Arch Linux Tutorial: January 2017

Stremio 3.6.5 is now available, install it on Arch Linux

Stremio 3.6.5 is available on Arch Linux repository (AUR). As you might know, Stremio is a free application to watch/stream online movies, TV series, YouTube channel from various sources. Stremio comes with a nice user interface, easy to use and its very stable. Here, I will guide you to install Stremio on Arch Linux and can be used on other Arch based Linux as well.

Stremio Features:

Simple and nice user interface
Supports various movie sources
Supports YouTube channel and some other TV channels
Supports Add ons like Spotify, Popcorn Time and many more
Movies grouped into categories based on genres

How to install Stremio 3.6.5 on Arch Linux

Open Add/Remove Software and type stremio. Make sure you have enabled AUR repository on Arch. Then, type stremio on the search box and you should see stremio-bin inside AUR tab.

Mark stremio-bin for installation and press Apply. Follow the installation wizard until it completed. Enjoy Stremio on Arch Linux.

Screenfetch, display system information on Terminal with a nice looking

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Welcome to another Arch Linux tips and tutorial. Today I want to show you how to display system information in Terminal console in a nice looking way, with ASCII art. Screenfetch is a Terminal application that can display many information about the current system. You may have seen this kind of Terminal application on other websites or forum and now, you can do it yourself on your Arch Linux.

Steps to install Screenfetch on Arch Linux

Open Terminal and type the following command to install screenfetch on Arch Linux and derivatives such as Manjaro, Antergos etc.

sudo pacman -S screenfetch

To use it, simply run this command

screenfetch

Done.

Enable SSH on Arch Linux

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21 January 2017-A quick tutorial to enable SSH Server on Arch Linux. In case you want to connect to remote computer via SSH, you will need to install OpenSSH first. To quickly install OpenSSH on Arch Linux, use the following command

sudo pacman -S openssh

[root@arch-pc ~]# pacman -S openssh resolving dependencies...looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (3) dnssec-anchors-20150403-1 ldns-1.7.0-2 openssh-7.4p1-2
Total Download Size: 1.13 MiBTotal Installed Size: 6.43 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y

Done. Now check if ssh running on Arch Linux. Make sure the status is active

systemctl status ssh

root@openmediavault:~# systemctl status ssh�� ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-01-20 14:13:00 WIB; 1 day 23h ago Main PID: 611 (sshd) CGroup: /system.slice/ssh.service �� 611 /usr/sbin/sshd -D ��13307 sshd: root@pts/0 ��13606 -bash ��13946 systemctl status ssh
Jan 22 11:56:40 openmediavault sshd[11381]: Did not receive identification string from 10.34.0.221Jan 22 12:11:58 openmediavault sshd[11612]: Did not receive identification string from 10.34.0.221Jan 22 12:27:18 openmediavault sshd[11831]: Did not receive identification string from 10.34.0.221Jan 22 12:42:46 openmediavault sshd[12065]: Did not receive identification string from 10.34.0.221Jan 22 12:58:05 openmediavault sshd[12258]: Did not receive identification string from 10.34.0.221Jan 22 13:13:30 openmediavault sshd[12499]: Did not receive identification string from 10.34.0.221Jan 22 13:28:55 openmediavault sshd[12690]: Did not receive identification string from 10.34.0.221Jan 22 13:44:15 openmediavault sshd[13555]: Did not receive identification string from 10.34.0.221Jan 22 13:44:29 openmediavault sshd[13307]: Accepted password for root from 10.34.0.235 port 4...sh2Jan 22 13:44:29 openmediavault sshd[13307]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user ro...=0)Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

Run SSH

systemctl start ssh

Stop

systemctl stop ssh

Enable ssh during boot

systemctl enable ssh

How to install MariaDb Server on Arch Linux

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Turn your Arch Linux into a rock solid database server with MariaDb, an open source version of MySQL Server. This quick tutorial is going to show you how to install and configure MariaDb Server on Arch Linux. This tutorial mostly use the Terminal command line.

Steps to install MariaDb Server on Arch Linux

Open Terminal and simply execute the following command

sudo pacman -S mariadb

Provide the root password to complete. Once finished, you will see something like this on the Terminal window.

Initialize the MariaDB data directory.

sudo mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql

Start MariaDB server

sudo systemctl start mariadb

Secure Mariadb

mysql_secure_installation

Done. Now check if MariaDb is running

Arch Linux GNOME crashes after installing Google Chrome

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My Arch Linux with GNOME Desktop was running very well on my Virtualbox machine. Until I installed Google Chrome 55.0 on top of it. The Google Chrome installation itself run without problems and I also write a post about it. But, every time I run Google Chrome, the Arch Linux crashes and the main Virtualbox window also gone. No error message displayed, its just gone and I need to re open it from the start. Even after I restarted the host machine, this issue persist.

System details:

Arch Linux with Kernel 4.8.12-2
GNOME Shell 3.22.2
Virtualbox 5.1.12 on Windows 10 64 host.
Hardware virtualisation enabled on the host.
5 GB RAM allocated for the vm
3D display enabled with 128 MB allocated

So, I guest there is a problem with the system when Google Chrome is running.

Install Pamac GUI software manager on Arch Linux

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Pamac is a GTK3 front end for libalpm, a graphical interface to install, remove software on Arch based Linux. This tutorial is going to show you how to install Pamac GUI on Arch Linux. I prefer to call it as a graphical Software Manager for Arch Linux. If you are installing Arch Linux from scratch, this program will not installed by default. But don't worry, installing Pamac is very easy.

Steps to install Pamac GUI on Arch Linux

Step 1. Install yaourt on Arch

Please refers to my previous tutorial to install and enable yaourt on Arch Linux.

Step 2. Install Pamac

Use the following command to install Pamac

sudo pacman -S pamac-aur

Thank you.

How to install Yaourt on Arch Linux

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Yaourt is a command line interface program which complete pacman for installing additional software in Arch Linux. If you install Arch Linux from scratch, Yaourt won't be installed by default. We need to install it manually. Here I will show you how to install yaourt on Arch Linux.

Steps to install yaourt on Arch Linux

I use the following steps to install yaourt on my Arch Linux

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/package-query.git
cd package-query
makepkg -si
cd ..
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yaourt.git
cd yaourt
makepkg -si

The command above has been proved to be working on my Arch Linux 2016, Kernel 4.8.12-2. For more information about yaourt commands, please visit the official page of yaourt.

Install Google Chrome 55.0 on Arch Linux

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Google releases the new Chrome browser version 55.0 a while ago. Now I want to install this new version of Google Chrome 55.0 on my Arch Linux. Like any other applications, installing Google Chrome on Arch Linux is very easy. Since its available on AUR repository, we need to enable AUR repository on Arch Linux first prior to the installation that will be discussed below.