Unlike other Linux distros, Arch Linux doesn’t ship with a preinstalled desktop environment. And if you want to control the system via a GUI, you’ll have to install one manually.

You can install whichever DE you prefer, but we will install the KDE Plasma desktop on this system. Before that, however, let’s configure the display server, network manager, and similar services.

• Run the following command to install the xorg , plasma-meta , and kde-applications packages:

pacman -S xorg plasma-meta kde-applications

• Then, enable the SDDM and NetworkManager services by typing:

systemctl enable sddm systemctl enable NetworkManager

• Exit the arch-chroot environment by typing exit. Then, unmount the root partition mounted in the /mnt directory as follows:

umount -f /mnt

Finally, restart your system by typing reboot and remove the installation media. Once the system boots, you’ll notice that the dark terminal screen is now replaced with the colorful SDDM splash screen.