A collection of tools I use to set up my Arch-based (Manjaro) workspace for development as well as everyday use.

• Installation scripts for:
  • My dotfiles
  • Software
    • AUR Packages
    • Downloads using CURL

These scripts are written to run in bash, and work on an Arch-based distro, though I believe they could be modified for most other *NIX platforms.

• Arch-based OS (tested on Manjaro)
  • Should be an Arch-based OS as the installation for software relies on pacman and pacaur (by default), though it could be reasonably modified to use apt-get or similar.
• Internet connection (for software download/installation, though it is able to install dotfiles without a connection).
• Recommended
  • pacaur
  • curl
  • pip

Assuming your working directory is the root of arch-setup:

./install.sh

or

sh install.sh

or

. install.sh

These are configurable from config.sh

• Backup Dotfile Directory

  • $dotBackupDir
  • This is the directory that dotfiles will be copied to if the user opts to backup old files.
  • Default: dotBackupDir=~/.old-dot-files

• New Dotfile Directory

  • $dotfileDirectoryPath
  • This is the directory that will be created and new dotfiles will be copied to, and later symlinked from.
  • Default: dotfileDirectoryPath=./dotfiles

• Dotfiles to backup/delete

  • $dotfile_set
  • This is the set of files that may exist on the user's machine and will be backed up (if prompted) and deleted.
  • Default: dotfile_set=( .bashrc .bash_profile .dotfiles )
    • .dotfiles is installed by this script, so modifying/reinstalling would be able to backup this folder.

• Dotfiles to install and symlink

  • $symlink_set
  • These are the dotfiles to symlink from .dotfiles, which will typically be installed at ~, and the files will be symlinked to ~.
  • Default: symlink_set=( .bashrc .bash_profile )

Package Lists

• aur_list=$package_dir/aur_packages.txt
• curl_list=$package_dir/curl_packages.txt
• pip_list=$package_dir/pip_packages.txt
  • Where $package_dir by default is ./package_lists

AUR Packages

• Add packages to be installed by adding the package name to the text file at $aur_list.
• Remove packages to be installed by removing the package name from the text file at $aur_list, or place a # in front of an entry to ignore it.

CURL Packages

• Add packages to be installed by adding the URL to the text file at $curl_list.
• Remove packages to be installed by removing the URL from the text file at $curl_list, or place a # in front of an entry to ignore it.

PIP Packages

• Add packages to be installed by adding the pip package to the text file at $pip_list.
• Remove packages to be installed by removing the pip package from the text file at $pip_list, or place a # in front of an entry to ignore it.

• Preferred pacman wrapper

  • $pacWrapper
  • This is the preferred wrapper for pacman to access the AUR. If the user wanted to simply use pacman, setting this to pacman would likely work.
  • Default: pacWrapper=pacaur

• Preferred color for formatting text

  • $blue
  • This is the preferred color for formatting/coloring text in the helper function announce, which is located in config.sh.
  • Default: blue='\033[1;34m'