Added pythons -m module support. __main__.py is the main module entry path, and setup.py now includes the examples (which as been renamed for more convenient module importing) which - enables __main__.py to locate the examples and import them via importlib and execute them.

README.md

@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ This installer will perform the following:
 
 # Testing
 
-To test this, the simplest approach is to use a local image and create a loop device.<br>
+To test this without a live ISO, the simplest approach is to use a local image and create a loop device.<br>
-This can be done by installing `pacman -S arch-install-scripts util-linux` locally and do the following:
+This can be done by installing `pacman -S arch-install-scripts util-linux` locally and doing the following:
 
     # dd if=/dev/zero of=./testimage.img bs=1G count=5
     # losetup -fP ./testimage.img

archinstall/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,4 @@ from .lib.user_interaction import *
 from .lib.exceptions import *
 from .lib.installer import *
 from .lib.profiles import *
-from .lib.luks import *
+from .lib.luks import *
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-	print('Launching as a module?')

archinstall/__main__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import archinstall, sys, os, glob
+import importlib.util
+
+class ProfileNotFound(BaseException):
+	pass
+
+# TODO: Learn the dark arts of argparse...
+#       (I summon thee dark spawn of cPython)
+
+def find_examples():
+	cwd = os.path.abspath(f'{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/../')
+	examples = f"{cwd}/examples"
+
+	return {os.path.basename(path): path for path in glob.glob(f'{examples}/*.py')}
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	if len(sys.argv) == 1: sys.arv.append('guided')
+
+	profile = sys.argv[1]
+	library = find_examples()
+
+	if not f'{profile}.py' in library:
+		raise ProfileNotFound(f'Could not locate {profile}.py among the example files.')
+
+	spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(library[f'{profile}.py'], library[f'{profile}.py'])
+	imported_path = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+	spec.loader.exec_module(imported_path)
+	sys.modules[library[f'{profile}.py']] = imported_path	

archinstall/lib/general.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os, json, hashlib, shlex, sys
 import time, pty
 from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT, PIPE, check_output
 from select import epoll, EPOLLIN, EPOLLHUP
+from .exceptions import *
 
 def log(*args, **kwargs):
 	string = ' '.join([str(x) for x in args])

setup.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import setuptools
+import setuptools, glob
 
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
     ],
     python_requires='>=3.8',
+    data_files=[('examples', glob.glob('examples/*.py'))],
 )