working my way through initial run through of scirpts, this is a wip

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[submodule "inks-scripts"]
+	path = inks-scripts
+	url = ssh://git@gitlab.inkletblot.com:10622/inkletblot/inks-scripts.git
+[submodule "dmenu-inkletblot"]
+	path = dmenu-inkletblot
+	url = ssh://git@gitlab.inkletblot.com:10622/inkletblot/dmenu-inkletblot.git

README.md

@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ I want this to be able to be used on a fresh arch install with 0 dependencies, s
 
 I also need to make sure that all required programs are then sucessfully installed, and that some configs are written.
 
-    Ill need to do this for lightdm and lightdm webkit3 greeter currently.
+> Ill need to do this for lightdm and lightdm webkit3 greeter currently.
+> will also need to set shell, if they install my default programs, to fish.
 
+remove rofi from xmonad.hs
+
+review xmonad.sh for default programs / dependencies
 
 
 # Steps
@@ -35,9 +39,15 @@ setup.sh will then...
     1. make sure that there is an internet connection (user may have installed git in chroot and not setup network yet)
     2. make sure sudo is installed and user is part of sudo or wheel group
     3. request user for their password, put it in temp file (I can't think of a better way of doing this yet)
-    4. make sure multilib in enabled
+2. update and upgrade system fully
-    5. update and upgrade system fully
+3. install yay specifically
-2. install yay specifically
+4. install my dmenu
-2. install all required dependencies/programs
+5. install all required dependencies/programs
-3. install my scripts
+    1. install system dependencies and all required dependencies for my xmonad config and my scripts (NOT INCLUDING: myStartupHook, myManagedHook or bitwarden)
-4. install my config
+    2. ask user if they want to install my default programs (browser, shell, term, etc)
+        1. warn user that they will need to install their own if they don't
+    3. ask user if they want to install my misc programs (all the rest of my defaults that I like having)
+6. install my scripts
+    1. copy inks-scrips to /usr/local/bin as it should be in path by default
+7. install my config
+    1. warn user that if they didn't intstall default programs, they'll need to edit xmonad.hs

default-programs

@@ -1,104 +1,100 @@
-REQUIRED_START
+DEPENDENCIES_START
 yad
 scrot
 pulseaudio-bluetooth
 bluez-utils
 sshfs
-
+dunst
-
-
-
-
-REQUIRED_END
-
-
-freetube
-git-flow-completion-git
-plexamp-appimage
-
-
-shotwell
-fish
-evince
-dunst-git
 slock
-notify-send
-bitwarden-cli
 jq
 xmonad
 xmonad-contrib
-firefox
-surf
 xmobar
+xorg
+xorg-xinit
+blueman
 picom-jonaburg-git
 nitrogen
 xclip
 numlockx
-zenity
 pavucontrol
 pulseaudio
 nfs-utils
-newsboat
-blueman
-networkmanager
 network-manager-applet
-guake
-xorg
-xorg-xinit
-mpv
-youtube-dl
-backlight-control
-rofi
-thunar
-alacritty
 wget
 volumeicon
 unzip
 ttf-fira-code
 trayer
+youtube-dl
+openssh
+numlockx
+htop
+gnome-keyring
+dosfstools
+grub2
+curl
+cifs-utils
+bluez
+lxappearance
+qt5ct
+lightdm
+lightdm-webkit-theme-litarvan
+lxsession
+xdotool
+xterm
+flameshot
+simple-mtpfs
+DEPENDENCIES_END
+
+DEPENDENCIES_LAPTOP_START
+backlight_control
+DEPENDENCIES_LAPTOP_END
+
+DEFAULTS_START
+evince
+firefox
+fish
+alacritty
+thunar
+newsboat
+cmus
+freetube
+vlc
+discord
+qbittorrent
+visual-studio-code-bin
+DEFAULTS_END
+
+MISC_START
+plexamp-appimage
+mpv
+kdeconnect
+surf
+git-flow-completion-git
+shotwell
+bitwarden-cli
+zenity
+guake
 python
 nodejs
 npm
 nvm
-openssh
-numlockx
 mosh
 jre-openjdk
 jre-openjdk-headless
-htop
-gnome-keyring
 git-flow
-evince
-dosfstools
-grub2
-curl
 colorpicker-ym1234-git
-cmus
-cifs-utils
-bluez
 ansible
 android-sdk-platform-tools
-lxappearance
-qt5ct
-visual-studio-code-bin
 runelite
 slack-desktop
 nextcloud-client
 barrier
 todoist-elecrton
-vlc
 virtualbox
 virt-manager
 virsh
-discord
-kdeconnect
 telegram-desktop
 teams
-qbittorrent
+MISC_END
-lxsession
-xdotool
-xterm
-backlight-control
-lightdm
-lightdm-webkit-theme-litarvan
-flameshot

dmenu-inkletblot

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 897e3e487f4f5b18315edae5f34c12fdd425cc6b

get-sudo-password

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+file=/tmp/sudo-password
+
+while true;
+do
+
+    read -r -s -p "Your password please: " password
+
+    res=$(echo "$password" | sudo -S -k -l)
+
+    echo $res
+
+    if [ "$res" == "" ]; then
+        echo "Incorrect password, try again..."
+    else
+        break;
+    fi
+
+done
+
+rm $file --force # to ignore if it isn't there
+touch $file
+echo "$password" > $file

inks-scripts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 51e2cdc5dbb51256cfb400e68542f96c874583a3

install-config

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#-----------------------------------
+# Name:     install-dmenu-inkletblot
+# Version:  1.0.0
+# Author:   Solomon Laing
+# Description:
+# Installs my customisation of dmenu
+#-----------------------------------
+
+echo "This script is going to install dmenu-inkletblot, my fork of dmenu with my custom styling. As such it will ask for root privilages."
+
+read -r -p "Are You Sure? [y/N] " input
+
+case $input in
+[yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
+    echo "The program will continue..."
+    ;;
+[nN][oO] | [nN])
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "Invalid input..."
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+default_loc=/tmp/sudo-password
+
+if [ ! -f "$default_loc" ] ; then
+    get-sudo-password
+fi
+
+cd dmenu-inkletblot
+cat $default_loc | sudo -S make clean install

install-defaults

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+default_programs="./default-programs"
+dependencies=$(sed -n '/DEFAULTS_START/,/DEFAULTS_END/p' $default_programs | sed -e 's/DEFAULTS_START//' -e 's/DEFAULTS_END//')
+
+# check user is happy to run this script
+echo "This script is going to install all of my default programs, e.g.: browser, rss reader, etc. As such it will ask for root privilages."
+echo "Defaults:$dependencies"
+read -r -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " input
+case $input in
+[yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
+    echo "The program will continue..."
+    ;;
+[nN][oO] | [nN])
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "Invalid input..."
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# if yay is not installed the run the install script
+if ! command -v yay &> /dev/null; then
+    ./install-yay
+fi
+
+failures=()
+
+# run though each dependency and install it if it's not already installed
+for dependency in $dependencies
+do
+    if ! yay -Qi $dependency &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Installing $dependency and it's dependencies..."
+        yay -S --noconfirm $dependency &> /dev/null
+    fi
+
+    if ! yay -Qi $dependency &> /dev/null; then
+        failures+=("$dependency\n")
+    fi
+done
+
+total_failures=$((${#failures[@]}))
+
+if [ $total_failures -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "Some of the programs failed to install..."
+    echo "$failures"
+    echo "Please manually rectify this and then rerun this setup with: ./setup defaults"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Default programs sucessfully installed"
+fi
+
+exit 0

install-dependencies

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+default_programs="./default-programs"
+dependencies=$(sed -n '/DEPENDENCIES_START/,/DEPENDENCIES_END/p' $default_programs | sed -e 's/DEPENDENCIES_START//' -e 's/DEPENDENCIES_END//')
+
 # check user is happy to run this script
-echo "This script is going to install all of the programs listed in /home/<user>/default-programs and their dependencies. As such it will ask for root privilages."
+echo "This script is going to install all of the programs required for my scripts and dotfiles to function in a bisic manner. As such it will ask for root privilages."
+echo "Dependencies:$dependencies"
 read -r -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " input
 case $input in
 [yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
@@ -21,67 +25,30 @@ if ! command -v yay &> /dev/null; then
     ./install-yay
 fi
 
-# check with the user they are happy to update, exit if not though.
+failures=()
-echo "The system needs to be updated before this installation can happen. The upgrades will be applied without any user oversight which may be dangerous for out of date systems."
-read -r -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " input
-case $input in
-[yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
-    # Make sure everything is up to date
-    echo "Making sure everything is up to date..."
-    yay -Syyu --noconfirm
-    ;;
-[nN][oO] | [nN])
-    exit 0
-    ;;
-*)
-    echo "Invalid input..."
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
 
-# run though each default program and install it if it's not already installed
+# run though each dependency and install it if it's not already installed
-# note that yay, git, steam, dmenu-inkletblot, ly and nvidia related programs are not included
-default_programs="/default-programs"
-dependencies=$(cat $HOME/$default_programs)
 for dependency in $dependencies
 do
-    if ! command -v $dependency &> /dev/null; then
+    if ! yay -Qi $dependency &> /dev/null; then
         echo "Installing $dependency and it's dependencies..."
-        yay -S --noconfirm $dependency
+        yay -S --noconfirm $dependency &> /dev/null
+    fi
+
+    if ! yay -Qi $dependency &> /dev/null; then
+        failures+=("$dependency\n")
     fi
 done
 
-# ask the user if they want to install nvidia dependencies, do it or skip
+total_failures=$((${#failures[@]}))
-if ! command -v yay &> /dev/null && ! command -v yay &> /dev/null && ! command -v yay &> /dev/null; then
+
-    echo "My computer requires nvidia, as such I install the required drivers and programs"
+if [ $total_failures -gt 0 ]; then
-    read -r -p "Are you sure you want to install? [y/N] " input
+    echo "Some of the programs failed to install..."
-    case $input in
+    echo "$failures"
-    [yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
+    echo "Please manually rectify this and then rerun this setup with: ./setup deps"
-        echo "Nvidia is being installed..."
+    exit 1
-        yay -S nvidia nvidia-settings nvidia-prime --noconfirm
+else
-        ;;
+    echo "Dependencies sucessfully installed"
-    [nN][oO] | [nN])
-        echo "Nvidia installation has been skipped. Programs: nvidia, nvidia-settings, nvidia-prime"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Nvidia installation has been skipped. Programs: nvidia, nvidia-settings, nvidia-prime"
-        ;;
-    esac
 fi
 
-# notify about steam issue (multilib)
+exit 0
-echo "There are a few programs that can't be automatically installed. The main one of these is Steam which requires multilib to be enabled. Instructions for this can be found at: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_repositories#Enabling_multilib Once this is done steam can be installed."
-read -r -p "Press [ENTER] to continue.."
-
-# notify about ly and dmenu-inkletblot scripts
-echo "I use two programs that are installed from git directly: ly and dmenu-inkletblot."
-echo "I do not have install scripts for both of these. They have dependencies I can't guarantee are installed."
-read -r -p "Press [ENTER] to continue.."
-
-# notify user that there may be extra steps to finish install
-echo "This script has installed all of my default programs however it may not have configure many things. My dotfiles may cover some of these but things such as gnome-keyring (using the pam method) will need to be implemented. As well as setting up nvidia and xorg. There are likely more that I have forgotton as well."
-read -r -p "Press [ENTER] to complete.."
-
-# need scripts for these
-# dmenu-inkletblot
-# ly

install-dmenu-inkletblot

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#-----------------------------------
+# Name:     install-dmenu-inkletblot
+# Version:  1.0.0
+# Author:   Solomon Laing
+# Description:
+# Installs my customisation of dmenu
+#-----------------------------------
+
+if command -v dmenu &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "dmenu is already installed on the system."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "This script is going to install dmenu-inkletblot, my fork of dmenu with my custom styling. As such it will ask for root privilages."
+
+read -r -p "Are You Sure? [y/N] " input
+
+case $input in
+[yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
+    echo "The program will continue..."
+    ;;
+[nN][oO] | [nN])
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "Invalid input..."
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+cd dmenu-inkletblot
+sudo -S make clean install
+
+if ! command -v dmenu &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "dmenu-inkletblot failed to install, please manually rectify this and then rerun this setup with: ./setup deps"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0

install-misc

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+default_programs="./default-programs"
+dependencies=$(sed -n '/MISC_START/,/MISC_END/p' $default_programs | sed -e 's/MISC_START//' -e 's/MISC_END//')
+
+# check user is happy to run this script
+echo "This script is going to install all of my default programs, e.g.: browser, rss reader, etc. As such it will ask for root privilages."
+echo "Misc programs:$dependencies"
+read -r -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " input
+case $input in
+[yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
+    echo "The program will continue..."
+    ;;
+[nN][oO] | [nN])
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "Invalid input..."
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# if yay is not installed the run the install script
+if ! command -v yay &> /dev/null; then
+    ./install-yay
+fi
+
+failures=()
+
+# run though each dependency and install it if it's not already installed
+for dependency in $dependencies
+do
+    if ! yay -Qi $dependency &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Installing $dependency and it's dependencies..."
+        yay -S --noconfirm $dependency &> /dev/null
+    fi
+
+    if ! yay -Qi $dependency &> /dev/null; then
+        failures+=("$dependency\n")
+    fi
+done
+
+total_failures=$((${#failures[@]}))
+
+if [ $total_failures -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "Some of the programs failed to install..."
+    echo "$failures"
+    echo "Please manually rectify this and then rerun this setup with: ./setup misc"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Misc programs sucessfully installed"
+fi
+
+exit 0

install-scripts

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# check user is happy to run this script
+echo "This script is going to install all of the programs listed in /home/<user>/default-programs and their dependencies. As such it will ask for root privilages."
+read -r -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " input
+case $input in
+[yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
+    echo "The program will continue..."
+    ;;
+[nN][oO] | [nN])
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "Invalid input..."
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# if yay is not installed the run the install script
+if ! command -v yay &> /dev/null; then
+    ./install-yay
+fi
+
+# check with the user they are happy to update, exit if not though.
+echo "The system needs to be updated before this installation can happen. The upgrades will be applied without any user oversight which may be dangerous for out of date systems."
+read -r -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " input
+case $input in
+[yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
+    # Make sure everything is up to date
+    echo "Making sure everything is up to date..."
+    yay -Syyu --noconfirm
+    ;;
+[nN][oO] | [nN])
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+*)
+    echo "Invalid input..."
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# run though each default program and install it if it's not already installed
+# note that yay, git, steam, dmenu-inkletblot, ly and nvidia related programs are not included
+default_programs="/default-programs"
+dependencies=$(cat $HOME/$default_programs)
+for dependency in $dependencies
+do
+    if ! command -v $dependency &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "Installing $dependency and it's dependencies..."
+        yay -S --noconfirm $dependency
+    fi
+done
+
+# ask the user if they want to install nvidia dependencies, do it or skip
+if ! command -v yay &> /dev/null && ! command -v yay &> /dev/null && ! command -v yay &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "My computer requires nvidia, as such I install the required drivers and programs"
+    read -r -p "Are you sure you want to install? [y/N] " input
+    case $input in
+    [yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
+        echo "Nvidia is being installed..."
+        yay -S nvidia nvidia-settings nvidia-prime --noconfirm
+        ;;
+    [nN][oO] | [nN])
+        echo "Nvidia installation has been skipped. Programs: nvidia, nvidia-settings, nvidia-prime"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Nvidia installation has been skipped. Programs: nvidia, nvidia-settings, nvidia-prime"
+        ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# notify about steam issue (multilib)
+echo "There are a few programs that can't be automatically installed. The main one of these is Steam which requires multilib to be enabled. Instructions for this can be found at: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_repositories#Enabling_multilib Once this is done steam can be installed."
+read -r -p "Press [ENTER] to continue.."
+
+# notify about ly and dmenu-inkletblot scripts
+echo "I use two programs that are installed from git directly: ly and dmenu-inkletblot."
+echo "I do not have install scripts for both of these. They have dependencies I can't guarantee are installed."
+read -r -p "Press [ENTER] to continue.."
+
+# notify user that there may be extra steps to finish install
+echo "This script has installed all of my default programs however it may not have configure many things. My dotfiles may cover some of these but things such as gnome-keyring (using the pam method) will need to be implemented. As well as setting up nvidia and xorg. There are likely more that I have forgotton as well."
+read -r -p "Press [ENTER] to complete.."
+
+# need scripts for these
+# dmenu-inkletblot
+# ly

install-yay

@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# if command -v yay &> /dev/null; then
+#-----------------------------------
-#     echo "yay is already installed."
+# Name:     install-yay
-#     exit 0;
+# Version:  1.0.0
-# fi
+# Author:   Solomon Laing
+# Description:
+# Installs the AUR helper yay on the
+# system.
+#-----------------------------------
 
-echo "This script is going to install yay and it's dependencies. As such it will ask for root privilages."
+if ! command -v yay &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "yay is already installed on the system."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "This script is going to attempt install yay and it's dependencies. As such it will ask for root privilages."
 
 read -r -p "Are You Sure? [y/N] " input
 
@@ -22,16 +31,12 @@ case $input in
     ;;
 esac
 
-if ! command -v git &> /dev/null; then
-    sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm git
-fi
-
 if ! command -v fakeroot &> /dev/null; then
-    sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm base-devel
+    cat $default_loc | sudo -S pacman -Sy --noconfirm base-devel
 fi
 
 cd /opt
-sudo git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+cat $default_loc | sudo -S git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
-sudo chown -R $USER:users ./yay
+cat $default_loc | sudo -S chown -R $USER:users ./yay
 cd yay
 makepkg -si

setup

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#-----------------------------------
+# Name:     setup
+# Version:  1.0.0
+# Author:   Solomon Laing
+# Description:
+# Sets up system with my configs,
+# programs, and more.
+# Usage:
+#   setup yay -- runs the system setup from installing yay onwards
+#   setup yay only -- only runs the yay section of the sysetm setup
+#-----------------------------------
+
+working_dir=$(pwd)
+
+# perform basic system check
+./system-check
+
+# install yay
+function install_yay {
+    cd $working_dir
+    ./install-yay
+}
+
+# install my dmenu
+function install_dmenu {
+    cd $working_dir
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
+    ./install-dmenu-inkletblot
+}
+
+# update the system
+function update_system {
+    # check with the user they are happy to update, exit if not though.
+    echo "The system needs to be updated before this installation can happen. The upgrades will be applied without any user oversight which may be dangerous for out of date systems."
+    read -r -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " input
+    case $input in
+    [yY][eE][sS] | [yY])
+        # Make sure everything is up to date
+        echo "Making sure everything is up to date..."
+        yay -Syyu --noconfirm
+        ;;
+    [nN][oO] | [nN])
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Invalid input..."
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+# install all required dependencies/programs
+function install_dependencies {
+    if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi 
+    cd $working_dir
+    ./install-dependencies
+}
+
+# install all default programs
+function install_defaults {
+    if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi 
+    cd $working_dir
+    ./install-defaults
+}
+
+# install all misc programs
+function install_misc {
+    if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi 
+    cd $working_dir
+    ./istall-misc
+}
+
+# install my scripts
+function install_scripts {
+    if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi 
+    cd $working_dir
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
+    ./install-scripts
+}
+
+# install my config
+function install_config {
+    if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi 
+    cd $working_dir
+    ./install-config
+}
+
+function help{
+echo "Usage is:"
+echo "  setup <option> -- to start system setup from option"
+echo "  setup <option> only -- to only setup the specified option"
+echo "Options (in order of execution):"
+echo "  yay : Install yay AUR helper"
+echo "  dmenu : Install my customised version of dmenu"
+echo "  deps : Install the dependencies for my scripts and window manager"
+echo "  defaults : Install my chosen default programs"
+echo "  misc : Install my collection of misc - nice to have - programs"
+echo "  scripts : Install my scirpts"
+echo "  config : Install my dotfiles to the system"
+echo ""
+echo "Note: it is expected that the initial run of this script lets each stage complete sucessfully."
+}
+
+
+case $1 in
+    yay)
+        if [ "$2" = "only" ]; then
+            install_yay
+        else 
+            install_yay
+            install_dmenu
+            update_system
+            install_dependencies
+            install_defaults
+            install_misc
+            install_scripts
+            install_config
+        fi
+    ;;
+    dmenu)
+        if [ "$2" = "only" ]; then
+            install_dmenu
+        else 
+            install_dmenu
+            update_system
+            install_dependencies
+            install_defaults
+            install_misc
+            install_scripts
+            install_config
+        fi
+    ;;
+    deps)
+            update_system
+        if [ "$2" = "only" ]; then
+            install_dependencies
+        else 
+            install_dependencies
+            install_defaults
+            install_misc
+            install_scripts
+            install_config
+        fi
+    ;;
+    defaults)
+            update_system
+        if [ "$2" = "only" ]; then
+            install_defaults
+        else 
+            install_defaults
+            install_misc
+            install_scripts
+            install_config
+        fi
+    ;;
+    misc)
+            update_system
+        if [ "$2" = "only" ]; then
+            install_misc
+        else 
+            install_misc
+            install_scripts
+            install_config
+        fi
+    ;;
+    scripts)
+        if [ "$2" = "only" ]; then
+            install_scripts
+        else 
+            install_scripts
+            install_config
+        fi
+    ;;
+    config)
+        if [ "$2" = "only" ]; then
+            install_config
+        else 
+            install_config
+        fi
+    ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Invalid input..."
+        help
+        exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0

system-check

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#-----------------------------------
+# Name:     system-check
+# Version:  1.0.0
+# Author:   Solomon Laing
+# Description:
+# Validates that the system is ready
+# for setup.
+#-----------------------------------
+
+# check we aren't root
+if [ $(whoami) == "root" ]; then
+
+    echo "These scripts should not be run as root, please log into a user account."
+    exit 1
+
+fi
+
+# check sudo is installed and user is in sudo or wheel group
+# if not, direct user how to resolve
+if ! command -v sudo &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "sudo must be intsalled!"
+    echo "
+To install sudo:
+su -
+<enter root password>
+pacman -Sy sudo
+exit
+    "
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+groups=$(whoami | groups $1)
+
+if [[ "wheel" =~ "$groups" ]] || [[ "sudo" =~ "$groups" ]]; then
+    echo "User must be in wheel or sudo group and the chosen group must be set in sudoers file /etc/sudoers."
+    echo "I.e.: append '%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL' to the file."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check for internet connection
+connectivity=$(ping -c 1 -q google.com >&/dev/null; echo $?)
+
+if [ $connectivity -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "You must be connected to the internet to run this collection of scripts. If you cloned these scripts in arch-chroot you may have problems."
+    echo "Please set up an active internet conncetion and try again."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+