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+#+title: PWL Arch Linux Config
+
+* Prerequisites
+- Completed Arch Linux Installation
+  - partitioning
+  - encryption
+  - main user
+- Network Connection
+
+* Literate File Headers
+** update.sh
+#+begin_src shell :tangle update.sh
+#!/bin/sh
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
+# This is a file generated from a literate programing source file
+# You should make any changes there and regenerate it from Emacs org-mode
+# using org-babel-tangle (C-c C-v t)
+
+#+end_src
+
+** packages.txt
+#+begin_src shell :tangle pkg-list.txt
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
+# This is a file generated from a literate programing source file
+# You should make any changes there and regenerate it from Emacs org-mode
+# using org-babel-tangle (C-c C-v t)
+
+#+end_src
+
+* Package Management
+** Arch and AUR Packages
+*** Package Manager
+General Package Management is done via [[https://github.com/Jguer/yay][Yay]].
+~update.sh~ will install it if needed.
+#+begin_src shell :tangle update.sh
+if ! command -v yay &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "Installing Yay ..."
+    pacman -S --needed git base-devel
+    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+    cd yay
+    makepkg -si
+fi
+#+end_src
+
+*** Package Installation
+remove all packages not in ~pkg-list.txt~
+#+begin_src shell :tangle update.sh
+# Get list of installed packages
+INSTALLED_PACKAGES=$(yay -Qqe)
+
+# Read the list of packages to keep from the file
+KEEP_LIST=$(cat "pkg-list.txt")
+
+# Loop through installed packages
+for PACKAGE in $INSTALLED_PACKAGES; do
+    # Check if the package is not in the keep list
+    if ! echo "$KEEP_LIST" | grep -q "^$PACKAGE$"; then
+        echo "Removing package: $PACKAGE"
+        # Uncomment the following line to actually remove the package
+        yay -Rns --noconfirm "$PACKAGE"
+    fi
+done
+#+end_src
+and install the packages specified in ~pkg-list.txt~
+#+begin_src shell :tangle update.sh
+yay -S --needed `grep -v '^#' pkg-list.txt`
+#+end_src
+
+
+* Base System
+** Arch Linux
+the following packages are required for basic operation and should never be deleted
+#+begin_src shell :tangle pkg-list.txt
+amd-ucode
+base
+efibootmgr
+grub
+linux-zen
+linux-lts
+linux-firmware
+lvm2
+sudo
+#+end_src
+
+** Networking
+This config uses the [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager][NetworkManager]]
+#+begin_src shell :tangle pkg-list.txt
+networkmanager
+#+end_src
+after being installed it also needs to be enabled
+#+begin_src shell :tangle update.sh
+systemd_service="NetworkManager"
+if ! systemctl is-enabled --quiet "$systemd_service"; then
+    echo "Enabling $systemd_service"
+    sudo systemctl enable "$systemd_service"
+    sudo systemctl start "$systemd_service"
+fi
+#+end_src
+
+** [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Man_page][Man Pages]] and [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNU#Texinfo][Texinfo]]
+#+begin_src shell :tangle pkg-list.txt
+man-db
+man-pages
+texinfo
+#+end_src