- Clone repo into new hidden directory.
# Use SSH (if set up)...
git clone [email protected]:Tomoyukiryu/NemesisDotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
# ...or use HTTPS and switch remotes later.
git clone https://github.com/Tomoyukiryu/NemesisDotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
- Create symlinks in the Home directory to the real files in the repo.
# There are better and less manual ways to do this;
# investigate install scripts and bootstrapping tools.
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.bashrc ~/.bashrc
ln -s ~/.dotfiles/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
- Install yay, followed by the software listed in the packages.txt.
# These could also be in an install script.
# Install prerequisite packages from pacman
pacman -S --needed git base-devel
# Pull yay
/bin/bash -c "$(git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git)"
#Move to yay directory
cd ~/yay
#Make package from yay
makepkg -si
#First use commands
yay -Y --gendb
yay -Syu --devel
yay -Y --devel --save
#move to .dotfiles directory
cd ~/.dotfiles
# Then pass in the packages.txt location...
yay -S ~/.dotfiles/packages.txt
- Organize these growing steps into multiple script files.
- Automate symlinking and run script files with a bootstrapping tool like Dotbot.
- Revisit the list in
.bashrc
to customize the shell. - Make a checklist of steps to decommission your computer before wiping your hard drive.
- Make a checklist of steps to decommission your computer before wiping your hard drive.
- Create a bootable USB installer for Arch Linux.
- Integrate other cloud services into your Dotfiles process (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.).
- Find inspiration and examples in other Dotfiles repositories at dotfiles.github.io.