Arch Linux package installation script

installs/arch.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ###############################################################
 # Installs listed packages on Arch-based systems via Pacman   #
+# Also updates the cache database and existing applications   #
+# Confirms apps arn't installed via different package manager #
 # Doesn't include desktop apps, that're managed via Flatpak   #
 # Apps are sorted by category, and arranged alphabetically    #
 # Be sure to delete / comment out anything you do not need    #
@@ -13,10 +15,45 @@
 # Apps to be installed via Pacman
 pacman_apps=(
 
+  # Essentials
+  'git'           # Version controll
+  'neovim'        # Text editor
+  'ranger'        # Directory browser
+  'tmux'          # Term multiplexer
+
+  # CLI Basics
+  'aria2'         # Resuming download util (better wget)
+  'bat'           # Output highlighting (better cat)
+  'broot'         # Interactive directory navigation
+  'cloc'          # Count lines of code in file / dir
+  'ctags'         # Indexing of file info + headers
+  'diff-so-fancy' # Readable file compares (better diff)
+  'duf'           # Get info on mounted disks (better df)
+  'exa'           # Listing files with info (better ls)
+  'fzf'           # Fuzzy file finder and filtering
+  'hyperfine'     # Benchmarking for arbitrary commands
+  'just'          # Powerful command runner (better make)
+  'jq'            # JSON parser, output and query files
+  'most'          # Multi-window scroll pager (better less)
+  'procs'         # Advanced process viewer (better ps)
+  'ripgrep'       # Searching within files (better grep)
+  'sd'            # RegEx find and replace (better sed)
+  'thefuck'       # Auto-correct miss-typed commands
+  'tldr'          # Community-maintained docs (better man)
+  'tree'          # Directory listings as tree structure
+  'trash-cli'     # Record and restore removed files
+  'xsel'          # Copy paste access to the X clipboard
+  'zoxide'        # Auto-learning navigation (better cd)
+
+  # CLI Fun
+  'cowsay'       # Have an ASCII cow say your message
+  'figlet'       # Output text as big ASCII art text
+  'lolcat'       # Make console output raibow colored
+  'neofetch'     # Show system data and ditstro info
+  'pv'           # Pipe viewer, with animation options
+
 )
 
-
-
 # Colors
 CYAN_B='\033[1;96m'
 YELLOW='\033[0;93m'
@@ -27,8 +64,14 @@ LIGHT='\x1b[2m'
 
 PROMPT_TIMEOUT=15 # When user is prompted for input, skip after x seconds
 
+# If set to auto-yes - then don't wait for user reply
+if [[ $* == *"--auto-yes"* ]]; then
+  PROMPT_TIMEOUT=0
+  REPLY='Y'
+fi
+
 # Print intro message
-echo -e "${PURPLE}Starting Arch app install / update script"
+echo -e "${PURPLE}Starting Arch package install / update script"
 echo -e "${LIGHT}The following script is for Arch / Arch-based headless systems, and will"
 echo -e "update database, upgrade packages, clear cache then install all listed CLI apps."
 echo -e "${YELLOW}Before proceeding, ensure your happy with all the packages listed in \e[4m${0##*/}"
@@ -76,6 +119,7 @@ echo
 if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
   echo -e "${PURPLE}Freeing up disk space...${RESET}"
   sudo pacman -Sc --noconfirm
+  paccache -r
 fi
 
 # Prompt user to install all listed apps
@@ -87,13 +131,17 @@ if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
   for app in ${pacman_apps[@]}; do
     if hash "${app}" 2> /dev/null; then
       echo -e "${YELLOW}[Skipping]${LIGHT} ${app} is already installed${RESET}"
+    elif [[ $(echo $(pacman -Qk $(echo $app | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z') 2> /dev/null )) == *"total files"* ]]; then
+      echo -e "${YELLOW}[Skipping]${LIGHT} ${app} is already installed via Pacman${RESET}"
     elif hash flatpak 2> /dev/null && [[ ! -z $(echo $(flatpak list --columns=ref | grep $app)) ]]; then
       echo -e "${YELLOW}[Skipping]${LIGHT} ${app} is already installed via Flatpak${RESET}"
     else
       echo -e "${PURPLE}[Installing]${LIGHT} Downloading ${app}...${RESET}"
-      # pacman -S ${app} --noconfirm
+      sudo pacman -S ${app} --noconfirm
     fi
   done
 fi
 
 echo -e "${PURPLE}Finished installing / updating Arch packages.${RESET}"
+
+# EOF