Arch-post-install

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This project provides a set of shell scripts to be run after a fresh install of an Arch(-based) OS. It will install your favourite applications, set your preferred settings, etc. Feel free to copy, improve and distribute.

You can get the latest version from the original git repository:

git clone https://github.com/jokandre/arch-post-install.git

##Usage:

Run from source folder:

./main.sh

Or if you like, add the script's location to your custom shell paths to run on-demand.

export PATH=${PATH}:$HOME/whereever/arch-post-install/

Note: The included preferences and lists of packages are those of the original author, you will have to change them to suit yourself.

What it does

Right now this is a largely unfinished monolithic script. What currently takes place when you run it is:

• The system is upgraded
  • Generates a new pacman mirrorlist. (pacman-mirrors -g)
  • Triggers a full pacman upgrade. (pacman -Syyu)
  • Triggers another pacman upgrade, because Manjaro usually updates manjaro-system, which stops any other pacman operations. (pacman -Syu)
• A number of packages are installed
  • yaourt and utilities for it are installed. These are largely unnecessary unless on a Manjaro preview. They're installed just in case, as yaourt will take over from now on.
  • All packages I usually install by hand are installed. See the source code for the list of packages.
• Packages are configured
  • Dropbox is set to autostart at boot.
  • Sublime Text is added Package Control and my packages and configuration are copied over. (see sublime-text-3 source dir)
• The home directory is set up
  • A symlink from $HOME/data to /data/$USER is created.
  • All XDG user dirs are linked to $HOME/data directories, and their names changed to all-lowercase always-english names.
  • A few custom XDG dirs are added.
• XFCE is configured
  • The mousewheel_rollup feature is disabled.
  • The panel config is completely rewritten with a mix of xfconf-querys and configuration file copying.
  • The panel is restarted to reflect the new configuration.
• The boot settings are updated
  • GRUB is set up to not show the menu, with hidden timeout set to 3, beep on start and the quiet kernel option is removed.
  • GRUB is updated. (update-grub)
• The system reboots

After the reboot, there are a few things that will happen naturally:

• Dropbox will prompt you to configure an account.
• The first time you open Sublime Text 3, all packages will start downloading. This includes the already configured theme, so ST3 might look awfully bad until it is fully downloaded.