Had to unescape EXEX_REPLACEMENT that would've prevented the desktop file from being valid

.gitmodules

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+[submodule "DnD-Tools"]
+	path = DnD-Tools
+	url = GS:tristan/dnd-tools

bare-arch-install.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+
+# BEGIN: Variables
+
+HOSTNAME="ExampleHostname"
+BOOT_METHOD="${1:?"Boot method was not provided. (BIOS, EFI)"}"
+BOOT_METHOD="${BOOT_METHOD^^}"
+
+[[ ! "$BOOT_METHOD" =~ ^(EFI|BIOS)$ ]] && {
+	echo "Your boot method $BOOT_METHOD, is not acceptible. Please provide a vaild one"
+	exit 
+}
+
+DISK="${2:?"Disk was not provided"}"
+[[ ! -b $DISK ]] && {
+	echo "Your disk ($DISK) does not exist. Please provide a valid one"
+	exit
+}
+EFI_PARTITION=${DISK}1
+SWAP_PARTITION=${DISK}2
+ROOT_PARTITION=${DISK}3
+
+## New Login creds for your new user and the root user
+ROOT_PASSWORD="root"
+NEW_USER="username"
+NEW_PASSWORD="password"
+
+TIMEZONE_INFO=America/Chicago
+LOCALE=en_US.UTF-8
+
+## Commands to create disks un-interactively with fdisk
+## will clean up comments later with grep command
+FORMAT_DISK_COMMANDS_BIOS="
+# Create MBR partition table
+o 
+
+# Create bios header (area where boot information is stored at the beginning of the disk)
+n
+# Create Primary partition (which is technically the default anyway)
+p
+# Press Enter to select default partition number
+
+# Press Enter to select default starting sector
+
+# Allocate 10 MB at beginning of disk for BIOS table (you will do nothing with it)
++10MiB
+
+# Create Swap Partition
+n
+# Create Primary partition (which is technically the default anyway)
+p 
+# Press Enter to select default partition number
+
+# Press Enter to select default starting sector
+
+# Allocate 8GiB for swap partition
++8GiB
+# Set the type to Linux Swap (82)
+t
+# Press Enter to select the last partition
+
+# Set to type 82
+82
+
+# Create Root Partition
+n
+# Set as Primary (default)
+p
+# Press Enter to select default partition number
+
+# Press Enter to select default starting sector
+
+# Press Enter to allocate rest of disk to root partition
+
+# Sync changes to disk
+w
+"
+FORMAT_DISK_COMMANDS_EFI="
+# Create GPT partition table
+g
+
+# Create efi partition
+n
+# Enter to select default partition number
+
+# Enter to select default first sector
+
+# Allocate only 500 MiB for the efi partition
++500MiB
+
+# Set partition type
+t
+# Set partition type to efi (1)
+1
+
+# Create Swap Partition
+n
+# Enter to select default partition number
+
+# Enter to select default first sector
+
+# Allocate 8 GiB to swap partition
++8GiB
+
+## Set partition type to Linux Swap (19)
+t
+### Enter to select default (last) partition (2)
+
+### Set Type to swap (19)
+19
+
+# Create root partition (doing single partition format)
+n
+# Enter to select default partition number
+
+# Enter to select default first sector
+
+# Press Enter to allocate remaining disk to your final partition
+
+# No need to set partition type
+# Write changes to disk
+w
+"
+
+## Declaring a "named" variable allows me to access the correct commands without a conditional 
+declare -n FORMAT_DISK_COMMANDS="FORMAT_DISK_COMMANDS_${BOOT_METHOD}"
+
+
+# END: Variables
+
+
+# BEGIN: Work
+
+## BEGIN: Pre-Chroot Work
+### Format Disk
+#### For this example I will be using a sata disk (/dev/sda)
+COMMANDS="$(echo -e "$FORMAT_DISK_COMMANDS" | grep -v \#)"
+
+fdisk $DISK <<< "$COMMANDS"
+
+### Format EFI Partition
+#### The efi partition (mounted at /boot/efi) Needs to be formatted as fat32
+[[ "$BOOT_METHOD" == "EFI" ]] && mkfs.fat -F32 $EFI_PARTITION
+
+### Format SWAP partition
+mkswap $SWAP_PARTITION
+### Activate swap partition
+swapon $SWAP_PARTITION
+
+### Format Root Partition
+#### We will be formatting it with ext4 because that's the default for most use-cases, especially when new linux users are concerned
+mkfs.ext4 $ROOT_PARTITION
+
+### Mounting the root partition to begin setting up the partitions where they need to be
+mount $ROOT_PARTITION /mnt
+### Calling the --mkdir flag for mount to create the necessary directories so that it can mount 
+[[ "$BOOT_METHOD" == "EFI" ]] && mount $EFI_PARTITION --mkdir /mnt/boot/efi
+
+### Using pacstrap to install the necessities to be able to get a chroot env
+: "
+base:
+This is a meta-package. One that will handle installing many of the necessary programs to have a basic install of arch to chroot into
+
+
+linux:
+This is the actual kernel being installed. It will install the kernel & kernel-modules necessary to boot
+
+
+linux-headers:
+This is many other family of distros (Debian, RedHat, etc) would name linux-dev || linux-devel
+
+This is a package that contains all of the kernel's header files for compiling modules for your distrobutions kernel.
+
+
+linux-firmware:
+This is another meta package that contains just about all of the firmware drivers you system may need. It is just a dump of firmware, not all of them will be needed for your system.
+
+sudo:
+A program needed for privelege escalation. Basically to provide a user of an admin group (most often wheel in most distrobutions) to be able to execute binaries that require root level permissions in you system.
+
+Installing it here because it is not installed by default. An alternative is doas, a utility to perform the same funciton.
+"
+pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-headers linux-firmware sudo
+
+## Setting up fstab 
+genfstab -U /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab
+
+INSTALL_SYSTEM="
+# Setting the hostname of your machine
+echo '$HOSTNAME' > /etc/hostname
+
+# Setting timezone of the machine 
+ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TIMEZONE_INFO /etc/localtime
+
+# Setting LOCALE of machine (uncommenting the entry)
+cp /etc/locale.gen{,-bak}
+sed -i s'/\#$LOCALE/$LOCALE/' /etc/locale.gen
+# Generate local
+locale-gen
+## Configure locale.conf
+echo 'LANG=$LOCALE' > /etc/locale.conf
+
+# Install and Enable Networking Systems
+##
+#networkmanager:
+#This is the system that will handle all networking for your system, allowing you to setup profiles and otherwise automatically configure your network as needed.
+#
+#wpa_supplicant:
+#This is the service/program that will manage supplication (aka wireless handshakes) between your device and your Access Point/Router
+##
+
+## Installing networking packages
+pacman -S --noconfirm networkmanager wpa_supplicant
+## Enabling systemd services
+systemctl enable wpa_supplicant NetworkManager
+
+## Installing bootloader
+#grub:
+#Grub is a bootloader. A program that helps you boot into an installed system
+#
+#It is what actually load your kernel and init-system via your install's specific efi file located somewhere in (/boo/efi/EFI)
+#
+#
+#efibootmgr:
+#Is a tool that is used to edit boot manager settings (primarily to delete and move boot options around)
+
+### Do bootloader install 
+`
+case "${BOOT_METHOD,,}" in
+	efi)
+		echo "pacman -S --noconfirm grub efibootmgr"
+		echo "grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --efi-directory=/boot/efi $DISK"
+		;;
+	bios)
+		echo "pacman -S --noconfirm grub"
+		echo "grub-install --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/boot $DISK"
+		;;
+esac
+`
+## Create grub config
+grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
+
+## gnome:
+# This is the gnome desktop enviorment. It's the default choice for most distros by default (due to fewer release cycles, meaning distro maintainers don't have to work as much to maintain it for their distro). 
+#
+# There are other choices:
+# - KDE/Plasma
+# - xfce4
+# - lxde
+# ...
+#
+#KDE is usually the next choice for those wanting to have a very easy to use and integrated desktop with a lot of customizability.
+#
+## gdm \"Gnome Desktop Manager\":
+# This is the default desktop manager (login screen) for gnome. This just handles the login screen and starting up your desktop session & windowing system based off of your choices.
+
+## Install desktop env
+#pacman -S --noconfirm gnome
+
+## Enable desktop manager/login-screen
+#systemctl enable gdm
+
+## Setting root password
+echo -e '$ROOT_PASSWORD\n$ROOT_PASSWORD\n' | passwd
+## Creating new user and setting password
+useradd -m $NEW_USER
+echo -e '$NEW_PASSWORD\n$NEW_PASSWORD\n' | passwd $NEW_USER
+
+## Adding new user to wheel group to be able to use sudo
+usermod -aG wheel $NEW_USER
+
+## Setting up wheel group in sudoers
+# I am doing it this way because it's not a good idea to edit /etc/sudoers non-interactively, as you can break sudo for all other users except root.
+#
+# sudo will load all definitions from /etc/sudoers.d/ and won't break if there is an error in the extra files (unlike if you edit /etc/sudoers directly)
+
+echo '%wheel	ALL=(ALL:ALL)	ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/wheel
+"
+
+arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash <<< "$INSTALL_SYSTEM"
+
+# END: Work

install-discord-linux.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+# BEGIN: Variables
+
+ACTION=""
+DOWNLOAD_URL='https://discord.com/api/download/stable?platform=linux&format=tar.gz'
+VERSION_REGEX='[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+'
+INSTALL_DIR=~/Downloads
+EXISTING_INSTALL=$INSTALL_DIR/Discord
+BUILD_FILE=$EXISTING_INSTALL/resources/build_info.json
+PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_URL_BASE='https://dl.discordapp.net/apps/linux/{VERSION}/discord-{VERSION}.tar.gz'
+ICON_DIR=~/.icons
+
+# END: Variables
+
+
+# BEGIN: Helper Functions
+
+function get_remote_version(){
+	local REMOTE_VERSION=`curl $DOWNLOAD_URL | grep -Eo $VERSION_REGEX | head -n 1`
+
+	if [[ "$REMOTE_VERSION" ]]; then
+		echo "$REMOTE_VERSION"
+		return 0
+	else
+		echo "error: remote version not found"
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+function do_download(){
+	local VERSION="${1:?"do_download : Version was not provided"}"
+
+	## If the provided version doesn't match the format #.#.#
+	if [[ ! "$VERSION" =~ ^$VERSION_REGEX$ ]]; then
+		echo "do_download : the version ($VERSION) provided, does not match format $VERSION_REGEX."
+		exit 2
+	fi
+
+	## Making the URL to download the package
+	### replacing all {VERSION} in PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_URL_BASE with $REMOTE_VERSION using string substitution
+	PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_URL="${PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_URL_BASE//\{VERSION\}/$REMOTE_VERSION}"
+
+	## Getting filename from url
+	### Removing all characters from the last / back to leave only the filename
+	FILENAME="${PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_URL/*\/}"
+
+	## Downloading the discord package (tar.gz)
+	curl "$PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$FILENAME" >/dev/null 
+}
+
+function update_desktop_file() {
+
+	## Desktop file in the current/new install
+	DESKTOP_FILE=$EXISTING_INSTALL/discord.desktop
+
+	## Escaped becuase it would mess up the replacement syntax
+	PATH_TO_REPLACE=\/usr\/bin
+	PATH_REPLACEMENT=$EXISTING_INSTALL
+
+	## Escaped becuase it would mess up the replacement syntax
+	EXEC_TO_REPLACE=\/usr\/share\/discord\/Discord
+	EXEC_REPLACEMENT=$EXISTING_INSTALL/Discord
+
+	## Loading the desktop file contents into a variable to use replacement without sed
+	DESKTOP_FILE_CONTENTS="$(<$DESKTOP_FILE)"
+
+	## Replacing Path
+	DESKTOP_FILE_CONTENTS="${DESKTOP_FILE_CONTENTS/$PATH_TO_REPLACE/$PATH_REPLACEMENT}"
+	## Replacing Exec
+	DESKTOP_FILE_CONTENTS="${DESKTOP_FILE_CONTENTS/$EXEC_TO_REPLACE/$EXEC_REPLACEMENT}"
+
+	## Pushing replacement values to desktop file
+	echo -e "$DESKTOP_FILE_CONTENTS" > $DESKTOP_FILE
+
+}
+
+function do_install() {
+
+	cd "$INSTALL_DIR"
+
+	REMOTE_VERSION=`get_remote_version`
+	do_download "$REMOTE_VERSION"
+
+	## Error handling in case curl couldn't do the download (or error in script)
+	if [[ -f $FILENAME ]]; then
+		tar xf "$FILENAME"
+	else
+		echo "$FILENAME failed to download. Exiting now"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	update_desktop_file
+
+	## If your icon dir (configured above) exists in the env variable
+	if [[ "$XDG_DATA_DIRS" != *$ICON_DIR* ]]; then
+		export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$ICON_DIR
+		if [[ $SHELL == *bash ]]; then
+			echo 'export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS':$ICON_DIR > ~/.bashrc
+		else 
+			echo 'export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS':$ICON_DIR > ~/.profile
+
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	[[ ! -d $ICON_DIR ]] && mkdir -p $ICON_DIR
+	cp $EXISTING_INSTALL/discord.png $ICON_DIR/
+	desktop-file-isntall $DESKTOP_FILE
+}
+
+function do_upgrade(){
+	cd "$INSTALL_DIR"
+
+	REMOTE_VERSION=`get_remote_version`
+	do_download "$REMOTE_VERSION"
+
+	## FILENAME provided by do_download
+	FILENAME="${FILENAME:?"do_upgrade : FILENAME not set by do_download"}"
+
+	tar xf "$FILENAME"
+
+	update_desktop_file
+}
+
+# END: Helper Functions
+
+
+
+# BEGIN: Pre-Work Check
+
+if [[ -d $EXISTING_INSTALL ]] && [[ -f $BUILD_FILE ]]; then
+	LOCAL_VERSION=`grep -Eo $VERSION_REGEX $BUILD_FILE`
+else
+	ACTION=INSTALL
+fi
+
+REMOTE_VERSION=`curl $DOWNLOAD_URL | grep -Eo $VERSION_REGEX | head -n 1`
+
+# END: Pre-Work Check
+
+
+
+
+# BEGIN: Work
+
+
+## If ACTION hasn't already been set
+if [[ ! $ACTION ]]; then
+
+	## Use read to get version numbers in arrays
+	OIFS=$IFS
+	IFS='.'
+	read -a local_versions  <<< "$LOCAL_VERSION"
+	read -a remote_versions <<< "$REMOTE_VERSION"
+	IFS=$OIFS
+
+	## Check if the remote version is greater than the local
+	for (( i=0; i<3; i++)); do
+		## If at any point the remote version is greater than the local this will break and set NEEDS_UPGRADE flag
+		if [[ ${local_versions[$i]} -lt ${remote_versions[$i]} ]]; then
+			ACTION=UPGRADE
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+fi
+
+case $ACTION in
+	INSTALL)
+		do_install
+		;;
+
+	UPGRADE)
+		do_upgrade
+		;;
+esac
+
+
+# END: Work