ArchLinux_VeryBasicAddons

# Here we list the steps to insatll a few packages useful for many others:

# 0. 
mkdir sandbox
cd sandbox

# 1. Install package-query
# download it:
wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/package-query.tar.gz
tar -xvf package-query.tar.gz
cd package-query
makepkg -s
# insatll it (dependng on the version of the package, the ?s would be digits and numbers):
sudo pacman -U package-query-?.?-???.pkg.tar.xz
cd ..

# 2. Install yaourt
wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/yaourt.tar.gz
tar -xvf yaourt.tar.gz
cd yaourt
makepkg -s
# insatll it (dependng on the version of the package, the ?s would be digits and numbers):
sudo pacman -U yaourt-?.?-???-any.pkg.tar.xz
cd ..

# 3. Install reflector
yaourt -S reflector
sudo reflector --verbose --country 'United States' -l 200 -p http --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# 4. Also install git, customizepkg, vim, rsync
sudo pacman -S git
yaourt -S customizepkg-git
sudo pacman -S vim
sudo pacman -S rsync

# 5. Update everything
sudo pacman -Syyu
yaourt -Syu --aur