Problem: every module installs its config into the running user's ~/.config, but
/etc/skel was never updated afterwards. Any additional user created with
`useradd -m` later would get an empty home directory with no configs at all —
they would have to manually copy or re-run setup.
Solution: at the end of both TUI installer scripts (after every module and the
colorway step have finished), copy the fully-configured user's home into
/etc/skel so that it becomes the template for all future users.
How it works — tui-install.sh + simple-install.sh (identical block in both):
The block runs AFTER the last run_module call and AFTER apply-theme.sh, so
the snapshot is taken when the home directory is in its final state. It copies:
~/.config/ → /etc/skel/.config/ (all app configs, DE configs, etc.)
~/.themes/ → /etc/skel/.themes/ (GTK themes, including cyberqueer)
~/.zshrc → /etc/skel/.zshrc
~/.bashrc → /etc/skel/.bashrc
~/.vimrc → /etc/skel/.vimrc
Each copy is guarded ([[ -d ]] / [[ -f ]]) so missing files are silently
skipped rather than erroring. sudo is used because /etc/skel is root-owned
but the installer runs as the normal user.
arch-autoinstall.sh + archbaseos-guided-install.sh (chroot-phase changes):
The previous version tried to cherry-pick specific subdirectories from the
Dotfiles repo clone (hypr/, niri/, waybar/, etc.) using a long list of cp
commands. This was brittle — any new module that installs to ~/.config was
not automatically captured, and the list had to be manually maintained.
Replaced with a minimal block that only copies the three shell dotfiles
(.zshrc, .bashrc, .vimrc) from the repo clone into /etc/skel. This is
sufficient for the first user created during installation (useradd -m runs
immediately after, before any modules). The full ~/.config sync above then
takes over for all subsequent users after the modules have run.
arch-autoinstall.sh additionally had the skel setup moved to before the
useradd -m call (was missing entirely before) so even the first user gets
the shell dotfiles, with a fallback direct-clone path if the skel clone fails.
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>
When running as root (archiso chroot context), all three TUI installers
previously died immediately. Replace the hard die with a sudo passthrough
shim ($TMP_D/bin/sudo → exec "$@") prepended to PATH, so every module's
`sudo pacman`, `sudo systemctl` etc. just executes directly as root.
The shim lives in TMP_D and is cleaned up by the existing EXIT trap.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
sauerbraten: open-source Cube 2 FPS (pacman)
stuntrally: rally racing game via Flatpak (io.github.stuntrally.StuntRally3)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
openarena: open-source Quake III Arena (pacman)
tetris: bastet + vitetris (pacman + AUR)
doom: Chocolate Doom + Freedoom game data (pacman)
Wired up in simple-install.sh, tui-install.sh, and install-modules.sh.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
nmtui is not available on the archiso live environment; direct users to
iwctl (WiFi) or ethernet instead, and pause for input before re-checking.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Arrow keys navigate a viewport-bounded list, Space toggles items,
Enter/n confirms — fixes overflow on the app selection screen.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Rewrites simple-install.sh to use ANSI/read-based TUI primitives
(tui_msg, tui_yesno, tui_input, tui_checklist, tui_menu) instead of
dialog, removing the dialog dependency entirely.
Updates archbaseos-guided-install.sh to invoke simple-install.sh and
drops dialog from the archiso package list; error_handler now uses the
plain read-based croc prompt unconditionally.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Amir Alexander Abdelbaki