LARBS

This is my modified version of lukesmithxyz's auto-rice bootstrapping scripts. I made some changes which can be found mainly in the progs.csv. This also installs all needed dotfiles from my .dotfiles repository. In contrast to Lukes Script this one installs dwm and not i3 because it sucks less.

Essentials

The following are some of the main programs that are installed by using this install script.

• Operating System: Arch Linux
• Window Manager: dwm
• Audio Server: pipewire
• Shell: zsh
• Terminal Emulator: st
• File Manager: vifm
• Application Launcher: dmenu(_run)
• Status Bar: dwmblocks
• Notification Service: dunst
• Text Editor: neovim
• Reader: zathura
• Browser: firefox
• Lockscreen: slock

All programs including these can be found in the progs.csv.

Hotkeys

There are a bunch of hotkeys. Please visit my dwm and st builds and my dotfiles to see them.

Preparation

To get this script working you need a bootable base installation of Arch Linux. You can do a minimal install by following a secure guide by me. You don't need an existing user other than root to use larbs. A seperate user will be created during the installation progress.

Installation

curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiynger/larbs/master/larbs.sh
sh larbs.sh

It is possible that the following commands need to be run before the script is able to retrieve packages.

pacman-key --populate archlinux
pacman-key --refresh-keys

Tests

This script will be checked for correctness on important changes. Testing system is a Virtual Machine inside Proxmox or a Lenovo Thinkpad X220 occasionally other systems are used (they all use my described guide for a basic installation). Results range from + over o to -, the latter being the worst.

Commit	Date	Result	Description
4d6dcd7	04.04.2020	+	Proxmox VM
0456974	31.12.2020	+	Proxmox VM
d32191b	12.06.2021	+	Lenovo X220
6dfcaba	13.06.2021	+	Ryzen 3900x and GTX 1080
594ff41	09.08.2021	+	Acer Switch A12
4fa2d6a	10.01.2023	+	Proxmox VM
961b6b3	27.10.2023	o	Intel Evo i7 13th Gen