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# Luke's Auto-Rice Bootstraping Scripts (LARBS)
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[Official Website: larbs.xyz](http://larbs.xyz)
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This is a set of scripts either can either (1) install Arch Linux automatically
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with a typical Arch ISOed USB, and perhaps more prominently (2) automatically
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install and configure all of the prerequisites for an advanced Linux desktop
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environment, using my configs [here](https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/voidrice)
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as a base.
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## Table of Contents
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- [About](#about)
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- [Installation](#installation)
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- [On an already existing Arch install](#on-an-already-existing-arch-install)
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- [Installing Arch automatically](#installing-arch-automatically)
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- [How to Use](#how-to-use)
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- [Permission Details (sudoers file)](#permission-details-sudoers-file)
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- [Version](#version)
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- [Why I made this](#why-i-made-this)
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- [Bugs?](#bugs)
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## About
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Really, the goal of this script is to start a kind of Linux meta-distribution
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which makes the more nuanced aspects of an advanced Linux setup available to
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even Linux newbies. Of course, it's also a great tool for advanced users who
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want to get into tiling window managers and just generally cool-looking and
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efficient worksetups.
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All the core stuff we be installed without prompt, but you'll have the option
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to install some of the larger non-essential packages (LaTeX, LibreOffice,
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Blender, etc.).
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## Installation
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### On an already existing Arch install
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This is just as easy. Log in as the root user and run the following.
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```sh
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curl -LO http://larbs.xyz/larbs.sh #Downloads the script.
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bash larbs.sh #Runs it.
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```
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After prompting you for some settings and some package choices, the system will
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install my full i3-gaps tiling window manager Desktop Environment. If you don't
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know what that means, don't worry, because I've gone to great lengths to write
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readable instructions about how to go PRO super quick with this system.
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Finally, it will use `git` to download my
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[Voidrice](https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/voidrice)
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dotfiles and will plop them in their proper location for instant use!
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Then, finally, once that all is done, you should be able to log out, then log in
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as your newly created user and type `startx` to begin the graphical environment.
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Congrats!
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### Installing Arch automatically
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I also have a script here for installing Arch automatically. I *only* wrote this
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script so I could quickly install then test the other scripts on new computers,
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but theoretically you could use it as well. *BUT* this is a lazy, pre-alpha
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script which does not give you many options (it automatically chooses the New
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York time zone, US English, GRUB, Network Manager, etc). Even more important, it
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automatically partitions /dev/sda without asking, so unless, you have no
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non-backed up data on your machine, I don't advise running it unless you don't
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mind a full wipe. That said, you can run it like this after booting into an Arch
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live environment:
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```sh
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curl -O http://larbs.xyz/arch.sh #Downloads the script.
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bash arch.sh #Runs it.
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```
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After the system installs, you'll have the option of bootstrapping automatically
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into installing my configs as well.
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## How to Use
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Once you're in the environment, just type `Super` / `Mod` / `Windows` + `F1` to
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pull up a document that will explain everything.
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## Permission Details (sudoers file)
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These script will give your new created user (and those others you put in the
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`wheel` group) sudo access (with a password), but will also allow some commands
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to be run without any password confirmation. Those include:
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+ `shutdown`
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+ `reboot`
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+ `pacman -Syyu`/`pacman -Syu`
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+ `packer -Syyu`/`packer -Syu`
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+ `mount`
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+ `umount`
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+ `systemctl restart NetworkManager`
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Additionally, if you've put your password in a terminal window already, you will
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not need to repeat putting it in in other terminal windows.
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## Version
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We're basically on Version 2.0 now, which is still pretty primitive. I'm adding
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some error handling, if the script fails, check the contents of LARBS.log in
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whatever directory you've run the script. Still, this script is still in the
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Wild West, so I recommend only running it on fresh installs.
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## Why I made this
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When you've installed Arch Linux 6 gorrillian times like me, you get pretty sick
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of having to reproduce your favorite configuration on fresh installs over and
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over. When you're a C-list YouTube celebrity, it gets even more difficult when
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literally thousands of people ask you how to do X or get Y.
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The LARBS are a final solution to all of that. These scripts are to be run on a
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fresh install of Arch Linux, and they create a user, install all required
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programs and set up dotfiles directly from Github to give normal people a fairly
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sleek Linux configuration without hundreds of autsitic hours. I did the work, so
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why should you?
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I've also documented the configuration fairly well, check out the documentation
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on my **voidrice** repository for that.
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## Bugs?
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### When I type `startx` I get some kind of non-descript error!
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Some computers might require some additional drivers to run a graphical
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environment, for example, some ThinkPads might require you to install
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`xf86-video-intel`. If you search your model or graphics card along with "Arch
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Linux" on your preferred search engine, you'll probably get the answer fast.
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### I have some other problem and it didn't install correctly.
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In normal circumstances, there are two main causes of misinstalls: faulty
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internet connections and errors with particular package upgrades or with the
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pacman keyring. Check yourself if the former may be at fault, but feel free to
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inform me in the latter case; I may be able to provide a quick fix.
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### >still using systemd botnet distro and/or not a 100% free-as-in-freedumb Parabola GANOO slash Linocks
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I do plan on making an alternative script option for Parabola sooner or later,
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after all Parabola *is* the distro I actually use. If you want to use Arch
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OpenRC or another Arch-based non-systemd distro, I think this script still
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*should* work, although you may have to manually enable Network Manager or
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Pulseaudio. I haven't tested this though. If you have, tell me the results and
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I might implement it.
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