Archiso Configuration Script

#!/bin/bash
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echo "Some note taking is required towards the end of this application,
please ensure you have a pen and paper etc"

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#Installing the dependencies [Required]

echo "Installing Dependencies"

pacman -S archiso make squashfs-tools libisoburn dosfstools patch lynx devtools git

#makes directory for archiso [Required]

mkdir ~/archlive


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#Adding packages to packages.both [optional]
#You can make a very simple arch linux system with the bare amount of
#packages installed. Such as:

#xorg-server
#xorg-xinit
#xorg-server-utils
#xf86-video-vesa
#(login-manager of choice)
#(Desktop Environment of choice)
#firefox ..etc etc
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#If you want every single package installed on the current system onto
#the new system uncomment the pacman -Qqe >> ~/archlive/packages.both
#[Note] Ensure you have enough space for every package to be installed
#the new system

#pacman -Qqe >> ~/archlive/packages.both    #Optional

#Alternatively you can list all packages installed with the:

#pacman -Qqe

#command and then add the packages to the packages.both file manually

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#Checks for slim and copies config file

if -f [ /etc/slim.conf ]; then
    echo "Copying /etc/slim.conf"
    sleep 2
    cp /etc/slim.conf ~/archlive/airootfs/etc/
fi

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#Uncomment to let custom distro have same users as host machine

#cp /etc/{shadow,passwd,group} ~/archlive/airootfs/etc/

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#Uncomment to create skel [Required for making backup ISO's]

#mkdir ~/archlive/airootfs/etc/skel
#cp ~/.bashrc ~/archlive/airootfs/etc/skel/
#cp ~/.xinitrc ~/archlive/airootfs/etc/skel/
#cp ~/.config ~/archlive/airootfs/etc/skel/

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echo "To log in automatically as your user instead of the default root user, open the

~/archlive/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf file in a text editor and modify the following line to swap the auto login user:

ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --autologin arch --noclear %I 38400 linux

Replace arch with the name of your user...Have you read this? y/n"

select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
    case $yn in
        Yes ) break;;
        No ) exit;;
    esac
done

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echo "Almost done!"
sleep 2

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#Final configurations have to be done manually

echo "Final configurations"
sleep 1
echo "Inside root’s home folder (~/archlive/airootfs/root) there’s a
file named customize-root-image.sh."
sleep 1
echo "Any administrative task that you would normally do after an Arch
install can be scripted into this file.
Remember that the instructions within the file have to be written from the
perspective of the new environment, which is to say that / in the
script represents the root of the distro that’s being assembled."
sleep 3
while true; do
    read -p "Have you read this" yn
    case $yn in
        [Yy]* ) break;;
        [Nn]* ) exit;;
        * ) echo "Please answer yes or no.";;
    esac
done

echo "We're going to open the customize-root-image.sh in a text editor"
sleep 2
echo "You need to do some things manually"
sleep 2
echo "Make sure the timezone is correct"
sleep 2
echo "Set the shell to bash, not zsh"
sleep 2
echo "Then copy the contents of skel to your home directory: Example"
sleep 2
"cp -aT /etc/skel/ /home/arch/"
sleep 2
echo "remember to change arch to name of your user account"
sleep 2
echo "And to set proper ownership with:"
sleep 2
echo "chown bodhi:users /home/arch -R"
sleep 2
echo "Remember to change arch to your user account again"
sleep 2
echo "Finally, scroll down to the end of the file and comment out all
the systemctl commands by appending a # symbol before them.
To boot into the graphical desktop, make sure the correct services
are started at boot by adding the following:
systemctl enable pacman-init.service choose-mirror.service
systemctl set-default graphical.target
systemctl enable graphical.target"
sleep 10
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echo "That’s it. You’re now all set tobuild the ISO for your custom distro.

Enter the ~/archlive directory
and run:

./build.sh

This initiates the build process. The -v switch enables the
verbose mode, the -N switch sets the name of the ISO image, -V sets the
version number and -L appends a label to the generated ISO image.

Note that the build process is slow and can take several hours depending
on the available resources of your computer.
When it’s done it’ll place the ISO under the

~/archlive/out directory."

sleep 10

cd ~/archlive
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