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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# get start time
+start_time=$(date +%s)
+
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+   echo "This script must be run as root" 
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Welcome to the system setup script for Arch Linux"
+echo "This script will install all the necessary packages for you to use Arch Linux"
+echo "This script will also configure your system to use the latest and greatest version of software"
+echo "The above messages were generated using copilot. Proud of ya!"
+
+# get non-root user
+execdir=$(pwd)
+declare -a array=($(echo $execdir | tr "/" " "))
+user=$array[2]
+
+# update the system packages
+echo "\nUpdating system packages...\n"
+yay -Syu
+
+# install emojis necessary for z4h
+echo "\nInstalling emojis...\n"
+yay -S --noconfirm --needed noto-fonts-emoji
+
+# install z4h
+echo "\nInstalling z4h...\n"
+if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romkatv/zsh4humans/v5/install)"
+else
+  sh -c "$(wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romkatv/zsh4humans/v5/install)"
+fi
+
+# install blueman, bluez
+echo "\nInstalling Bluetooth dependencies...\n"
+yay -S --noconfirm --needed blueman bluez bluez-utils-compat
+
+# start bluetooth
+echo "\nStarting Bluetooth...\n"
+/etc/init.d/bluetooth start
+systemctl start bluetooth
+
+# install ly display manager
+echo "\nInstalling Ly display manager...\n"
+yay -S --noconfirm --needed ly
+
+# enable and start ly display manager
+echo "\nEnabling and starting Ly display manager...\n"
+systemctl disable lightdm.service
+systemctl enable ly.service
+
+# install all pacman packages
+echo "\nInstalling pacman packages...\n"
+yay -S --noconfirm --needed neofetch steam discord deja-dup btop ulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio-bluetooth gparted krita syncthing tmux dolphin gnome-keyring cpupower-gui arduino nbtexplorer obs-studio gpick audacity kdenlive libreoffice thunderbird signal-desktop speedtest wine
+
+# install all AUR packages
+echo "\nInstalling AUR packages...\n"
+yay -S --noconfirm --needed aseprite browsh-bin protonvpn protonvpn-cli protonvpn-gui python-proton-client qjoypad realvnc-vnc-viewer spotify stacer visual-studio-code github-desktop-bin polymc atlauncher whatsapp-for-linux librepcb rpi-imager jetbrains-toolbox unityhub
+
+
+
+########## OpenAsar ##########
+
+# download latest OpenAsar
+echo "\nDownloading latest OpenAsar...\n"
+curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/GooseMod/OpenAsar/releases/latest \
+| grep "browser_download_url.*asar" \
+| cut -d : -f 2,3 \
+| tr -d \" \
+| wget -qi -
+
+# install latest OpenAsar
+echo "\nInstalling latest OpenAsar...\n"
+mv app.asar /opt/discord/resources/app.asar
+
+
+########## no-beep.service ##########
+echo "\nAdding no-beep.service...\n"
+cat > /etc/systemd/system/no-beep.service << ENDOFFILE
+[Unit]
+Description=Disables PC Speaker for beep
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=rmmod pcspkr
+KillMode=process
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+ENDOFFILE
+
+systemctl enable no-beep.service
+systemctl start no-beep.service
+
+# install sdkman
+echo "\nInstalling sdkman...\n"
+curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash
+tmux new -d 'sdk install java 17.0.4-oracle'
+
+# install virtualbox
+echo "\nInstalling virtualbox...\n"
+yay -S --noconfirm --needed virtualbox
+touch /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf
+cat /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf << ENDOFFILE
+vboxdrv
+ENDOFFILE
+usermod -aG vboxusers $USER
+echo "Reboot to complete installation of VirtualBox"
+
+# install sublime text 3
+curl -O https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg && sudo pacman-key --add sublimehq-pub.gpg && sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 8A8F901A && rm sublimehq-pub.gpg
+echo -e "\n[sublime-text]\nServer = https://download.sublimetext.com/arch/stable/x86_64" | sudo tee -a /etc/pacman.conf
+pacman -Syu sublime-text
+
+# install intel drivers
+echo "\nInstalling intel drivers...\n"
+yay -S --noconfirm --needed mesa lib32-mesa xf86-video-intel vulkan-intel intel-hybrid-codec-driver linux-firmware intel-media-driver
+
+# install streamdeck-ui
+yay -Syyu python-pip hidapi libxcb
+touch /etc/udev/rules.d/70-streamdeck.rules
+cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-streamdeck.rules << ENDOFFILE
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fd9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0060", TAG+="uaccess"
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fd9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0063", TAG+="uaccess"
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fd9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="006c", TAG+="uaccess"
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fd9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="006d", TAG+="uaccess"
+SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fd9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0080", TAG+="uaccess"
+ENDOFFILE
+udevadm trigger
+sudo -u $user pip3 install streamdeck-ui --user
+
+
+# get end time
+end_time=$(date +%s)
+
+echo "script finished in $((end_time - start_time)) seconds"
+
+neofetch
+echo "System setup complete!"
+echo "Reboot recommended!"