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# snap-pac-uki
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## What is this?
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This is a collection of scripts, pacman hooks and and systemd units for creating
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and managing unified kernel images (UKIs) based on snapper. It originally
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expected to be executed as a pacman hook after `snap-pac`, but this is no longer
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required (though the name remains).
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## Installation
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### Prerequisites
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This tool expects that you already set up snapper. It also expects that each
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snapshots linux and initramfs files (`/boot/vmlinuz-linux` and
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`/boot/initramfs-linux.img`) as well as a kernel command line file
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(`/etc/snap-pac-uki/kernel-cmd`) are available within each snapshot.
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The fallback initramfs (`/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img`) and fallback
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command line file (`/etc/snap-pac-uki/kernel-cmd-fallback`) are only required
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on the current system.
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EFI boot options are only created for each snapshot. If you want the UKIs
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created for the current system, you'll need to add boot entries yourself:
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```bash
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# template
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efibootmgr -c \
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-d <EFI DEVICE> \
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-p <EFI PARTITION NUMBER> \
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-l <EFI PATH> \
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-L <LABEL>
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# example
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efibootmgr -c \
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-d /dev/nvme0n1 \
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-p 1 \
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-l "\EFI\Linux\arch-linux.efi" \
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-L "Arch Linux"
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# example for fallback
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efibootmgr -c \
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-d /dev/nvme0n1 \
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-p 1 \
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-l "\EFI\Linux\arch-linux-fallback.efi" \
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-L "Arch Linux (Fallback)"
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```
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### Using the install script
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1. You can install the dependencies of this program with the following command:
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```bash
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pacman -S fish efibootmgr jq ripgrep sbsigntools sed snapper
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```
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2. Download the latest release from [here][releases] and unpack it.
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3. Then run the install script (you need to be in the same directory):
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```bash
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./install.fish
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```
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## Usage
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### Creating snapshot UKIs
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This creates a new UKI for all snapshots where none is found:
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```bash
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snap-pac-uki snapshots
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```
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### Create current UKIs
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This creates a new UKI for the current system (including a fallback variant):
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```bash
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snap-pac-uki current
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```
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### Clean up UKIs
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This removes all UKIs without corresponding snapshot (solely based on number):
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```bash
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snap-pac-uki clean
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```
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### Enable periodic cleanups using systemd timer
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```
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systemctl enable --now snap-pac-uki-cleanup.timer
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```
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## Uninstall
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Simply run the following command in this directory:
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```bash
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./uninstall.fish
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```
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[releases]: https://git.tfld.dev/tfld/snap-pac-uki/releases
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