From 303992f5ad5c625eb67acbaffabb3316c4bebefe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikita Hasert <nikitahasert@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 07:16:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add initialize_pacman script

This script will initialize pacman-key and populate some keys in
preparation for the other scripts in that directory
---
 README.md                 | 9 +++++++++
 install_all               | 5 +----
 scripts/initialize_pacman | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/initialize_pacman

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af5461d..a782bec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ To run all scripts, simply execute
 ./install_all
 ```
 
+If you want to run the scripts individually, make sure to execute `/scripts/initialize_pacman` beforehand, to initialize pacman-key and populate it with some trusted keys otherwise you may see this error for install scripts
+```bash
+warning: Public keyring not found; have you run 'pacman-key --init'?
+downloading required keys...
+error: keyring is not writable
+error: required key missing from keyring
+error: failed to commit transaction (could not find or read file)
+```
+
 ## General Tools & Misc
 
 ### ./scripts/install_xclip
diff --git a/install_all b/install_all
index 181e268..06c775e 100755
--- a/install_all
+++ b/install_all
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sudo pacman-key --init
-sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux
-sudo pacman-key --populate holo
-sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys
+. scripts/initialize_pacman
 
 . scripts/install_lein
 . scripts/install_neovim
diff --git a/scripts/initialize_pacman b/scripts/initialize_pacman
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36ff6b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/initialize_pacman
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+sudo pacman-key --init
+sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux
+sudo pacman-key --populate holo
+sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys
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