a simple script that helps you to install and config you'r packages, bootloader, ...
- debug mode
- local pacman packages support
/var/cache/pacman/pkg
TODO: i'll add all features soon
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if you'r not a professional arch user, please DO NOT USE Archer
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you have to create you'r partitions before running Archer
i created 3 config examples under archer/config folder:
- awesome-pc-config
- default-config
- xfce-pc-config
Archer loads xfce-pc-config by default
you can change default config permanently in Archer script using config_path variable
or use -c option: ./archer -b -c "path/to/file-config"
config file uses a bash like syntax that will be converted to bash variables later
NOTE: use comments like you'r using them in bash scripts
- Archer, user options:
options = { username: "yourName" hostname: "yourHostName" lightdm_session: "xfce" # set default session that lightdm can load you'r desktop or window manager default_shell: "/bin/fish" # set default shell for this user # local pacman cache cache: "false" # if you have any pacman packages caches set this option to true cache_path: "pkg" # set packages folder # if you set this option to ture archer only displays commands # another way is to use -d options like: ./archer -d -b debug: "false" # if you set this option to ture archer displays commands, and then runs display_cmd: "true" }- partition management:
you have to create you'r partitions before running Archer
and then define you'r partitions here:
partitions = { # defines which partition to install grub on grub_install: "/dev/sda" # root partition root_part: "/dev/sda2" root_mount: "/mnt" root_fmt: "mkfs.ext4" # i dont use home - instead i use a DATA partition # home # home_part: "/dev/sda5" # home_mount: "/mnt/home" # home_fmt: "mkfs.ext4" # swap swap_part: "/dev/sda3" swap_fmt: "mkswap" # TODO: required uefi support # uefi_part: "/dev/sda4" # uefi_mount: "/boot/efi" # uefi_fmt: "mkfs.vfat -F32" # you can add any partition that you want here # just follow the syntax and Archer detect you'r new partition here # name_part: "/dev/sdaX" # which partition # name_mount: "/mnt/path" # where to mount # name_fmt: "mkfs.ext4" # command for formating this partition }- package management:
Archer uses 3 arrays for manage packages:
core_packages - archer install these packages in base section (using pacstrap) system_packages - archer install these packages in system section (using pacman) application_packages - archer install these packages in system section (using pacman) packages titles doesn't matter for Archer:
you can change editor to anything you want like: my_editor
archer only use these titles to display packages titles:
and removes spaces inside these arrays.
if you'r display_cmd or debug options is true archer displays commands before running:
TODO: I'LL ADD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ARCHER LATER