Update the system: sudo pacman -Syu Install vim (or other text editor) sudo pacman -S vim git Open /etc/pacman.conf and make the following changes in order to improve the overall experience. sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf Remove the # from Color and ParallelDownloads. # Misc options #UseSyslog Color #NoProgressBar CheckSpace #VerbosePkgLists ParallelDownloads = 5 Update the system: sudo pacman -Sy Install reflector so you can get the most up-to-date mirrors. You can also choose the mirrors by country if you want. sudo pacman -S reflector Create a backup of the mirrorlist file. ...