New feature: Profile() now supports .packages which returns any defined packages for that specific profile, as well as archinstall.__packages__ contain any packages that Installer() is responsible for. This can be used to quickly gather any required packages and dependencies by archinstall. Not all profiles have it yet, so .packages might return None.

archinstall/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from .lib.general import *
 from .lib.disk import *
 from .lib.user_interaction import *
 from .lib.exceptions import *
-from .lib.installer import *
+from .lib.installer import __packages__, __base_packages__, Installer
 from .lib.profiles import *
 from .lib.luks import *
 from .lib.mirrors import *

archinstall/lib/installer.py

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ from .systemd import Networkd
 from .output import log, LOG_LEVELS
 from .storage import storage
 
+# Any package that the Installer() is responsible for (optional and the default ones)
+__packages__ = ["base", "base-devel", "linux", "linux-firmware", "efibootmgr", "nano", "ntp", "iwd"]
+__base_packages__ = __packages__[:6]
+
 class Installer():
 	"""
 	`Installer()` is the wrapper for most basic installation steps.
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ class Installer():
 	:type hostname: str, optional
 
 	"""
-	def __init__(self, partition, boot_partition, *, base_packages='base base-devel linux linux-firmware efibootmgr nano', profile=None, mountpoint='/mnt', hostname='ArchInstalled', logdir=None, logfile=None):
+	def __init__(self, partition, boot_partition, *, base_packages=__base_packages__, profile=None, mountpoint='/mnt', hostname='ArchInstalled', logdir=None, logfile=None):
 		self.profile = profile
 		self.hostname = hostname
 		self.mountpoint = mountpoint

archinstall/lib/profiles.py

@@ -178,6 +178,28 @@ class Profile(Script):
 						return True
 		return False
 
+	@property
+	def packages(self) -> list:
+		"""
+		Returns a list of packages baked into the profile definition.
+		If no package definition has been done, .packages() will return None.
+		"""
+		with open(self.path, 'r') as source:
+			source_data = source.read()
+
+			# Some crude safety checks, make sure the imported profile has
+			# a __name__ check before importing.
+			#
+			# If the requirements are met, import with .py in the namespace to not
+			# trigger a traditional:
+			#     if __name__ == 'moduleName'
+			if '__name__' in source_data and '__packages__' in source_data:
+				with self.load_instructions(namespace=f"{self.namespace}.py") as imported:
+					if hasattr(imported, '__packages__'):
+						return imported.__packages__
+		return None
+	
+
 class Application(Profile):
 	def __repr__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 		return f'Application({os.path.basename(self.profile)})'

profiles/applications/awesome.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import archinstall
 
+__packages__ = ["awesome", "xorg-xrandr", "xterm", "feh", "slock", "terminus-font", "gnu-free-fonts", "ttf-liberation", "xsel"]
+
 installation.install_profile('xorg')
 
-installation.add_additional_packages(
-	"awesome xorg-xrandr xterm feh slock terminus-font gnu-free-fonts ttf-liberation xsel"
-)
+installation.add_additional_packages(__packages__)
 
 with open(f'{installation.mountpoint}/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc', 'r') as xinitrc:
 	xinitrc_data = xinitrc.read()

profiles/awesome.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import archinstall
 
+__packages__ = ['nano', 'nemo', 'gpicview-gtk3', 'chromium', 'openssh', 'sshfs', 'htop', 'scrot', 'wget']
 
 def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
 	"""
@@ -28,14 +29,7 @@ if __name__ == 'awesome':
 	awesome = archinstall.Application(installation, 'awesome')
 	awesome.install()
 
-	# Then setup and configure the desktop environment: awesome
-	editor = "nano"
-	filebrowser = "nemo gpicview-gtk3"
-	webbrowser = "chromium" # TODO: Ask the user to select one instead
-	utils = "openssh sshfs htop scrot wget"
-
-
-	installation.add_additional_packages(f"{webbrowser} {utils} {filebrowser} {editor}")
+	installation.add_additional_packages(__packages__)
 
 	alacritty = archinstall.Application(installation, 'alacritty')
 	alacritty.install()