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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Check script.log for  error logs. Pipefail set. No clobber set.
set -Eeuo pipefail
set -o noclobber
# exec >script.log 2>&1
exec 2>script.log

Manual settings

Accessibility settings

Display scaling (if necessary)
natural scrolling (for touchpad)
disable pointer acceleration (if necessary)
Tap-to-click (Touchpad)
Numlock (Keyboard)

Install packages

Packages

Internet

[ ] clipgrab
[ ] dropbox
[ ] chromium
[X] google-chrome

Communication

[ ] telegram-desktop
[ ] signal-desktop
[ ] whatsapp-for-linux

Graphics and Media

[ ] haruna
[ ] inkscape
[ ] obs-studio
[ ] img2pdf
[ ] yt-dlp
[ ] tagspaces-bin
[ ] kamoso
[ ] ghostwriter
[ ] gsfonts
[ ] ocenaudio-bin
[ ] xaos
[ ] youtube-music-desktop

System

[ ] kdialog
[ ] base-devel
[ ] git
[ ] tree
[ ] update-grub
[ ] reflector
[ ] rsync
[ ] curl
[ ] ttf-jetbrains-mono
[ ] gparted
[ ] veracrypt
[ ] keepassxc
[ ] vim
[ ] dolphin-plugins
[ ] pavucontrol
[ ] appimagelauncher
[ ] nvidia-settings
[ ] kde-applications
[ ] ffmpegthumbs
[ ] kdeplasma-addons
[ ] qt6-imageformats
[ ] stacer-bin
[ ] nvidia-prime
[ ] glxinfo
[ ] virtualgl
[ ] zip
[ ] unzip
[ ] unrar
[ ] foremost
[ ] bluez
[ ] bluez-utils
[ ] bluedevil
[ ] ttf-meslo-nerd-font-powerlevel10k

Customizations

[ ] neofetch
[ ] fastfetch
[ ] lolcat
[ ] taplo-cli
[ ] jq
[ ] cmatrix
[ ] plasma6-applets-window-title
[ ] plasma-applet-window-buttons
[ ] ttf-ibm-plex
[ ] konsave
[ ] zsh
[ ] zsh-theme-powerlevel10k
[ ] procreate-thumbnailer-git

Development

[ ] rustup
[ ] emacs
[ ] just

Huge-Apps

[ ] github-desktop-bin
[ ] texstudio

AI

[ ] ollama
[X] gemini

Remove

[ ] vi
[X] discover

Test Apps

[ ] zip
[ ] cmatrix

Script to install packages

<<shebang_script>>

echo -e "\nThis error log is generated by packages.sh\n" >&2

read -r -a install_pkgs <<< "$install"
read -r -a remove_pkgs  <<< "$remove"

if (( ${#install_pkgs[@]} )); then
  echo "Installing packages:"
  printf '  + %s\n' "${install_pkgs[@]}"
  yay -S --needed "${install_pkgs[@]}"
fi

if (( ${#remove_pkgs[@]} )); then
  echo "Removing packages:"
  printf '  - %s\n' "${remove_pkgs[@]}"
  yay -Rns "${remove_pkgs[@]}"
fi

System Configuration

<<shebang_script>>

echo -e "\nThis error log is generated by system.sh\n" >&2

Enable bluetooth service to use a bluetooth keyboard

# Enable Bluetooth service.
sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service
sudo systemctl start bluetooth.service

Configure pacman

Set number of parallel downloads by pacman = 20

# Configure Pacman.
cat /etc/pacman.conf
sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf

Mount default volumes in fstab

Mount /dev/sda1 @ /media/DATA

# Mount /dev/sda1 using fstab
 sudo tee -a /etc/fstab < /run/media/DATA/SOFTWARE/Linux/DOTFILES/etc/fstab
 sudo mkdir -p /media/DATA /media/SAFE /media/STORM

 # # If using windows:
 # sudo mkdir -p /media/WINDOWS


 sudo chown -R devlinman:devlinman /media
 sudo umount /dev/sda1
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 sudo mount -a

GRUB config

update-grub

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

sudo cp /media/DATA/SOFTWARE/Linux/DOTFILES/etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub
sudo cp -r /media/DATA/SOFTWARE/Linux/DOTFILES/usr/share/grub/manjaro /usr/share/grub/themes/
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Misc

# Disable this sevice for optimized boot times.
 sudo systemctl disable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

# ownership of sddm config
 sudo chown -R sddm:sddm /var/lib/sddm/.config


# Create User Image.
# sudo cp ./config/devlinman.png /var/lib/AccountsService/icons/$USER
sudo cp ./config/devlinman.png /var/lib/AccountsService/icons/devlinman


# Copy konsave config file.
cp /media/DATA/SOFTWARE/Linux/DOTFILES/home/devlinman/.config/konsave/conf.yaml ~/.config/konsave/conf.yaml

Home directory

symlink [Applications, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Templates, Vaults, Videos]

# Create symlinks for Home folders.
HOME_DIR="$HOME"

# ---- Directory list ----
DIRS=(
  Applications
  Desktop
  Documents
  Downloads
  Music
  Pictures
  Templates
  Vaults
  Videos
)

# ---- Destination mappings ----
# Default: /media/DATA/<DirName>
# Exceptions handled explicitly
declare -A DEST_MAP=(
  [Applications]="/media/DATA/SOFTWARE/Linux/Applications"
  [Desktop]="/media/DATA/Desktop"
  [Documents]="/media/DATA/Documents"
  [Downloads]="/media/Downloads"
  [Music]="/media/DATA/Music"
  [Pictures]="/media/DATA/Pictures"
  [Templates]="/media/DATA/Templates"
  [Vaults]="/media/DATA/Vaults"
  [Videos]="/media/DATA/Videos"
)

echo "==> Checking directory existence in ~"

missing_dirs=()

for dir in "${DIRS[@]}"; do
  if [[ ! -d "$HOME_DIR/$dir" ]]; then
    missing_dirs+=("$dir")
  fi
done

if (( ${#missing_dirs[@]} > 0 )); then
  echo "ERROR: Missing directories in ~:"
  for d in "${missing_dirs[@]}"; do
    echo "  - $d"
  done
  exit 1
fi

echo "All directories exist"

echo
echo "==> Checking that directories are empty"

non_empty_dirs=()

for dir in "${DIRS[@]}"; do
  if [[ -n "$(ls -A "$HOME_DIR/$dir")" ]]; then
    non_empty_dirs+=("$dir")
  fi
done

if (( ${#non_empty_dirs[@]} > 0 )); then
  echo "ERROR: The following directories are NOT empty:"
  for d in "${non_empty_dirs[@]}"; do
    echo
    echo "Contents of ~$d:"
    ls -A "$HOME_DIR/$d"
  done
  exit 1
fi

echo "All directories are empty"

echo
echo "==> Replacing directories with symlinks"

for dir in "${DIRS[@]}"; do
  src="$HOME_DIR/$dir"
  dest="${DEST_MAP[$dir]}"

  if [[ -z "$dest" ]]; then
    echo "ERROR: No destination defined for $dir"
    exit 1
  fi

  echo "Linking ~$dir -> $dest"

  rmdir "$src"
  ln -s "$dest" "$src"
done

echo
echo "All directories successfully replaced with symlinks"

Customize

<<shebang_script>>

echo -e "\nThis error log is generated by custom.sh\n" >&2

Retrieve dotfiles (may use GNU Stow)

# Konsave
konsave -i /media/DATA/SOFTWARE/Programming/KONSAVE/Monark.knsv
konsave -a Monark

Install Local Applications

REN

# Install REN
PROJECT_DIR="/media/DATA/SOFTWARE/Programming/Projects"

sudo make -C "$PROJECT_DIR/REN" install

Set environment variables

For apps like keepassXc to follow the cursor theme.

XCURSOR_THEME=Qogir-Dark
XCURSOR_SIZE=32

# Create /etc/environment
sudo mv -i environment /etc/

SDDM

An example config can be generated by: sddm --example-config

[General]
Numlock=on

[Wayland]
EnableHiDPI=true
SessionLogFile=.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log


[Theme]
CursorTheme=Qogir-Dark
CursorSize=32

# Create sddm.conf
# sudo mv sddm.conf /etc/sddm.conf.d/cursor-theme.conf
sudo mv -i sddm.conf /etc/sddm.conf

Development

<<shebang_script>>

echo -e "\nThis error log is generated by dev.sh\n" >&2

AUR SSH Keys

keepassXc has AUR tokens

# Create AUR SSH keys.
touch ~/.ssh/aur.pub
touch ~/.ssh/aur
# Add the keys manually.

# Create ssh config
touch ~/.ssh/config
echo -e "Host aur.archlinux.org aur
HostName aur.archlinux.org
User aur
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/aur
IdentitiesOnly yes" > ~/.ssh/config

Install rust toolchain

# Rust Toolchain
if ! command -v rustup >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    yay -S --noconfirm rustup
fi

rustup default stable
rustup component add rustfmt clippy

emacs

Add doom to $PATH in .zshrc - located at: /home/devlinman/.config/emacs/bin/doom

# Emacs
if ! command -v emacs >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    yay -S --noconfirm emacs
fi
git clone https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs ~/.config/emacs
~/.config/emacs/bin/doom install
~/.config/emacs/bin/doom sync

Install fonts for proper rendering of icons.
When it misbehaves:

killall emacs

autostart emacs --daemon on login and use emacs client.

[Desktop Entry]
Categories=Development;TextEditor;
Comment=Run Emacs server daemon.
Exec=emacs --daemon
GenericName=Text Editor
Icon=emacs
MimeType=text/english;text/plain;text/x-makefile;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-java;text/x-moc;text/x-pascal;text/x-tcl;text/x-tex;application/x-shellscript;text/x-c;text/x-c++;
Name=Emacs
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=Emacs
Terminal=false
Type=Application

# Create autostart for emacs daemon
# Set permissions...first.
mv emacs_daemon.desktop ~/.config/autostart/

Execute & Permissions

Emacs Lisp to Install Packages

Must run C-c, C-c on this block before org-babel-tangle.

(require 'org)
(require 'subr-x)

(defun my/org-packages-install ()
  "Return unchecked packages under ** Packages, excluding *** Remove."
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char (point-min))

    ;; Narrow to ** Packages
    (unless (re-search-forward "^\\*\\* Packages\\b" nil t)
      (error "No '** Packages' section found"))
    (beginning-of-line)
    (org-narrow-to-subtree)

    ;; Find Remove subtree boundaries
    (let (remove-start remove-end)
      (save-excursion
        (when (re-search-forward "^\\*\\*\\* Remove\\b" nil t)
          (setq remove-start (line-beginning-position))
          (org-end-of-subtree)
          (setq remove-end (point))))

      ;; Collect unchecked list items, skipping Remove region
      (let (pkgs)
        (goto-char (point-min))
        (while (re-search-forward "^- \\[ \\] \\(.*\\)$" nil t)
          (let ((pos (match-beginning 0)))
            (unless (and remove-start
                         (>= pos remove-start)
                         (< pos remove-end))
              (push (match-string 1) pkgs))))
        (widen)
        (string-join (delete-dups (nreverse pkgs)) " ")))))

(defun my/org-packages-remove ()
  "Return unchecked packages under *** Remove."
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (unless (re-search-forward "^\\*\\*\\* Remove\\b" nil t)
      (error "No '*** Remove' section found"))
    (beginning-of-line)
    (org-narrow-to-subtree)

    (let (pkgs)
      (while (re-search-forward "^- \\[ \\] \\(.*\\)$" nil t)
        (push (match-string 1) pkgs))
      (widen)
      (string-join (delete-dups (nreverse pkgs)) " "))))

(my/org-packages-install)

(my/org-packages-remove)

Bug or feature? You need to run C-c, C-c on this block too. It may give an error, but it will get the variables, though.

# packages from org file.

<<packages_script>>

Now run C-c, C-v, t to tangle.

Set file permissions

Press C-c,C-c to run this block.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

chmod -R -v +x scripts/

# ./scripts/system.sh
# ./scripts/packages.sh
# ./scripts/grub.sh
# ./scripts/custom.sh
# ./scripts/dev.sh

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Accessibility settings

Install packages

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Internet

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Graphics and Media

System

Customizations

Development

Huge-Apps

AI

Remove

Test Apps

Script to install packages

System Configuration

Enable bluetooth service to use a bluetooth keyboard

Configure pacman

Mount default volumes in fstab

GRUB config

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Home directory

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Retrieve dotfiles (may use GNU Stow)

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Set environment variables

SDDM

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Manual settings

Accessibility settings

Install packages

Packages

Internet

Communication

Graphics and Media

System

Customizations

Development

Huge-Apps

AI

Remove

Test Apps

Script to install packages

System Configuration

Enable bluetooth service to use a bluetooth keyboard

Configure pacman

Mount default volumes in fstab

GRUB config

Misc

Home directory

Customize

Retrieve dotfiles (may use GNU Stow)

Install Local Applications

REN

Set environment variables

SDDM

Development

AUR SSH Keys

Install rust toolchain

emacs

Execute & Permissions

Emacs Lisp to Install Packages

Set file permissions