Minor adoptions to fit with today's Archlinux plus an explanation of all available parameters written in Markdown.

.gitingnore → .gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@
 local.txt
 prime.txt
 users.csv
+
+#
+# IntelliJ Idea
+#
+/.idea/

arch-install.sh

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ fi
 BASE_GROUPS="adm,audio,disk,lp,optical,storage,video,games,power,scanner,uucp"
 DSK=""
 NFS_CACHE=""
+PKG_CACHE="/var/cache/pacman/pkg"
 FQDN="arch.example.org"
 TIMEZONE="Europe/London"
-KEYMAP="uk"
+DEFAULT_KEYMAP="uk"
 LANG="en_GB.UTF-8"
 LOCALE=`echo ${LANG} | cut -d'.' -f1`
 LC_COLLATE="C"
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ function usage() {
     echo
     echo "Usage"
     if [ "${MODE}" == "install" ]; then
-        echo "  ${0} -d sda -p brh -w P@ssw0rd -b ${PARTITION_TYPE} -f ${FS} -k ${KEYMAP} -l ${LANG} -n ${FQDN} -t ${TIMEZONE}"
+        echo "  ${0} -d sda -p brh -w P@ssw0rd -b ${PARTITION_TYPE} -f ${FS} -k ${DEFAULT_KEYMAP} -l ${LANG} -n ${FQDN} -t ${TIMEZONE}"
     else
-        echo "  ${0} -w P@ssw0rd -k ${KEYMAP} -l ${LANG} -n ${FQDN} -t ${TIMEZONE}"
+        echo "  ${0} -w P@ssw0rd -k ${DEFAULT_KEYMAP} -l ${LANG} -n ${FQDN} -t ${TIMEZONE}"
     fi
     echo
     echo "Required parameters"
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ function usage() {
     fi
     echo "  -c : The NFS export to mount and use as the pacman cache."
     echo "  -e : The desktop environment to install. Defaults to '${DE}'. Can be 'none', 'cinnamon', 'gnome', 'kde', 'lxde', 'mate' or 'xfce'"
-    echo "  -k : The keyboard mapping to use. Defaults to '${KEYMAP}'. See '/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/' for options."
+    echo "  -k : The keyboard mapping to use. Defaults to '${DEFAULT_KEYMAP}'. See '/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/' for options."
     echo "  -l : The language to use. Defaults to '${LANG}'. See '/etc/locale.gen' for options."
     echo "  -n : The hostname to use. Defaults to '${FQDN}'"
     echo "  -r : The computer role. Defaults to '${INSTALL_TYPE}'. Can be 'desktop' or 'server'."
@@ -176,20 +177,20 @@ function test_nfs_cache() {
 		echo
 		echo "Testing NFS cache : ${NFS_CACHE}"
 		systemctl start rpc-statd.service >/dev/null
-		mount -t nfs ${NFS_CACHE} /var/cache/pacman/pkg >/dev/null
+		mount -t nfs ${NFS_CACHE} ${PKG_CACHE} >/dev/null
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 			echo "ERROR! Unable to mount ${NFS_CACHE}"
 			echo " - See `basename ${0}` -h"
 			exit 1
 		fi
 
 		# Make sure the cache is writeable
-		touch /var/cache/pacman/pkg/cache.test 2>/dev/null
+		touch ${PKG_CACHE}/cache.test 2>/dev/null
 		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 			echo "ERROR! The NFS cache, ${NFS_CACHE}, is read-only."
 			exit 1
 		else
-			rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/cache.test 2>/dev/null
+			rm ${PKG_CACHE}/cache.test 2>/dev/null
 		fi
 	fi
 }
@@ -318,9 +319,31 @@ function mount_disks() {
     fi
 }
 
+function bind_pacman_cache() {
+    echo "==> Bind mounting pacman cache"
+    mkdir -p ${TARGET_PREFIX}${PKG_CACHE}
+    mount --bind ${TARGET_PREFIX}${PKG_CACHE} ${PKG_CACHE}
+}
+
+function chain_package_lists() {
+    # Chain package lists
+    for f in $*; do
+        if [ -r $f ]; then
+            files+="$f "
+        else
+            echo "ERROR! file $f not readable."
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ -n "${files}" ]; then
+        # Remove lines starting with #, replace trailing comments introduced by #, remove empty lines
+        cat ${files} | sed '/^#.*$/d' | sed 's/[[:space:]]*#.*$//' | sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d'
+    fi
+}
+
 function build_packages() {
     # Chain packages
-    cat packages/base/packages-extra.txt > /tmp/packages.txt
+    chain_package_lists packages/base/packages-extra.txt > /tmp/packages.txt
     if [ "${DE}" != "none" ] && [ "${INSTALL_TYPE}" == "desktop" ]; then
         if [ "${DE}" == "kde" ]; then
             if [ "${LOCALE}" == "pt_BR" ] || [ "${LOCALE}" == "en_GB" ] || [ "${LOCALE}" == "zh_CN" ]; then
@@ -342,18 +365,18 @@ function build_packages() {
         fi
 
         # Chain the DE packages.
-        cat packages/desktop/packages-xorg.txt packages/desktop/packages-${DE}.txt packages/desktop/packages-gst.txt packages/desktop/packages-cups.txt packages/desktop/packages-ttf.txt >> /tmp/packages.txt
+        chain_package_lists packages/desktop/packages-xorg.txt packages/desktop/packages-${DE}.txt packages/desktop/packages-gst.txt packages/desktop/packages-cups.txt packages/desktop/packages-ttf.txt >> /tmp/packages.txt
     fi
 }
 
 function install_packages() {
     # Install packages
     if [ "${MODE}" == "install" ]; then
-        pacstrap -c ${TARGET_PREFIX} $(cat packages/base/packages-base.txt /tmp/packages.txt)
+        pacstrap -c ${TARGET_PREFIX} $(chain_package_lists packages/base/packages-base.txt /tmp/packages.txt)
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
             echo "ERROR! 'pacstrap' failed. Cleaning up and exitting."
             if [ -n "${NFS_CACHE}" ]; then
-                umount -fv /var/cache/pacman/pkg
+                umount -fv ${PKG_CACHE}
             fi
             if [ "${PARTITION_LAYOUT}" == "brh" ]; then
                 umount -fv ${TARGET_PREFIX}/home
@@ -363,7 +386,7 @@ function install_packages() {
         fi
     else
         pacman -Rs --noconfirm heirloom-mailx
-        pacman -S --noconfirm --needed $(cat packages/base/packages-base.txt)
+        pacman -S --noconfirm --needed $(chain_package_lists packages/base/packages-base.txt)
         if [ "${BASE_ARCH}" == "x86" ]; then
 			pacman -S --noconfirm --needed $(cat /tmp/packages.txt)
         else
@@ -393,6 +416,9 @@ function build_configuration() {
     # Start building the configuration script
     start_config
 
+    # Start building the configuration script
+    start_postinstall
+
     # Configure the hostname.
     add_config "echo ${FQDN} > /etc/hostname"
     add_config "hostnamectl set-hostname --static ${FQDN}"
@@ -404,7 +430,9 @@ function build_configuration() {
     # Font and font map
     FONT="ter-116b"
 
-    add_config "echo KEYMAP=${KEYMAP}      > /etc/vconsole.conf"
+    add_postinstall "# Set keymap to none first, to make sure localectl sets keymap for vconsole and X11."
+    add_postinstall "localectl set-keymap none"
+    add_postinstall "localectl set-keymap ${KEYMAP}"
     add_config "echo FONT=${FONT}         >> /etc/vconsole.conf"
     add_config "echo FONT_MAP=${FONT_MAP} >> /etc/vconsole.conf"
     add_config "sed -i \"s/#${LANG}/${LANG}/\" /etc/locale.gen"
@@ -623,6 +651,15 @@ function build_configuration() {
             fi
         done
     fi
+
+    if [ "${MODE}" == "install" ]; then
+        proxies="$(set | grep -i -E "^[a-z]*_proxy")"
+        for proxy in $proxies; do
+            add_config "echo export ${proxy} >> /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh"
+        done
+    fi
+
+    add_postinstall "systemctl disable arch-postinstall"
 }
 
 function apply_configuration() {
@@ -638,9 +675,9 @@ function apply_configuration() {
 function cleanup() {
     sync
     if [ -n "${NFS_CACHE}" ]; then
-        addlinetofile "${NFS_CACHE} /var/cache/pacman/pkg nfs defaults,relatime,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=5s 0 0" ${TARGET_PREFIX}/etc/fstab
+        addlinetofile "${NFS_CACHE} ${PKG_CACHE} nfs defaults,relatime,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=5s 0 0" ${TARGET_PREFIX}/etc/fstab
         if [ "${MODE}" == "install" ]; then
-            umount -fv /var/cache/pacman/pkg
+            umount -fv ${PKG_CACHE}
         fi
     fi
 
@@ -715,6 +752,13 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+if [ -z "${KEYMAP}" ]; then
+    echo "==> Keyboard mapping not defined, try to determine from install environment"
+    KEYMAP="$(cat ~/.zsh_history | awk -F";" '{print $NF}' | grep "^loadkeys " | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}')"
+    if [ -z "${KEYMAP}" ]; then
+        KEYMAP="${DEFAULT_KEYMAP}"
+    fi
+fi
 KEYMAP_TEST=`ls -1 /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/*/*/*${KEYMAP}*`
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "ERROR! The keyboard mapping you specified, '${KEYMAP}', is not recognised."
@@ -737,6 +781,9 @@ final_warning
 if [ "${MODE}" == "install" ]; then
     format_disks
     mount_disks
+    if [ -z "${NFS_CACHE}" ]; then
+        bind_pacman_cache
+    fi
 fi
 
 build_packages

common.sh

@@ -398,6 +398,28 @@ add_config() {
     echo "${1}" >> ${TARGET_PREFIX}/usr/local/bin/arch-config.sh
 }
 
+start_postinstall() {
+    cat <<- 'EOF' > ${TARGET_PREFIX}/etc/systemd/system/arch-postinstall.service
+        [Unit]
+        Description=Post Install Script
+
+        [Service]
+        ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/arch-postinstall.sh
+
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=local-fs.target
+EOF
+
+    add_config "systemctl enable arch-postinstall"
+
+    echo "#!/usr/bin/env bash" > ${TARGET_PREFIX}/usr/local/bin/arch-postinstall.sh
+    chmod +x ${TARGET_PREFIX}/usr/local/bin/arch-postinstall.sh
+}
+
+add_postinstall() {
+    echo "${1}" >> ${TARGET_PREFIX}/usr/local/bin/arch-postinstall.sh
+}
+
 detect_laptop() {
     # Are we a mac?
     if test -d /proc/pmu; then

docs/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+The power of ArchInstaller a little more in detail. Enjoy!
+
+# Parameters
+
+The script arch-install.sh supports several parameters to customize the
+Archlinux installation. Some of the parameters are required but most of
+them are optional.
+
+## Required parameters
+
+| Parameter | Explanation | Options | Example | 
+|--- |--- |--- |--- | 
+| -d | Target device.   | -         | sda | 
+| -p | Partition layout. | brh / br  | brh: /boot, /root, /home
+| | | | br:  /boot, /root
+| -w | Root password, unencrypted. | - | brh: /boot, /root, /home
+
+
+#. -d sda -p brh -w test-124 -b msdos -f xfs -e xfce -k de-latin1 -l en_US.UTF-8 -n arch001 -r desktop -t Europe/Berlin
+
+## Optional parameters
+
+| Parameter | Explanation | Options | Example | 
+|--- |--- |--- |--- | 
+| -b | Partition type. Default: msdos   | msdos / gpt | msdos | 
+| -f | Filesystems to format the partitions. Default: ext4 | bfs / btrfs / ext2 / ext3 / ext4 / f2fs / jfs / nilfs / ntfs / reiserfs / xfs | xfs
+| -c | NFS export to mount and used as pacman cache. | - | nas.local:/srv/pacman/cache
+| -e | Desktop environment to install. Default: none | none / cinnamon / gnome / kde / lxde / mate / xfce | xfce
+| -k | Keyboard mapping. Default: uk | See '/usr/share/kbd/keymaps/' for options. | de-latin1
+| -l | System language. Default: en_GB.UTF-8 | See '/etc/locale.gen' for options. | en_US.UTF-8
+| -n | Hostname, fully qualified. Default: arch.example.org | - | arch001.local
+| -r | Computer role. Default: desktop | desktop / server | desktop
+| -t | Timezone. Default: Europe/London | See '/usr/share/zoneinfo/' for options. | Europe/Berlin
+
+
+## Example
+
+The following command installs Archlinux with these attributes:
+
+- Desktop system leveraging XFCE as desktop environment
+- English as system language
+- German keyboard layout
+- German timezone
+- Erase disk /dev/sda and format with a classical partitioning.
+- Create three filesystems: /boot, /root and /home, the latter two
+  formated with XFS, /boot is always ext2
+- Simple root password, don't use it in your installation
+- Set hostname to arch001.local
+
+`./arch-install.sh -d sda -p brh -w test-123! -b msdos -f xfs -e xfce -k
+de-latin1 -l en_US.UTF-8 -n arch001.local -r desktop -t Europe/Berlin`
+
+# User provisioning
+
+To provision users create a file in the following format to define user
+accounts.
+
+`
+"username,password,comment,extra_groups"
+`
+
+

packages/base/packages-extra.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 alsa-firmware
 avahi
 b43-fwcutter
-bluez-firmware
+#bluez-firmware
 btrfs-progs
 ca-certificates
 cpupower
@@ -35,4 +35,3 @@ wireless-regdb
 wireless_tools
 wpa_supplicant
 xfsprogs
-zd1211-firmware

packages/desktop/packages-cinnamon.txt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gnome-screenshot
 gnome-system-log
 gnome-system-monitor
 gksu
-lightdm-gtk3-greeter
+lightdm-gtk-greeter
 nemo
 networkmanager-openvpn
 networkmanager-pptp

packages/desktop/packages-cups.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ cups-filters
 foomatic-db
 foomatic-db-engine
 foomatic-db-nonfree
-foomatic-filters
 ghostscript
 gsfonts
 gutenprint

packages/desktop/packages-mate.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+lightdm-gtk-greeter
 accountsservice
 cups-pk-helper
-lightdm-gtk2-greeter
 mate
 mate-extras
 network-manager-applet

packages/desktop/packages-xfce.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-lightdm-gtk2-greeter
+lightdm-gtk-greeter
 xfce4
 xfce4-goodies
 network-manager-applet