Steps encountered when installing Void

Steps encountered when installing Void

TODO: Add instructions on enabiling other services like elogind, socklog-void, ntpd, etc.

Configuring WiFi using built in wpa_supplicant (or wpa_cli for interactive use)
- Configure SSID wpa_passphrase <ssid> >> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
- Enter Password
- Enable wpa_supplicant service: sudo ln -s /etc/sv/wpa_supplicant /var/service
- Restart DHCP Client Daemon: sudo sv restart dhcpcd
Optional: Enable Audio Playback
- System Update: sudo xbps-install -Su
- Install ALSA: sudo xbps-install alsa-utils
- Add Pipewire and Pipewire-Pulse?
- Add user to audio group: sudo usermod -G audio <username>
- Add user to video group: sudo usermod -G video <username>
- Install Python: sudo xbps-install alsa-utils
- Install pipx: Forgot how
- Install yewtube: pipx install yewtube
- Install mpv as player: sudo xbps-install mpv
- Start yewtube: yt
- Set mpv as default player: set player mpv
- Set DRM as video output: set playerargs -vo drm
- Search for playlist: userpl <username>
- Select Playlist by number
- Play Songs by range (all or * for all)
Install Terminal Browser for reading the void docs
- Install W3M: sudo xbps-install w3m
Install CPU Microcode (broke my system btw)
- Enable non-free repository: sudo xbps-install void-nonfree-repo
- Install CPU Microcode: sudo xbps-install intel-ucode (or amd-ucode)
- Regenerate initrd for kernel:
Setup the system by the installer
- Set keymaps
- Set Wi-Fi (the installer in an older ISO would only take SSID without spaces). Or can use wpa_supplicant manually in case this fails.
- Set hostname
- Set source - local for ISO or network for latest image
- Set locale (only for glibc version)
- Set timezone
- Set root password
- Set username
- Set user groups - I chose wheel and disabled audio etc. to use a session and seat manager.
- Set bootloader partition
- Set filesystems and mountpoints
- Choose Install
- Install grub bootloader with graphical mode enabled
- After install, perform a system update
Optional: Setup the system manually with BTRFS
- NOTE: What I don't know (extras): Setting up LUKS (encryption), NVMe, SSD TRIM, 2FA
- Set up BTRFS manually and setup subvolumes - root, home, snapshots and swap
- Create subvolumes for non-snapshot directories
- Mount the volumes for chroot, along with resolv.conf
- Enter chroot
- Set root password
- Set hostname and hosts file
- Set locale
- Set timezone
- Set keymap
- Optional: Set hardware clock to UTC
- Setup fstab
- Add btrfs kernel module in dracut configuration
- Regenerate kernel with dracut
- Install grub
- Enable dhcpcd and wpa_supplicant
- Set up swapfile
- Perform a system update
- After reboot, setup a new user
- Optional: Install zsh/fish shell
- Optional: Set default user shell
- Recommended: Disable bitmap fonts and regenerate font cache
  - Also copy over the config file to any Flatpak apps which have this issue
Install graphical environment
- Install X.org server if using an X11 graphical environment: sudo xbps-install xorg
- Install a graphical environment of your choice
- If using X11, set xinitrc to start the desktop environment
  - For XFCE, echo "exec startxfce4" >> ~/.xinitrc
- If desktop has an autostart mechanism, set it up to autostart Pipewire
  - For GNOME Wayland:
    - ln -s /usr/share/applications/pipewire.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/
    - ln -s /usr/share/applications/pipewire-pulse.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/
  - For X11 based:
    - Add the following lines before starting the desktop environment
      - exec pipewire&
      - exec pipewire-pulse&
If using GNOME, add some cool extensions
- Fly-Pie - For Pie Menu, by Schneegans
- Desktop Cube - For cube desktop layout switcher, by Schneegans
- Burn my Windows - For burning window effect, by Schneegans
- Compiz Windows Effect - For wobble effect, by Schneegans
- Aylur's Widgets - For a set of GJS based widgets, by Aylur (who also made AGS, or Aylur's GTK Shell)
- Dash to Dock - For a dock like macOS or Ubuntu
- AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support - for apps like steam
- GSConnect - For sync with Phone
- Vitals - For panel status (RAM, CPU, network, etc.)
- Extensions - an extension toggle manager
- Blur My Shell
- Pop Shell / Forge / Tiling Assistant / Material Shell (For tiling window management)
Other apps you need (preinstalled in Void when installing gnome and gnome-apps)
- GNOME Tweaks
- GNOME Extension Manager
Install Flapak
- sudo xbps-install flatpak
Install a software center
- For GNOME Software: sudo xbps-install gnome-software
Flatpak Apps
- Gradience - Theme Changer
- Flatseal - Permission Management
- Lutris
- Steam
- LibreOffice
- ONLYOFFICE
- Discord
- Element (Flatpak didn't work for me (bug))
Optional: Install Timeshift for snapshots
Window Manager + Screenlets + Conky + Rofi