My personal dotfiles for arch linux

Using a profile enabler script to support different profiles / pc's and environments

How to install

First, install Arch-Linux by following this guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

After you have followed and finished that guide and having a bootloader setup (takes about 10 minutes), DON'T REBOOT JUST YET!

While still being chrooted into your local Arch-Linux install, install sudo and git:

pacman -Sy git sudo

Then setup your personal user with useradd, change its password with passwd and add it to the /etc/sudoers file

Now login with your new personal user by doing su <username>

Once you are logged in to your new user, go to your home directory cd ~ and clone the git repository:

git clone https://github.com/RononDex/archdotfiles

Open the directory with cd archdotfiles and execute the installation script:

sh profile-enabler.sh

This will take a while to run, go grab a coffee or exercise :) Once the script has finished, simply reboot into your finished and ready to use system (you might have to enter exit once during the installation process, it sometimes gets stuck in the zsh after installing it. After entering exit it will continue installation)

To upgrade your system (including the AUR packages) just enter up in your terminal. This will do a git pull of the dotfiles repository, and rerun the profile-enabler.sh with your installed profile.

How it works

1. Copy all files from the folder defaults to your home directory
2. Run default-profile-install.sh which will install all the default stuff that is the same across all pc's
3. Run profile-enabler.sh lcoated in your chosen profile folder profiles/[profileName]/profile-enabler.sh

So to create your own profile, simply fork this repository and create your own profile in the profiles folder. The only mandatory files are xprofile, bashprofile and profile-enabler.sh

Software installed by default (for all profiles)

For an up to date list check the file itself here https://github.com/RononDex/archdotfiles/raw/master/default-profile-install.sh

• zsh (with oh-my-zsh and powerlevel10k)
• networkmanager
• fonts
• pulseaudio
• ranger
• zathura
• lightdm (with webkit litarvan theme)
• ...

Data Structure

This repository is structured into the following folders:

1. defaults: Contains all the default files that install all the base files into ~/
2. profiles: Contains one subfolder per profile, with overrides for the base profile.
3. functions: Contains several functions reused throughout the different shell scripts