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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# archmate.sh - Arch installation script
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+# 1. boot archlinux-2014.06.01-dual.iso
+# 2. wget http://<url>/archmate.sh
+# 3. bash archmate.sh prep  (extracts 'prep.sh')
+# 4. bash archmate.sh       (after 'arch-chroot /mnt')
+#
+# The prep.sh is handy but not required - the idea is you can replace
+# the content with your own setup to save on a lot of typing.
+
+# These must be changed
+HOSTNAME="myhostname"
+USERNAME="myusername"
+
+# Set this to true if this is a Virtualbox guest
+VBOXGUEST=false
+
+### BOTOP - DO NOT REMOVE OR ALTER THIS LINE ###
+## These are typically done by hand based on partitioning, etc.
+#
+# mount /dev/mapper/vglocal-root /mnt
+# mkdir /mnt/{boot,home}
+# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
+# mount /dev/mapper/vglocal-home /mnt/home
+# swapon /dev/mapper/vglocal-swap
+#
+# cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist{,.bak}
+# grep -A1 "United States" /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak | grep -v "^--" > \
+#   /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+# pacstrap /mnt base
+# genfstab -p /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
+# cp archmate.sh /mnt/root/ && chmod +x /mnt/root/archmate.sh
+#
+## arch-chroot /mnt
+### EOTOP - DO NOT REMOVE OR ALTER THIS LINE ###
+
+# this will bypass the safety check for /etc/locale.conf
+UNSAFE=false
+
+# various date/time/locale things
+ARCH_TZ="America/Chicago"
+ARCH_LA="en_US"
+ARCH_CP="UTF-8"
+ARCH_KM="us"
+ARCH_VF="latarcyrheb-sun16"
+
+# grub mode ('bios' or 'uefi') and boot disk/partitions
+GRUB_MODE="bios"
+GRUB_BIOS_DISK="/dev/sda"
+GRUB_UEFI_PART="/dev/sda1"
+
+# be careful changing this
+PKG_CORE="grub linux-headers linux-lts linux-lts-headers"
+
+# can be tuned to only include specific X drivers
+PKG_XORG="xorg xorg-drivers xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils xorg-twm xorg-xclock xorg-fonts-type1 xorg-utils mesa xterm alsa-utils gnu-free-fonts ttf-dejavu ttf-liberation"
+
+# if VBOXGUEST=true
+PKG_VBOX="virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-modules virtualbox-guest-modules-lts"
+
+# CLI stuff
+PKG_CLI="alsa-firmware base-devel bash-completion bc bluez bluez-firmware cadaver cpio cronie cups cups-filters cups-pdf cups-pk-helper dcfldd dhclient dmidecode ethtool expect ffmpeg freerdp gdisk git gnu-netcat id3v2 iftop ipw2100-fw ipw2200-fw iw kexec-tools lame lsof mailx mplayer mutt net-tools nethogs nfs-utils nmap ntfs-3g ntp openssh p7zip parted perl-mime-lite perl-xml-simple pwgen python-pexpect python-setuptools python-yaml python2-soappy rdesktop rfkill rpcbind rsync strace stunnel subversion sudo tcpdump tigervnc unrar unzip usb_modeswitch vim vim-systemd vlc wget whois wireshark-cli zip"
+
+# X Desktop stuff
+PKG_DWIN="mate mate-extra mate-themes-extras lightdm-gtk2-greeter gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-base-plugins gstreamer0.10-ugly gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins gtk-aurora-engine networkmanager networkmanager-openconnect networkmanager-openvpn networkmanager-pptp networkmanager-vpnc network-manager-applet networkmanager-dispatcher-ntpd systemd-ui"
+
+# GUI stuffs
+PKG_XAPP="argyllcms brasero chromium easytag feh firefox flashplugin gimp gkrellm gvfs-afc gvfs-mtp gvfs-smb libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-en-US libreoffice-impress libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-writer mate-mplayer pragha pidgin pidgin-otr seahorse thunderbird tk transmission-gtk x11-ssh-askpass xchat wireshark-gtk"
+
+# this will save the top part of this script to "prep.sh" - handy
+# if you wget this script from a boot ISO and want to save the
+# pre-prepared stuff for use that is not done on purpose
+if [[ "$1" == "prep" ]] && [[ -f "archmate.sh" ]]; then
+  echo
+  echo "== Creating prep.sh and exiting =="
+  echo
+  sed -n '/^### BOTOP/,/^### EOTOP/p' archmate.sh > prep.sh
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+##############
+## BEGIN MAGIC
+
+# handy exit function
+function myexit() {
+  echo "$1"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# did you edit this script?
+if [[ "${HOSTNAME}" == "myhostname" ]] || [[ "${USERNAME}" == "myusername" ]]
+then
+  myexit "Edit HOSTNAME and USERNAME in this script first - exiting."
+fi
+# did you arch-chroot?
+if [[ -f /mnt/etc/fstab ]]; then
+  myexit "Did you arch-chroot? Found /mnt/etc/fstab - exiting."
+fi
+# did you pacstrap?
+if [[ ! -f /etc/arch-release ]]; then
+  myexit "This doesn't look like Arch, no /etc/arch-release - exiting."
+fi
+# is this a live system?
+if [[ -f /etc/locale.conf ]]; then
+  if [[ ! ${UNSAFE} ]]; then
+    myexit "This looks like a live system, found /etc/locale.conf - exiting."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# we'll store cookies here -- allows this script to run in stages
+[[ ! -d /root/.archmate ]] && mkdir /root/.archmate
+
+## STAGE 1 ##
+echo
+echo "== Stage 1: Performing initial setup =="
+
+if [[ ! -f /root/.archmate/stage-1.done ]]; then
+  # Language etc.
+  export LANG="${ARCH_LA}.${ARCH_CP}"
+  echo "${ARCH_LA}.${ARCH_CP} ${ARCH_CP}" >> /etc/locale.gen
+  locale-gen
+  cat << EOF > /etc/locale.conf
+LANG="${ARCH_LA}.${ARCH_CP}"
+LC_COLLATE="C"
+EOF
+
+  cat << EOF > /etc/vconsole.conf
+KEYMAP="${ARCH_KM}"
+FONT="${ARCH_VF}"
+EOF
+
+  # time/date
+  ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/${ARCH_TZ} /etc/localtime
+  hwclock --systohc --utc
+  echo ${HOSTNAME} > /etc/hostname
+  hostname ${HOSTNAME}
+
+  # enable multilib
+  cat << 'EOF' >> /etc/pacman.conf
+[multilib]
+Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+EOF
+
+  touch /root/.archmate/stage-1.done
+else
+  echo " - /root/.archmate/stage-1.done found, skipping."
+fi
+
+## STAGE 2 ##
+echo
+echo "== stage 2: Installing select core packages =="
+
+if [[ ! -f /root/.archmate/stage-2.done ]]; then
+  pacman -Sy --noconfirm
+  [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && myexit "pacman error - exiting."
+  pacman -S --noconfirm ${PKG_CORE}
+  [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && myexit "pacman error - exiting."
+
+  touch /root/.archmate/stage-2.done
+else
+  echo " - /root/.archmate/stage-2.done found, skipping."
+fi
+
+# Prevent the screen going blank during install
+setterm -powersave off -powerdown 0 -blank 0
+
+## STAGE 3 ##
+echo
+echo "== Stage 3: Setting up GRUB and the kernels =="
+
+if [[ ! -f /root/.archmate/stage-3.done ]]; then
+  # add lvm2 hook
+  sed -i.bak -r 's/^HOOKS=(.*)block(.*)/HOOKS=\1block lvm2\2/g' \
+    /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
+  mkinitcpio -p linux
+  mkinitcpio -p linux-lts
+
+  # GRUB our way
+  sed -i.bak -r -e 's/^GRUB_DEFAULT=(.*)/#GRUB_DEFAULT=\1/g' \
+    -e 's/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=(.*)/#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\1/g' \
+    -e 's/^GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=(.*)/#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=\1/g' /etc/default/grub
+  cat << 'EOF' >> /etc/default/grub
+GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
+GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
+GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"
+GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y
+EOF
+  if [[ "${GRUB_MODE}" == "bios" ]]; then
+    grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck ${GRUB_BIOS_DISK}
+  elif [[ "${GRUB_MODE}" == "uefi" ]]; then
+    pacman -S --noconfirm dosfstools efibootmgr
+    [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && myexit "pacman error - exiting."
+    mkdir /boot/efi
+    mount ${GRUB_UEFI_PART} /boot/efi
+    grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=grub --recheck --debug
+  fi
+  grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
+  ROOT_PART=$(grub-probe --target=device /)
+  ROOT_UUID=$(grub-probe --device ${ROOT_PART} --target=fs_uuid)
+  grub-set-default "gnulinux-linux-advanced-${ROOT_UUID}"
+
+  touch /root/.archmate/stage-3.done
+else
+  echo " - /root/.archmate/stage-3.done found, skipping."
+fi
+
+## STAGE 4 ##
+echo
+echo "== Stage 4: Installing base Xorg =="
+
+if [[ ! -f /root/.archmate/stage-4.done ]]; then
+  pacman -S --noconfirm ${PKG_XORG}
+  [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && myexit "pacman error - exiting."
+
+  if [[ $VBOXGUEST ]]; then
+    echo "Installing Virtualbox guest..."
+    pacman -S --noconfirm ${PKG_VBOX}
+    [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && myexit "pacman error - exiting."
+    cat << 'EOF' > /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf
+vboxguest
+vboxsf
+vboxvideo
+EOF
+    systemctl -q enable vboxservice
+  fi
+
+  touch /root/.archmate/stage-4.done
+else
+  echo " - /root/.archmate/stage-4.done found, skipping."
+fi
+
+## STAGE 5 ##
+echo
+echo "== Stage 5: Installing all other packages =="
+
+if [[ ! -f /root/.archmate/stage-5.done ]]; then
+  pacman -S --noconfirm ${PKG_CLI} ${PKG_DWIN} ${PKG_XAPP}
+  [[ $? -ne 0 ]] && myexit "pacman error - exiting."
+
+  # clean up a little
+  pacman -Sc --noconfirm
+
+  mv /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf{,.bak}
+  cat << 'EOF' > /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
+[greeter]
+background=#152233
+theme-name=TraditionalOk
+font-name=Sans 12
+xft-antialias=true
+xft-hintstyle=none
+xft-rgba=rgb
+EOF
+
+  touch /root/.archmate/stage-5.done
+else
+  echo " - /root/.archmate/stage-5.done found, skipping."
+fi
+
+## STAGE 6 ##
+echo
+echo "== Stage 6: User Setup =="
+
+if [[ ! -f /root/.archmate/stage-6.done ]]; then
+  echo
+  echo "== Setting root password =="
+  passwd root
+
+  echo
+  echo "== Adding user ${USERNAME} =="
+  useradd -m -g users -G wheel,storage,power,wireshark -s /bin/bash ${USERNAME}
+  passwd ${USERNAME}
+  echo '%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
+
+  ## AUR setup as a user later
+  if [[ ! -f "/home/${USERNAME}/aur_setup.sh" ]]; then
+    cat << 'EOF' > /home/${USERNAME}/aur_setup.sh
+mkdir builds
+cd builds/
+curl -L -O https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pa/package-query/package-query.tar.gz
+curl -L -O https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ya/yaourt/yaourt.tar.gz
+tar -zxvf package-query.tar.gz
+tar -zxvf yaourt.tar.gz
+cd package-query
+makepkg -s
+sudo pacman -U package-query-*.pkg.tar.xz
+cd ../yaourt
+makepkg -s
+sudo pacman -U yaourt-*.pkg.tar.xz
+yaourt -S --noconfirm downgrade
+EOF
+fi
+
+  ## GRUB /etc/grub.d/10_linux patch
+  if [[ ! -f "/root/10_linux.patch" ]]; then
+    cat << 'EOF' > /root/10_linux.patch
+--- 10_linux.orig	2014-05-14 01:22:27.000000000 -0500
++++ 10_linux	2014-06-21 13:20:37.816869963 -0500
+@@ -177,7 +177,16 @@
+
+ is_top_level=true
+ while [ "x$list" != "x" ] ; do
+-  linux=`version_find_latest $list`
++  # version_find_latest returns 'linux-lts' before 'linux' on the average
++  # Arch install of these two kernels, we'll first check if there are any
++  # numerics in the kernels, and if not just pop them off the stack in
++  # natural alpha sorting order.
++  if [ $(echo $list | grep -q '[0-9]') ]; then
++    linux=`version_find_latest $list`
++  else
++    artmp=($list)
++    linux=${artmp[0]}
++  fi
+   gettext_printf "Found linux image: %s\n" "$linux" >&2
+   basename=`basename $linux`
+   dirname=`dirname $linux`
+EOF
+  fi
+
+  touch /root/.archmate/stage-6.done
+else
+  echo " - /root/.archmate/stage-6.done found, skipping."
+fi
+
+## STAGE 7 ##
+echo
+echo "== Stage 7: Enabling system services =="
+
+if [[ ! -f /root/.archmate/stage-7.done ]]; then
+
+  if [[ ! -f /etc/iptables/iptables.rules ]] && \
+     [[ -f /etc/iptables/simple_firewall.rules ]]; then
+    cp /etc/iptables/simple_firewall.rules /etc/iptables/iptables.rules
+  fi
+  sed -i.bak 's/^#SystemMaxUse=/SystemMaxUse=50M/g' /etc/systemd/journald.conf
+  systemctl -q enable lightdm.service
+  systemctl -q enable NetworkManager.service
+  systemctl -q enable cronie.service
+  systemctl -q enable iptables.service
+  systemctl -q enable sshd.service
+  systemctl -q enable cups.service
+  systemctl -q enable ntp.service
+  systemctl -q disable dhcpcd.service
+
+  touch /root/.archmate/stage-7.done
+else
+  echo " - /root/.archmate/stage-7.done found, skipping."
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "All done - normal next steps:"
+echo
+echo "# alsamixer"
+echo "# exit"
+echo "# umount -R /mnt"
+echo "# reboot"
+echo
+
+exit 0