment the needed lines like: de_DE.UTF-8 or en_US.UTF-8
locale-gen

# set the system locale
localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

# But keep the german keymap
localectl set-keymap de

systemctl start gdm
# First time the keymap is changed back to englih, after login change it in the settings
# Go to Settings -> Keyboard -> Add a German Input source & remove the English one

# You can enable it so it directly starts gdm on reboot
# Or you login as normaly and always start it manually
systemctl enable gdm

# Restart the computer using the GUI or use the Gnome Terminal to do the following commands

# Install NetworkManager
# Gnome-keyring is needed to store the wifi passwords encrypted
sudo pacman -Sy networkmanager gnome-keyring
sudo systemctl start NetworkManager
sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager

# In Gnome you can now connect to the wlan, but iwctl/iwd cant be runnign at the same time
# either you reboot or you do sudo systemctl stop iwd

# Install Firefox
sudo pacman -Sy firefox

# Screen sharing in the browsers may not work if you use Wayland. To fix this install:
sudo pacman -Sy xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gnome 
# Firefox supports this by default, for Chromium you need to enable the flag chrome://flags/#enable-webrtc-pipewire-capturer

# If you are looking for a nice drop-down terminal, you can use ddterm and insall it via gnome extensions
# Go to extensions.gnome.org
# You are asked to install a Firefox PLugin and after that search for ddterm and toggle it on / install it

# Another nice extension is: Arch Linux Update Indicator (need to install pacman-contrib alongside)

# Other nice packages I use, which are installed via pacman
* tmux (for terminals)
* yay (for AUR)
* podman (docker alternative)
* podman-compose (docker compose alternative)

# Disable the beep sound in the terminal
echo "set bell-style none" >> ~/.inputrc
# to directly apply it in the terminal use: bind -f ~/.inputrc

to solve gnome-terminal error:
Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal:
#localectl set-locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8" # after locale-gen

Great guide! As far as locales, it's also a good idea to set the system locale at /etc/locale.conf or use localectl to do it.

@ale-big @njsack thanks for the suggestion, I have added it to the guide: localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

best guide, thx