GentooInstaller

written in bash by Mesflit

Contents

1. About The Project
2. Installation
3. Usage
4. Example Config

About The Project

The project was created to simplify the installation of Gentoo Linux.

Installation

clone the repository first

git clone https://github.com/mesflit/GentooInstaller
cd GentooInstaller
chmod +x *.sh

Usage

First you need to edit gentoo_config.cfg Its very simple

nano gentoo_config.cfg

You can run the script using the following command:

./install.sh

Example Config

# gentoo_config.cfg

#Gentoo Base
	#OpenRC
	GENTOO_BASE="https://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/current-stage3-amd64-openrc/stage3-amd64-openrc-*.tar.xz"

	#SystemD
	#GENTOO_BASE="https://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/autobuilds/current-stage3-amd64-systemd-mergedusr/stage3-amd64-systemd-mergedusr-*.tar.xz"


#File System TYPE (for btrfs you need to install)
FLT="ext4"

#SWAP On or Off
SWAP="On"


# SWAP SIZE
SWAP_SIZE="4G"


# EFI SIZE
EFI_SIZE="1G"


#Timezone 
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"


#Create Root Password
ROOT_PASSWORD="2024"


#Create User
USERNAME="David"


#Create User Password
USER_PASSWORD="2024"


#MAKE_OPTS
MAKE_OPTS="-j$(nproc) -l$(nproc)"
USE="X -systemd dracut pulseaudio pipewire alsa readline sound-server ssl v4l pam vulkan opengl dbus gtk windowmode screencast vdpau ${GRAP_DRIVERS}"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"
GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64"


#GRAPHIC DRIVERS
GRAP_DRIVERS="nouveau" # for amd


#DISK NAME eg. sda, vda, nvme0n1
#You can see your disk name with "lsblk"
DISK_NAME="nvme0n1"


#Portage profile
#You can type "eselect profile list" to see the list
PROFILE="8"


#Hostname
HOSTNAME="gentoo"


#Locale
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8"


#KEYMAP
KEYMAP="US"

#KERNEL INSTALL
KERINST=" emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware
          emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin
          eselect kernel set 1"


#OPTIONAl PACKAGES
OPT_PACKS=" emerge gentoolkit
            emerge elogind
            rc-update add elogind boot
            rc-update add udev sysinit
            rc-update add dbus default
            emerge udisks
            rc-update add lvm boot
            emerge --verbose xorg-drivers
            gpasswd -a ${USERNAME} video"

#GRUB TARGET
TARGET="x86_64-efi"

#BootLoader
BOOTLOADER=" emerge --ask sys-boot/grub:2
             grub-install --target=${TARGET} --efi-directory=/efi
             grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg"

#Conf
CONF="  mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf
        mkdir --parents /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/repos.conf
        cp /mnt/gentoo/usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf
        cp --dereference /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/
        mount --types proc /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
        mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys
        mount --make-rslave /mnt/gentoo/sys
        mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
        mount --make-rslave /mnt/gentoo/dev
        mount --bind /run /mnt/gentoo/dev
        mount --make-slave /mnt/gentoo/run
        chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash 
        source /etc/profile"


#REBOOT
REBOOT=' exit
         cd
         umount -l /mnt/gentoo/dev{/shm,/pts,}
         umount -R /mnt/gentoo
         echo "Gentoo automated installation completed successfully! If you want to download a desktop environment, go to GentooInstaller/desktops directory. Github:Mesflit" 
         echo "Restarting in 10 seconds."
         sleep 10         
         reboot'