Linux Configuration

1) shell.sh — User shell configuration

This script installs base tools and configures the three shells bash, zsh, and fish to provide a consistent prompt.

• Main features

  • provide a consistent prompt (time, active shell, user@host, current directory, Git branch with clean/dirty status, duration of last command if > 250 ms, and non‑zero exit code).
  • Detects the package manager (apt-get, yum, dnf, apk, pacman) and quietly installs tools :
    • zsh
    • fish
    • git
    • htop
    • neovim
    • tree
    • eza
    • ripgrp
    • fd
    • bat
    • dust
  • Installs user utilities in ~/bin when not root (auto-detects architecture x86_64/arm64/arm) :
    • kubectl
    • kubectx
    • kubens
    • kompose
  • Installs the Zsh plugin manager zsh-snap and enables :
    • zsh-autosuggestions
    • zsh-syntax-highlighting
  • Generates configs for ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, ~/.config/fish/config.fish, and ~/.config/nvim/init.vim.
  • Creates an ~/.alias file with useful aliases (ls/ll via eza if present, vi -> nvim if present, colored grep, etc.).
  • Optionally updates users’ default shell (prefers fish, otherwise zsh) when possible.
  • Supports running as root (configures all users in /home, root, and /etc/skel) or unprivileged (configures only the current user).

• Requirements

  • Internet access.
  • To run without root: curl, git, and awk must be available.

• Usage

  • Recommended install (all users, requires sudo/root):

    curl -s https://sh.flavien.io/shell.sh | sudo sh -

  • Local run (from the cloned repo):

    sudo ./shell.sh
    # or for current user only (no sudo; requires curl+git+awk)
    ./shell.sh

2) xfce.sh — XFCE themes, fonts, and settings (plus Sway/Tmux)

This script downloads and applies a full customization for an XFCE environment, with optional settings for Sway and tmux when available.

• Main features

  • Fonts: JetBrainsMono with Nerd Font.
  • Icons: Sweet-Rainbow and Papirus.
  • Cursor: Breeze cursors.
  • Theme: Sweet-Dark.
  • XFCE: applies configuration files from this repo (xfce/xconf/*.xml).
  • tmux: installs ~/.tmux.conf if tmux is available.
  • Sway: installs ~/.config/sway/config and config.d/{keyboard,theme} if sway is available.

• Requirements

  • Internet access.
  • Tools: wget, curl, unzip, xz.

• Usage

  • For the current user’s home directory:

    curl -s https://sh.flavien.io/xfce.sh | sh -

  • To prepare a /etc/skel skeleton (useful for future users):

    sudo ./xfce.sh /etc/skel

3) arch.sh — Automated Arch Linux base install + XFCE

Installation script intended to be run from an Arch Linux live environment. It partitions the disk, installs a base system, and sets up a ready-to-use XFCE desktop.

• What the script does

  • GPT partitioning of the target disk with parted:
    • p1 EFI (FAT32, ~500 MiB), p2 swap (~4 GiB), p3 Btrfs (rest of the disk).
  • Creates Btrfs subvolumes @ and @home.
  • Base install via pacstrap: base, linux, linux-firmware, grub, efibootmgr, systemd, networkmanager, sudo, pacman, flatpak.
  • Installs the XFCE environment (panel, apps, plugins, terminal, etc.) + sway + lightdm and enables lightdm.
  • Applies XFCE/Tmux/Sway configuration to the skeleton (/etc/skel) via xfce.sh, then adjusts the default icon.
  • French locale by default: fr_FR.UTF-8, keyboard fr, timezone Europe/Paris (links and locale-gen).
  • Creates a user, adds it to the sudo group, sets the password.
  • Installs shell configuration for everyone via shell.sh inside the chroot.
  • Adds the flathub remote (Flatpak) for the created user.
  • Installs and generates GRUB configuration.

• Warnings / Requirements

  • DANGEROUS: the disk passed as argument will be repartitioned and fully erased (parted mklabel gpt). Back up your data before running.
  • To be used on Arch Linux (installation ISO) only.
  • Internet connection required.

• Usage

  • Run from an Arch live session with root privileges and an Internet connection:

    # Interactive mode (whiptail dialogs):
    curl -s https://sh.flavien.io/arch.sh | sh -
    
    # Non-interactive mode (4 arguments):
    # ./arch.sh <HOSTNAME> <DISK> <USERNAME> <PASSWORD>
    ./arch.sh my-host /dev/sda alice "MyStrongPassword"