My Custom Bash Setup for CachyOS (Arch)

A curated setup combining Chris Titus's Bash logic with Dacrab's Fastfetch visuals.

Components & Credits

Bash Configuration (.bashrc) & Prompt (Starship)

• Source: ChrisTitusTech
• Repository: ChrisTitusTech/mybash
• Files: .bashrc, starship.toml

System Fetch (Fastfetch)

• Source: Dacrab
• Repository: dacrab/fastfetch-config
• Files: config.jsonc

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1. Prerequisites (Day Zero)

Before running the setup script, ensure our system has the required dependencies and fonts.

Check Dependencies

Run this one-liner to check for missing packages or commands:

for i in bash tar bat tree unzip fc-list fontconfig bash-completion fastfetch starship fzf trash-cli multitail zoxide ripgrep; do if pacman -Qi "$i" &>/dev/null; then echo "[OK-PKG] $i"; elif type -P "$i" &>/dev/null; then echo "[OK-CMD] $i"; else echo -e "\e[31m[MISSING] $i\e[0m"; fi; done

Example Output:

[OK-PKG] bash
[MISSING] starship
[MISSING] trash-cli

Install Missing Packages

If any items were [MISSING] above, install them (using yay covers both official repos and AUR):

yay -S starship trash-cli multitail

Install Nerd Font

A Nerd Font is required for the Starship prompt icons.

1. Search for a font (e.g., Meslo, JetBrains, Hack):

   pacman -Ss nerd | grep meslo

2. Install (Example for Meslo):

   sudo pacman -S ttf-meslo-nerd

3. Verify installation:

   fc-list | grep -i "meslo"

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2. Installation

This step will do a one-time download of the config files to ~/mybash and symlink them to our system configuration folders.

1. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x setup_mybash.sh

2. Run the script:

   ./setup_mybash.sh

Note: This script will backup any existing .bashrc or configs before overwriting.

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3. Post-Install Configuration

Clean up .bashrc

Open our new .bashrc file:

nano ~/.bashrc

Required edits:

1. Remove broken sources: Look for lines starting with source or . that point to files we didn't download (e.g., source ~/scripts/aliases.sh).
2. Clean bloat: Remove specific checks for other distros (Debian/Fedora) if we want a cleaner file.
3. Add what we need: Add own alias and configs where needed

Apply Changes

Reload shell to see the results:

source ~/.bashrc