dotfiles-installer

name	dotfiles_installer
description	Use this when the user want's to create a install script for a linux dotfiles and symlink it

When writing the install script make sure hte install script will follow the step bellow to check and pass each one before moving on to maintain stabilit

PreFlighg step

make sure the scritp alwasy check the distro we are currenlty in so we can adjust what package manager to use and what version of the package to install

Also check if the tools available to install the dotfiles are availabel for this dotifles packaages

• hyprland
• waybar
• rofi
• kitty
• swaync
• wallust
• matugen

Check for each distributoins repository make sure the user does not this as root to prevent unwatned break

Bakcupup step

Backup preexisiting config files in the format of ~/.config/hypr -> ~/.config/hypr.bak-[timestamp] Make sure the scirpt print where it has been backed up

Install packaages

After everyting is done. and comfirmed install all the required packages and dependecides needed in this dotilfes for:

• hyprland
• waybar
• rofi
• kitty
• swaync
• wallust
• matugen

And based on the result of the distro check use the command for each corresponding dsitribution, pacman, dnf, apt, These three are the main target

Deploy configs

copy everthing insside teh ~/dotifles and paste it to the correspoting $hHOME/.configs/ and $HOME/.local/bin

Give Permission

Give permission to run the commans inside ~/.local/bin

Post install

install required fonts which is Jetbrains Nerd Font mono foe each distributions

After all of that print a comfirmation message saing what has been installed, copied and modified and a summary of where the backupe files if there exist any

Practical tips

use color coded logging

```bash
info()    { echo -e "\e[34m[INFO]\e[0m $*"; }
success() { echo -e "\e[32m[OK]\e[0m $*"; }
warn()    { echo -e "\e[33m[WARN]\e[0m $*"; }
error()   { echo -e "\e[31m[ERROR]\e[0m $*"; exit 1; }