Begin adding yay as a package manager so that themes^Can be installed seamlessly.

tasks/general/software/aur.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+# 20260731 - Hyperling
+# Install the AUR on pacman-related distros.
+
+- name: General | Software | AUR | Facts 01
+  set_fact:
+    aur_user: aur-user
+    aur_build_dir: ~/src
+    aur_helper: yay
+    aur_helper_url: https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git
+
+- name: General | Software | AUR | Facts 02
+  set_fact:
+    aur_helper_dir: "{{ aur_build_dir }}/{{ aur_helper }}"
+
+- name: General | Software | AUR | User
+  user:
+    name: "{{ aur_user }}"
+    groups: wheel
+    create_home: true
+
+- name: General | Software | AUR | Sudoers
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/sudoers.d/aurbuilder
+    line: "{{ aur_user }} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman"
+    create: true
+    mode: '0440'
+    validate: 'visudo -cf %s'   
+
+- name: General | Software | AUR | Check
+  command: "which {{ aur_helper }}"
+  register: yay_check
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+
+- name: General | Software | AUR | Install
+  block:
+
+    - name: General | Software | AUR | Install | Clone Repo
+      git:
+        repo: "{{ aur_helper_url }}"
+        dest: "{{ aur_helper_dir }}"
+
+    - name: General | Software | AUR | Install | Build & Integrate
+      command: "cd {{ aur_helper_dir }} && makepkg -si --noconfirm"
+      changed_when: true   
+
+  when: yay_check.rc != 0
+  become_user: "{{ aur_user }}"
+

tasks/general/software/packages.yml

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     - "{{ ntp_server }}"
     - "{{ dig }}"
     - "{{ tmux }}"
+    - "{{ base_devel }}"
     state: present
 
 - name: General | Software | Packages | Install Software (DEV)
@@ -92,13 +93,13 @@
   when: ansible_distribution == "Debian"
   ignore_errors: yes
 
-- name: General | Software | Services | Install killall (Looking at you, Debian)
+- name: General | Software | Packages | Install killall (Looking at you, Debian)
   package:
     name: psmisc
     state: present
   when: ansible_distribution == "Debian"
 
-- name: General | Software | Services | Install "Bloat" (Looking at you, Arch Base)
+- name: General | Software | Packages | Install "Bloat" (Looking at you, Arch Base)
   package:
     name:
     - which
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@
     state: present
   when: ansible_distribution == "Archlinux"
 
-- name: General | Software | Services | Install Fix (Looking at you, openSUSE)
+- name: General | Software | Packages | Install Fix (Looking at you, openSUSE)
   package:
     name:
       # openSUSE Tumbleweed comes without gnome-control-center being able to open
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@
     state: absent
 
 # Ubuntu still uses snap for critical components like GNOME, must keep.
-- name: General | Software | Services | Disable Snap Daemon
+- name: General | Software | Packages  | Disable Snap Daemon
   service:
     name: snapd
     pattern: snapd