A SIMPLE INSTALLATION of Arch Linux from scratch using ArchEX 

Just follow my example below. All Arch Linux installation scripts are included in ArchEX. 
In the example below I use /dev/sdd2 as install (root) partition. Run the following commands etc:
NOTE: Run all commands below as root. The whole thing is really very simple! KISS!

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdd2
mount /dev/sdd2 /mnt/sdd2
pacstrap /mnt/sdd2 base base-devel

pacstrap /mnt/sdd2 linux-firmware leafpad 
pacstrap /mnt/sdd2 lxqt 
pacstrap /mnt/sdd2 xorg-server xorg 

pacstrap /mnt/sdd2 xorg-apps xorg-xinit networkmanager network-manager-applet \
gparted xterm dhclient firefox pavucontrol \
alsa-utils gimp wget cpio gdk-pixbuf2 ntfs-3g ttf-dejavu \
libvdpau-va-gl rsync mesa-vdpau linux-firmware \
wireless_tools iw grub broadcom-wl xf86-input-evdev \
xf86-input-libinput xf86-input-synaptics xf86-input-vmmouse \
xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-ati xf86-video-intel xf86-video-vesa \
xf86-video-nouveau xf86-video-vmware slim squashfs-tools arch-install-scripts \
cifs-utils samba smbclient cifs-utils gvfs gvfs-smb leafpad nano gparted gpicview \
papirus-icon-theme gimp zstd zip amd-ucode intel-ucode

(Just examples. You can of course add other or more packages. 
Or remove some of my suggested packages).

Create the file .xinitrc with command "exec startlxqt" and copy it to /mnt/sdd2/root.  

genfstab -p -U /mnt/sdd2 >> /mnt/sdd2/etc/fstab

arch-chroot /mnt/sdd2 (to enter the install partition)

nano /etc/hostname (choose the name you want)
ln -s /usr/share/zoninfo/Europe/Stockholm /etc/localtime
nano /etc/locale.conf (example: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8)
nano /etc/vconsole.conf (example: KEYMAP=sv-latin1)
nano /etc/locale.gen (uncomment for example sv_SE.UTF-8)
locale-gen

pacman -S mkinitcpio

pacman -S linux-headers
mkinitcpio -p linux (create initrd)

grub-install /dev/sda (If you haven’t installed Grub already)
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

systemctl enable NetworkManager
systemctl enable slim
systemctl enable winbind
systemctl enable smb
systemctl enable nmb
passwd root
exit (leave chroot)

To use your SWAP partition change /mnt/etc/fstab to look like this:
UUID=69102e8b-9b27-4dc0-b0de-900dcf415a53	/       ext4   rw,relatime  0 1
UUID=4418180d-5917-4f2c-b15d-063886ac0b04	none	swap	sw	0	0

umount /mnt/sdd2
Reboot your computer if you have arranged with Grub2, Grub Legacy or…

Download smb.conf (https://archex.exton.se/smb.conf) and put the file in /etc/samba
You can now reach your Windows shares with this command: 
smbclient -U YourName //192.168.0.38/SHARE
Or you can just use PCManFM-qt. Go to this address (example): smb://192.168.0.38

NOTE: 192.168.0.38 is an example IP address. Get yours with the command "ipconfig" 
(in your Windows computer of course).

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