[SOLVED] installation script for installing arch

[maiden patrol]

Hello, I dual boot windows and linux mint and I am looking to install linux arch on the linux mint partition. I want to install KDE with some packages changed. I asked chatgpt to help me make a bash script to run in chroot, and then I went through the arch wiki to edit the script to make sure it's right. Here's the script, I've got. Would anyone have a look to see if it's okay?

#!/bin/bash

# Set locale and timezone
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime
hwclock --systohc
echo "en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
echo "LANG=en_GB.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf
echo "KEYMAP=uk" > /etc/vconsole.conf
echo "zenbook" > /etc/hostname
echo -e "127.0.0.1 localhost\n::1 localhost\n127.0.1.1 zenbook.localdomain zenbook" >> /etc/hosts

# Set passwords
useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash jasmine
passwd
passwd jasmine

# Enable sudo
pacman -S --noconfirm sudo
echo "%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/wheel

# Network + microcode
pacman -S --noconfirm networkmanager amd-ucode
systemctl enable NetworkManager

# Base KDE Plasma (Wayland only) + your apps + fonts + tools
pacman -S --noconfirm \
  plasma-desktop sddm blueman \
  firefox dolphin thunar \
  neovim zed zathura \
  foliate ghostty kitty \
  flameshot speedcrunch ttf-dejavu \
  noto-fonts noto-fonts-emoji pipewire \
  pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa helvum \
  wireplumber gst-libav ffmpeg \
  base-devel git xdg-utils \
  btop rsync unzip \
  wget curl vlc \
  mpv bat exa \
  fd ripgrep power-profiles-daemon \
  fuse3 neofetch

# Enable SDDM with secure Wayland configuration
systemctl enable sddm
mkdir -p /etc/sddm.conf.d
echo -e "[General]\nDisplayServer=wayland\nGreeterEnvironment=QT_WAYLAND_SHELL_INTEGRATION=layer-shell\n\n[Wayland]\nCompositorCommand=kwin_wayland --drm --no-lockscreen --no-global-shortcuts --locale1" > /etc/sddm.conf.d/10-wayland.conf

# Install paru (AUR helper)
cd /home/jasmine
sudo -u jasmine git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
cd paru
sudo -u jasmine makepkg -si --noconfirm

# AUR apps: zen browser
sudo -u jasmine paru -S --noconfirm zen-browser

# Set Neovim as default text editor (login shell-wide)
sudo -u jasmine bash -c 'echo "export VISUAL=nvim" >> /home/jasmine/.profile'
sudo -u jasmine bash -c 'echo "export EDITOR=nvim" >> /home/jasmine/.profile'

# Optional KDE cleanup (only if installed via meta)
pacman -Rns --noconfirm konsole kate kwrite gwenview spectacle ark okular kcalc \
  kmail kontact akregator korganizer juk dragon print-manager kdeconnect

# Install GRUB and enable dual boot with Windows
pacman -S --noconfirm grub efibootmgr os-prober ntfs-3g

# Enable Windows detection
echo "GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false" >> /etc/default/grub

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=ArchLinux
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

# Enable power profile daemon
systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon

echo "✅ All done! Reboot and welcome to your clean Arch + KDE + Wayland system, Jasmine!"

[swift bough]

@maiden patrol hold on

make a directory called whatever you want

cd into that

git init

[maiden patrol]

I haven't started install, I am on mint atm

[swift bough]

touch aurpackages.txt

touch packages.txt

pick one to edit first

[maiden patrol]

ok

ok packages?

[swift bough]

@maiden patrol packages.txt or aur packages.txt?

[maiden patrol]

packages.txt

[swift bough]

put every non aur package into that

then for aurpackages.txt put every aurpackage into there

[maiden patrol]

these?

pacman -S --noconfirm
plasma sddm plasma-wayland-session
dolphin thunar
neovim zathura foliate kitty flameshot speedcrunch
ttf-dejavu noto-fonts noto-fonts-emoji
pipewire pipewire-pulse pipewire-alsa wireplumber
gst-libav ffmpeg
base-devel git xdg-utils btop rsync unzip wget curl
vlc bat exa fd ripgrep power-profiles-daemon pw-top
layer-shell-qt fuse3

pacman -Rns --noconfirm konsole kate kwrite gwenview spectacle ark okular kcalc
kmail kontact akregator korganizer juk dragon print-manager kdeconnect

[swift bough]

yes

[maiden patrol]

the full command?

[swift bough]

just the packages

[maiden patrol]

ok

i put in aurpackages.txt?
sudo -u jasmine paru -S --noconfirm ghostty zed-editor-bin pamac-gtk
zen-browser librewolf potluck helvum

[swift bough]

no

forget everything from that script you made

it's going to be remade

from scratch

in aurpackages.txt put the aurpackages in there

example librewolf

check before putting it in there

https://archlinux.org/packages/

[maiden patrol]

ok

[swift bough]

because ghostty is out of the aur

[maiden patrol]

ok paru and ghostty not there, rest in .txt

oh wait

[swift bough]

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/ghostty/

[maiden patrol]

idk if paru is in aur

[swift bough]

did you check?

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/paru

[maiden patrol]

well, i wrote git command because i need paru for aur access but idk how to check

i think it is

[swift bough]

https://aur.archlinux.org/

[maiden patrol]

hmm, so i install git version, then aur version, then delete the git version?

[swift bough]

open the aur website to check

[swift bough]

stop

[maiden patrol]

ok

i put paru in the aurpackages.txt

done

[swift bough]

actually you don't in this case

[maiden patrol]

it is there

[swift bough]

makepkg -siD paru --noconfirm```

[maiden patrol]

do I write this somewhere?

[swift bough]

yes, in the install.sh script

[maiden patrol]

ok

done

[swift bough]

show me what's in both of those .txt files please

[maiden patrol]

i failed to copy text from nano editor

so i'll send image

[swift bough]

open your file browser then drag and drop

[maiden patrol]

ah wait wrong file

[swift cipher]

Is this script just to install it on your system once or do you want to run it multiple time?

[swift bough]

once

[swift bough]

as described https://github.com/killertofus/awesome

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/zed/

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/orcania/

[maiden patrol]

idk, I'm just installing arch with some specific packages. tofu is helping me with a complete script

[swift bough]

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/helvum/

remove pamac

and replace librewolf with librewolf-bin

and remove paru

replace plasma with plasma-desktop

and remove plasma-wayland-session

[swift cipher]

It might make more sense to do a manual install then, because making a script would basically be the same thing but slightly more complex

[maiden patrol]

@swift bough done

[swift bough]

this a post install script

not a install script

[maiden patrol]

my files btw

[swift bough]

zathura can do what foliate does

pw-top is not a package

also you don't need layer-shell-qt

[maiden patrol]

even epub?

[swift bough]

yes

[maiden patrol]

which one is better?

pw-top like htop for pipewire? https://docs.pipewire.org/page_man_pw-top_1.html

is not package?

mb

[swift bough]

that's included with pipewire

[maiden patrol]

oh

[swift bough]

https://man.archlinux.org/man/pw-top.1

[maiden patrol]

this not needed? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SDDM#Wayland

[swift bough]

no

[maiden patrol]

okke

might try both zathura and foliate, idk which is better

[swift bough]

zed is not the aur anymore

[maiden patrol]

there's a flathub file

flatpak install flathub dev.zed.Zed

[swift bough]

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/zed/

helvum and potluck are not in the aur

[maiden patrol]

is this the official repo?

[swift bough]

no, I made that repo

[maiden patrol]

i mean in the official pacman repo files

[swift bough]

what do you think?

[maiden patrol]

yea?

[swift bough]

yes

[maiden patrol]

ok it's in the packages.txt

[swift bough]

only zen and librewolf should be in aurpackages.txt

why have 2 browsers?

[maiden patrol]

aur helvum-git
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/helvum-git

[swift bough]

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/helvum/

[maiden patrol]

i prefer zen, but it it being developed and heavily modified

so a new update might break it

[swift bough]

what's wrong with firefox?

[maiden patrol]

nothing, i heard librewolf is good

[swift bough]

use firefox instead

[maiden patrol]

ok

i put helvum in packages.txt

[swift bough]

now show aurpackages.txt

[swift bough]

is that all you want?

[maiden patrol]

i heard mpv is good

but i have vlc

mpv-full in packages.txt?

[swift bough]

if you want, then remove vlc

[maiden patrol]

not both?

and maybe neofetch

[swift bough]

add it

[swift bough]

why have both?

[maiden patrol]

never tried mpv

[swift bough]

and mpv instead of mpv-full

[maiden patrol]

in case one doesn't work

ok done

[swift bough]

#!/usr/bin/env bash at the top of the script

[maiden patrol]

install.sh? ok

[swift bough]

yes

[maiden patrol]

and ghostty?

[swift bough]

is in packages.txt

[maiden patrol]

done

[swift bough]

along with sudo sed -i 's/debug/!debug/g' /etc/makepkg.conf sudo sed -i '/#MAKEFLAGS="5"/c\MAKEFLAGS="--jobs=$(nproc)"' /etc/makepkg.conf sudo sed -i '32 a ILoveCandy' /etc/pacman.conf sudo sed -i '/Color/s/^#//g' /etc/pacman.conf

[swift bough]

in install.sh

[maiden patrol]

above git command?

[swift bough]

yes

[maiden patrol]

done

[swift bough]

with sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm sudo pacman -S $(cat packages.txt | cut -d' ' -f1) --noconfirm

[swift bough]

for word in $(cat aurpackages.txt); do paru -S --noconfirm --mflags --skipinteg $word || true; done

and sudo pacman -Qttdq | sudo pacman -Rns - --noconfirm

with paru -Scc --noconfirm

do you have any configs you want to use?

[maiden patrol]

after git command?

[swift bough]

yes

[maiden patrol]

i have no configs

[swift bough]

no neovim config?

[maiden patrol]

no

[swift bough]

no configs for any packages?

[maiden patrol]

no

[swift bough]

or settings?

[maiden patrol]

no

[swift bough]

you use stock neovim with no plugins?

[maiden patrol]

i have never used it

[swift bough]

then why add it?

[maiden patrol]

i want to learn

[swift bough]

what de/wn are you on now?

[maiden patrol]

i am on cinnamon 22.1

i have zed editor (and nano)

[swift bough]

and configs in zed?

[maiden patrol]

none

[swift bough]

and nano?

[maiden patrol]

none

[swift bough]

why have 3 editors?

[maiden patrol]

will not install nano, will have 2

[swift bough]

why have 2?

ideally you should only have 1 of each

[maiden patrol]

hm

[swift bough]

1 browser one editor

[maiden patrol]

i have 2 of all

[swift bough]

why?

[maiden patrol]

in case one doesn't work

[swift bough]

not the case here

[maiden patrol]

also, maybe in the future I will have neovim with plugins, but now I don't

[swift bough]

go to ~/.config

then screenshot that please

[swift bough]

add # ./configs.sh at the bottom

[maiden patrol]

new dir?

[swift bough]

no bluetooth?

[swift bough]

in install.sh

[maiden patrol]

ok

[maiden patrol]

bluetooth manager working

[swift bough]

add bluetooth to packages.txt with blueman

[maiden patrol]

oh

done

don't replace paru git with paru aur?

[swift bough]

?

[maiden patrol]

oh, git command installs paru aur version

nvm

[swift bough]

@maiden patrol now save it

[maiden patrol]

ok

are these comments ok?

[swift bough]

yes

[maiden patrol]

okke

[maiden patrol]

@swift bough thank you for helping me create a post install script! ❤️

[silk thorn]

killertofus received a thank you cookie!

[swift bough]

you're welcome

[cosmic thistle]

@maiden patrol remember to install a firewall too

[tidal tiger]

You ought to post the completed script at the end of the thread for people to see (then close the thread to prevent it from drowning)

[maiden patrol]

I installed arch and ran the script. I says complete but this message came up, is it okay?

Conflict found

[swift bough]

hold on

@maiden patrol link the script again please

[maiden patrol]

I can't I'm on phone and the laptop is still on minimal arch.. might need to reboot for KDE idk

But all I changed was I added that firewall, rest is same

Ufw

[swift bough]

pick zen-browser-bin

[maiden patrol]

Pick?

[swift bough]

instead of zen-browser in aurpackages.txt

[maiden patrol]

I've already ran the script

I should reboot first?

[swift bough]

try it and see

[maiden patrol]

Or edit the file and rerun script?

Oh I don't have a de on launch

[swift bough]

try it and see

[maiden patrol]

I should first remove zen-browser?

[swift bough]

@maiden patrol and replace it with zen-browser-bin

[maiden patrol]

Sudo paru -Rsn zen-browser?

[swift bough]

sigh

you don't need sudo

[maiden patrol]

Its working now

[swift bough]

and -Rns is enough

[maiden patrol]

Thank you again tofu! Here's the post install script I used for this setup :)

[swift bough]

@maiden patrol why the echo?

[maiden patrol]

should I remove? wanted to see what stage it's in

[swift bough]

you can see it for yourself

[maiden patrol]

i don't understand most of this yet

[swift bough]

which parts don't you understand?

[cosmic thistle]

set -x at the start will make the shell print the command it runs

[maiden patrol]

a lot of the command line stuff, i only installed linux a few days ago

so when it says things are happening, it's new to me

it all works now with zen-browser-bin

[swift bough]

@maiden patrol and you picked arch?

[maiden patrol]

i need wayland. when I am home i connect laptop to a projector

it has different resolution and refresh rate to my laptop

and i get a lot of stuttering and it makes watching things not great

am I supposed to 'close post' now?

[swift bough]

any os has support for wayland

[maiden patrol]

I was on cinnamon
I thought if I was going to pick and chose the things I want, arch might be better for me

[swift bough]

mint?

[maiden patrol]

yes

i am dual booting with windows, so I installed arch on the partition i had mint on just now

[swift bough]

how long where you on mint?

[maiden patrol]

few days

idk maybe 3 or 4

[swift bough]

that's to soon to be on arch

[maiden patrol]

i installed ventoy on usb with a few distros if i ever want to switch to something else

maybe it's okay, i have all the packages I want

[swift bough]

no, it's not

[maiden patrol]

oh I'm sorry 😔

[swift bough]

If you are going to be installing Arch Linux, you should be setting expectations so you know what you are getting into. You should know that the community will not be holding you're hand when it comes to what's documented in the wiki. If you are not comfortable with that then you should go to pop-os

[maiden patrol]

okke, understood

[swift bough]

You can check whether you are ok or overwhelmed by setting up arch

[maiden patrol]

i was able to do the minimal arch install following wiki

[swift bough]

also your question is a bit of a "drama trap": guaranteed to solicit emotional responses. IMO the proper answer to that question is: "what type of person are you"? Because an individual that's self-motivated, quick learning with good reading comprehension and willingness to fail/try again would have no issue installing/running Arch.

[swift bough]

no third party guide/video?

[maiden patrol]

no, i failed once though, and had to restart

[swift bough]

that's ok

[maiden patrol]

for some reason, in chroot, commands weren't working

[swift bough]

but you did eventually install arch with no third party guides/videos?

[maiden patrol]

yes

[swift bough]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide only the install wiki?

[maiden patrol]

well, i already had the partitions fine because i set up dual boot with mint

[maiden patrol]

yep

[swift bough]

congrats, you passed the test

you may now continue to use arch

[maiden patrol]

thanks :)

[swift bough]

you're welcome

you can now say you use arch, btw

[maiden patrol]

I use arch, btw

[swift bough]

@maiden patrol now run the command

[maiden patrol]

hmmm

neofetch?

sudo pacman -Syu?

sudo destroy earth

[swift bough]

@maiden patrol this

[maiden patrol]

oh i did that earlier

everything is working

[swift bough]

... solved

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