arch

A small script to prepare new installations of Arch Linux.

Run the following at the initial prompt, after having booted the install medium:

export BASE_URL="url"
curl -sSL "${BASE_URL}/arch-install.sh" | zsh

Ideas

• Automatically install console keyboard layout, patched to use CAPS LOCK as an additional Ctrl key.
• Rank mirrors using Reflector.
• Change SigLevel in pacman.conf to PackageRequired
• Edit /etc/makepkg.conf to optimize compiler flags and not compress packages (PKGEXT='.pkg.tar').
• Install Powerpill and set it up to use Rsync. Must edit /etc/powerpill/powerpill.json to include Rsync mirrors ranked in the previous step.
• Install Pacaur and configure it to use Powerpill.
• Transfer config files to the new installation.
• Install some key packages into the new install:
  • Zsh
  • Emacs
• Add user.
• Clone configuration files.