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created  2022/09/22
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configuring unix systems

dotfiles install script

in the git repository containing my dotfiles is a script titled install.sh. it must be run with root permissions on both platforms

on termux

if you run the install script in termux the install script does

cp -r .config .scripts .bash* ~/
# nano configs
cp -r .nano .nanorc ~/
mkdir -p ~/.nano.backups
# make scripts work
termux-fix-shebang ~/.scripts/*
chmod +x ~/.scripts/*
# remove gui configs
cd ~/.config
rm -rf gtk-2.0 gtk-3.0 protonvpn redshift xfce4

full install

on a full linux install, either in vm or a machine,

read -rp "install dotfiles to main account? (y/n) " confirmmain
if [ "$confirmmain" = y ]; then
	read -rp "[main] enter your username: /home/" installuser
fi
read -rp "install dotfiles to /root/? (y/n) " confirmroot
read -rp "install global dotfiles, eg. xorg, /etc/env, ...? (y/n) " confirmglobal

# dotfiles for your main account
if [ "$confirmmain" = y ]; then
	echo "[main] installing"

	cp -rp .config .scripts .bash* /home/$installuser/
	chmod +x /home/$installuser/.scripts/*
	# screenshots dir
	mkdir -p /home/$installuser/Pictures/Screenshots
	chown $installuser.$installuser /home/$installuser/Pictures/Screenshots
	# nano configs
	cp -rp .nano .nanorc /home/$installuser/
	mkdir -p /home/$installuser/.nano.backups
	chown $installuser.$installuser /home/$installuser/.nano.backups
else
	echo "[main] skipping"
fi

# dotfiles that effect the root account
if [ "$confirmroot" = y ]; then
	echo "[root] installing"

	cp -r .config .bash* /root/
	# nano configs
	cp -r .nano .nanorc /root/
	mkdir -p /root/.nano.backups
else
	echo "[root] skipping"
fi

# dotfiles that affect all users
if [ "$confirmglobal" = y ]; then
	echo "[global] installing"

	# xorg config
	cp -r xorg.conf.d /usr/share/X11/
	# add .scripts to PATH
	[ "$confirmmain" = y ] && { echo "PATH=$PATH:/home/$installuser/.scripts" > /etc/environment ; }
else
	echo "[global] skipping"
fi