vastly sped up arch install via script to check for missing packages. Fixed yarn slowdown by pulling prebuilt binaries

arch/i3

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+picom
+polybar
 feh
 imagemagick
 rofi

arch/nvim

@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@ typescript-language-server
 lua-language-server
 rust-analyzer
 # various tools
-npm
-yarn
 xclip

bin/arch_package_installer.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Expects a file with pacakge names on newlines in $1
+# Will skip lines beginning in a #
+#
+# Rationale:
+# I hated how long it took to extract cached AUR packages just to tell me that
+# it is up to date and skip installation. 
+# This helper loops over arguments and installs only packages not already on the system.
+# Then the built in package manager can maintain these packages
+
+packages=`cat "$1" | grep -v '#'`
+
+for package in "$packages" ; do
+    echo "$package"
+    continue
+    needed=`yay -Qi "$package" 2>&1 >/dev/null`
+    [ -n "$needed" ] && yay --sudoloop --nodiffmenu --noeditmenu --nocleanmenu --noupgrademenu -S "$package"
+done

meta/configs/arch.base.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - shell:
   - [arch/yay_installer, Installing yay]
-  - 
-    command: "yay --sudoloop --nodiffmenu --noeditmenu --noupgrademenu --nocleanmenu --noredownload --norebuild --useask --needed -S `cat arch/base.deps | grep -v '#'`"
-    description: "Installing base dependancies"
+  - [bin/arch_package_installer.sh arch/base, installing base dependancies]
+    #command: "yay --sudoloop --nodiffmenu --noeditmenu --noupgrademenu --nocleanmenu --noredownload --norebuild --useask --needed -S `cat arch/base.deps | grep -v '#'`"
+    #description: "Installing base dependancies"
 

meta/configs/arch.i3.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 - shell:
-  - 
-    command: "yay --sudoloop --nodiffmenu --noeditmenu --noupgrademenu --nocleanmenu --noredownload --norebuild --useask --needed -S `cat arch/i3.deps | grep -v '#'`"
-    description: "Installing i3 dependancies"
+  - [bin/arch_package_installer.sh arch/i3, Installing i3 dependancies]
+    #command: "yay --sudoloop --nodiffmenu --noeditmenu --noupgrademenu --nocleanmenu --noredownload --norebuild --useask --needed -S `cat arch/i3.deps | grep -v '#'`"
+    #description: "Installing i3 dependancies"

meta/configs/arch.nvim.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 - shell:
-  - 
-    command: "yay --sudoloop --nodiffmenu --noeditmenu --noupgrademenu --nocleanmenu --noredownload --norebuild --useask --needed -S `cat arch/nvim.deps | grep -v '#'`"
-    description: "Installing base dependancies"
-    stderr: true
-    stdout: true
+  - [bin/arch_package_installer.sh arch/nvim, Installing nvim dependancies]
+    # command: "yay --sudoloop --nodiffmenu --noeditmenu --noupgrademenu --nocleanmenu --noredownload --norebuild --useask --needed -S `cat arch/nvim.deps | grep -v '#'`"
+    # description: "Installing base dependancies"
+    # stderr: true
+    # stdout: true
 

meta/configs/arch.picom.yaml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-- shell:
-  - 
-    command: "yay --sudoloop --nodiffmenu --noeditmenu --noupgrademenu --nocleanmenu --noredownload --norebuild --useask --needed -S picom"
-    description: "Installing picom"
-

meta/configs/arch.polybar.yaml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-- shell:
-  - 
-    command: "yay --sudoloop --nodiffmenu --noeditmenu --noupgrademenu --nocleanmenu --noredownload --norebuild --useask --needed -S polybar"
-    description: "Installing polybar"
-

meta/configs/neovim.yaml

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
     ~/.local/share/nvim/site: editors/neovim/site
 
 - shell:
-    - [cd editors/neovim/site/pack/markdown/start/markdown-preview.nvim && yarn install && NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider yarn build, building markdown preview]
+    - [cd editors/neovim/site/pack/markdown/start/markdown-preview.nvim/app && ./install.sh, building markdown preview]
+#- [cd editors/neovim/site/pack/markdown/start/markdown-preview.nvim && yarn install --checkfiles && NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider yarn build, building markdown preview]

meta/profiles/arch

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 arch.base
 arch.i3
-arch.picom
-arch.polybar
 arch.nvim
 neovim
 zsh