Adds a dialog (interactive + answerfile) letting the user choose whether
to copy the dotfiles' .zshrc / .bashrc / .vimrc into /etc/skel, or leave
system defaults in place. The choice is persisted as shell_rc in the
answerfile JSON and respected by both the TUI installer and the generator.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two fully-featured module scripts already existed under optional-Modules/apps/
(mail-notmuch.sh and caldav-sync.sh) but were never surfaced in the installer
UI, so users had no way to select them during setup.
Changes across three files:
simple-install.sh
- count_steps(): added entries for mail-notmuch and caldav-sync so the
[N/total] progress counter stays accurate; also back-filled 13 other apps
(gimp, inkscape, krita, ardour, audacity, lmms, mixxx, cecilia, kdenlive,
openshot, shotcut, anti-malware, timeshift) that were already in the
checklist but missing from count_steps, causing the total to be wrong.
- Checklist: added both entries under the CLI Tools header, directly after
himalaya, with a human-readable description of the stack each installs.
- Run section: added the conditional run_module calls so the modules
actually execute when selected.
tui-install.sh (dialog-based TUI, same three locations as above)
- count_steps(): added mail-notmuch and caldav-sync.
- Checklist: added both entries with matching descriptions.
- Run section: added the conditional run_module calls.
generate-answerfile.sh
- Added both entries to the dialog checklist so the JSON answerfile
generator (used for unattended / ISO-embedded installs) can also select
them, keeping the answerfile schema in sync with the interactive TUIs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- simple-install.sh: add Niri to DE menu and case dispatch (archiso uses
this path via archbaseos-guided-install.sh)
- install-modules.sh: add Niri to checklist, count_steps, summary, and
run dispatch
- generate-answerfile.sh: add hyprlua + niri to DE menu, replace separate
blender/povray with blender-povray, add all modules added since last
sync (games, graphics, audio, video, timeshift, rdp, qemu)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
arch-autoinstall.sh was missing the keymap handling added to the guided
installer in the previous two commits, so booting the ISO in auto mode
(answerfile embedded) never called loadkeys and left the installed system
with no /etc/vconsole.conf.
- Add the same KEYMAPS array + selection logic to arch-autoinstall.sh
(AF mode reads .keymap, interactive mode prompts)
- Call loadkeys and export KEYMAP into the chroot
- Write /etc/vconsole.conf inside the chroot
- Add keymap dialog to generate-answerfile.sh so the field is populated
- Document .keymap in the arch-autoinstall.sh answerfile field list
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
tui-install.sh:
- Reads /answerfile.json if present (ANSWERFILE_MODE)
- All dialog selections (components, DE, apps) sourced from file
- Hostname from answerfile gets MAC address suffix appended to
prevent conflicts when deploying one image to multiple machines
- Interactive hostname inputbox added to the normal TUI flow
- Colorway dialog added as final step; skipped if no colors differ
from defaults and no answerfile colors are set
- Answerfile mode: runs non-interactively, logs warnings on failure
generate-answerfile.sh (new):
- Dry-runs the full installer dialog flow (OS + dotfiles)
- Writes selections to ~/answerfile.json (or a given path)
- No software is installed; passwords are never written to the file
build.sh:
- New --preconf [FILE] flag embeds an answerfile into the ISO at
/answerfile.json; omitting the flag leaves the ISO clean
- Validates JSON with jq if available before embedding
- Reworked arg parsing to handle the new flag alongside OUT_DIR
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Amir Alexander Abdelbaki