Installation Guide

Deploy the ML4W Dotfiles Installer to your system and start managing your profiles today.

⚙️ Requirements

The installer is distro-agnostic and supports:

• Arch Linux (Pacman/AUR helpers)
• Fedora (DNF)
• openSUSE (Zypper)

🚀 Quick Install

To install the installer script globally:

# Clone the Repo
git clone https://github.com/mylinuxforwork/ml4w-dotfiles-installer.git

# Run Make
cd ml4w-dotfiles-installer
make install

Verify PATH: Ensure ~/.local/bin is in your environment $PATH.

📦 Usage Examples

Install a Remote Profile

ml4w-dotfiles-installer --install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/user/repo/main/profile.dotinst

Install from a Local Folder (Development)

ml4w-dotfiles-installer --install ~/Projects/my-dots/dev.dotinst

🛡️ Pro Features

• User Scripts: Create ~/.config/ml4w-dotfiles-installer/[ID]/post.sh to run your personal tweaks after every update.

• Blacklisting: Create a blacklist file in your ID config folder to prevent specific files (like monitors.conf) from being overwritten.

• Test Mode: Run --testmode to dry-run the installation of packages and execution of scripts.