#check internet
ping google.com  (CTRL-c to kill the ping)

#set time zone
timedatectl set-timezone (my location)
timedatectl set-ntp true
timedatectl status

#create partitions
fdisk /dev/sda1

 --> g (create a new GPT partitin table)

 --> n (add a new partition)
     partition number - 1
     first sector - default
     last sector - +512M
 --> t (change partition type)
     1 for efi partition

 --> n (add a new partition)
     partition number - 2
     first sector - default
     last sector - +8192M
 --> t (change partition type)
     19 for swap
 
 --> n (add a new partition)
     partition number - 3
     first sector -default
     last sector - (press enter for remaining space)
 --> t (change partition type)
     24 for linux root (x86-64)     
     

#make file system

efi - mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
root - mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

#make swap (only if u created a swap during creat partition step)
mkswap /dev/sda2

#turn swap partition on/active 
swapon /dev/sda2

#creat folder for mounting efi partition
mkdir /mnt/efi

#mount the filesystem

efi - mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/efi
root - mount /dev/sda3 /mnt

#run the base installer
pacstrap /mnt base base-devel linux linux-firmware nano vim sudo grub efibootmgr usbutils e2fsprogs dhcpcd device-mapper inetutils texinfo netctl ntfs-3g exfat-utils dosfstools man-db man-pages xorg (OPTIONAL if not using a desktop environment specefic display manager - lightdm lightdm-slick-greeter or lightdm-gtk-greeter and networkmanager if not provided by the desktop)

#generate filesystem table
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab

#change root into the new installed system
arch-chroot /mnt

#set timezone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/(my location)

#set harware clock
hwclock --systohc

#edit locale
nano /etc/locale.gen (and uncomment needed locales)

#generate localization config file
locale-gen

#create the locale.conf file, and set the LANG variable accordingly
nano /etc/locale.conf (type LANG=en_US.UTF-8)

-----#set the keyboard layout (defualt english us dont edit if us if fine for you)
# nano /etc/vconsole.conf
KEYMAP = de_latin1---------

#create hostname file
nano /etc/hostname (type whatever hostname u want and save)

#edit hosts file
nano /etc/hosts
 
and type this and save-
127.0.0.1	localhost
::1         localhost
127.0.1.1	*youhostnamehere*.localdomain	*yourhostnamehere*

#set root password
passwd (type your password)

#enable network
systemctl enable dhcpcd

#add user
useradd -m *yourusernamehere*

#set password for user
passwd *yourusernamehere* (type your password)

#add user to groups for root privilages
usermod -aG wheel,audio,video,optical,storage *yourusernamehere* (add whatever else group you want after storage)

#add user to sudoers file
visudo (may need to install vim to install pacman -S vim)
uncomment the line that says allow members of the wheel group to execute any command

#install bootloader
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB

#generate grub config
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

#exit chroot
exit

#reboot
reboot

now install any software and desktop environment of choice.