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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this script installs all the binaries and creates the symbolic links needed for
+# a minimal setup
+
+command_exists() {
+	command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# install aur helper, paru
+if command_exists "paru"; then
+	echo "paru AUR helper detected, skip installation."
+else
+	sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel
+	git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git
+	cd paru
+	makepkg -si
+	cd -
+fi
+
+# install essentials
+echo "Installing essentials..."
+sudo pacman -Sy curl wget neovim fzf bat ripgrep git
+echo "Setup symlink for neovim configuration"
+ln -s ~/ghq/juancwu/dotfiles/nvim ~/.config/nvim
+
+# setup git
+git config --global user.email "46619361+juancwu@users.noreply.github.com"
+git config --global user.name "jc"
+
+# install gh cli
+if command_exists "gh"; then
+    echo "gh detected, skip installation."
+else
+    sudo pacman -S github-cli
+fi
+
+# install pnpm
+if command_exists "pnpm"; then
+    echo "pnpm detected, skip installation."
+else
+    curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh -
+fi
+
+# install lazygit
+if command_exists "lazygit"; then
+    echo "lazygit detected, skip installation."
+else
+    sudo pacman -S lazygit
+fi
+
+# install rustup
+if command_exists "rustup"; then
+	echo "rustup detected, skip installation."
+else
+	curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+fi
+
+# install golang
+if command_exists "go"; then
+	echo "go detected, skip installation."
+else
+	GO_VERSION="go1.23.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+	GO_URL="https://go.dev/dl/$GO_VERSION"
+	wget $GO_URL
+	sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go && sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf $GO_VERSION
+	rm $GO_VERSION
+fi
+
+# install nvm
+if [ -z "$NVM_DIR" ]; then
+	paru -S nvm
+else
+	echo "nvm detected, skip installation."
+fi
+
+# install asadesuka, for checking sunset/sunrise
+if command_exists "asadesuka"; then
+	echo "asadesuka detected, skip installation."
+else
+	ASA_URL="https://github.com/juancwu/asadesuka/releases/download/v1.2.0/asadesukaLinuxx86_64.tar.gz"
+	mkdir asa_tmp
+	wget $ASA_URL -O asa_tmp/asa.tar.gz
+	tar -C asa_tmp -xzf asa_tmp/asa.tar.gz
+	sudo mv asa_tmp/asadesuka /usr/bin
+	rm -r asa_tmp
+	echo "Remember to set the ASA_LAT and ASA_LNG variables in .bashrc"
+fi