Adding details for /etc/hosts to the installation

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"id": "install",
"title": "Installation",
"author": "ngn",
"date": "22/02/24"
"date": "27/02/24"
}

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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To load a key map, you can use the `loadkeys` command, for example:
# loadkeys tr_q-latin5
```
# Setting up the Installation Disk
# Setting up the installation disk
During the installation, the installation disk will be referred as `$DISK`. In order to
copy paste commands easily, you can set this as an environment variable:
```
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# tar xvf <archive name> -C /mnt
```
### Package Manager Configuration
### Package manager configuration
Copy over the `mp` configuration to the new system:
```
# cp /etc/mp/cfg /mnt/etc/mp/cfg
```
### Change Root
### Change root
To change root (`chroot`) into the new system, you can use the `matter-chroot` tool, which is a part of [MatterLinux `tools`
project](https://git.matterlinux.xyz/Matter/tools):
```
# matter-chroot /mnt
```
### Setup Timezone
### Setup timezone
Link `/etc/localtime` to your localtime zone. Timezones are located under
`/usr/share/zoneinfo`. For example:
```
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Istanbul /etc/localtime
```
### Setup Locales
### Setup locales
List all the avaliable locales with `locale -a`, then place the locale you want into the
`/etc/locale.gen` file with the following format:
```
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# echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
```
### Installing Important Packages
### Installing important packages
After changing root, you can now start installing other base system packages that are not included in the release archive.
But first thing first, sync all the packages and add the repo public keys:
```
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```
Change the configuration accordingly.
### Changing the Root Password
### Editing the hosts file
Add your hostname to the `/etc/hosts` file, right beside `127.0.0.1`:
```
127.0.0.1 localhost <hostname>
```
### Changing the root password
Change your root password:
```
# passwd
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> For the grub UEFI installation, install the `grub-efi` package
> instead of `grub-bios`
### Installation and Configuration
### Installation and configuration
To install grub to your boot partition, run:
```
# grub-install $DISK
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# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
```
# Cleanup and Reboot
# Cleanup and reboot
Exit the `chroot` environment and `umount` all the disks:
```
# umount $BOOT

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"id": "post_install",
"title": "Post-Installation",
"author": "ngn",
"date": "22/01/24"
"date": "27/01/24"
}

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@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ Lastly edit the doas confiuration (`/etc/doas.conf`) to give access to the `whee
```
# echo "permit keepenv :wheel" > /etc/doas.conf
```
> **Why keepenv?**
>
> MatterLinux package manager has options such as `MP_YES` that are set with environment
> variables. To make sure that these options work `keepenv` needs to be added to the doas
> confiuration.
## Installing XORG
Xorg can be installed using a simple wrapper package:
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```
# mp-install xcfg
```
You can then use the tool as a regular user, not that you will need access to the `doas` (or `sudo`) command
You can then use the tool as a regular user, not that you will need access to the `doas` command
in order to use the tool:
```
$ xcfg