Custom Packages

Custom PKGBUILDs live in the antergos-packages repo. Built and published via CI to GitHub Pages as a pacman repository.

Repo setup 

[antergos-pkgs]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = https://antergos-next.github.io/antergos-packages

Package list

Built and published in this order (from packages.yaml in antergos-packages):

Package Purpose
antergos-lsb-release LSB release identification
antergos-next-desktop-settings Default desktop settings for the live session
antergos-next-keyring GPG keyring for the [antergos-pkgs] repo
antergos-next-mirrorlist Mirror list for [antergos-pkgs]
antergos-release /usr/lib/os-release with “Antergos NeXT” identification
pixie-sddm-git Material Design 3 SDDM theme (from AUR)
antergos-wallpapers Default wallpapers for KDE and other DEs
antergos-welcome “About Antergos NeXT” welcome app (KF6 + Qt6)
antergos-grub-theme GRUB boot theme
antergos-live Live session meta package (per-init: antergos-live-base, antergos-live-dinit, antergos-live-openrc)
pipewire (forked) Patched artix-pipewire-launcher for dinit support + XDG autostart entry
calamares Built with packagechooser module enabled
calamares-branding-antergos-next Branding: slideshow, branding.desc, launcher script, packagechooser configs
antergos-xfce-theme Xfce theme
downgrade AUR package (downgrade helper)
yay AUR helper
antergos-layan-theme Layan theme suite: KDE configs, Kvantum, SDDM theme, plasmoids, video wallpaper
tela-circle-icon-theme-git Icon theme (from AUR)
kwin-zones KWin window tiling zones
oh-my-posh-bin Shell prompt (from AUR)
pacseek Package search GUI (from AUR)
antergos-i3-config i3 configuration
antergos-sway-config Sway configuration
antergos-hyprland-config Hyprland configuration

PKGBUILD notes

calamares

  • _skip_modules includes dracut, initramfs, initramfscfg — these are systemd-holdovers not needed on Artix (uses mkinitcpio)
  • -DCMAKE_DISTRIBUTION_NAME is a no-op — Calamares ignores it completely. The “for <distro>” text in the about dialog comes from versionedName in the active branding component at runtime. Do NOT add this flag.

calamares-branding-antergos-next

  • Ships calamares-next.sh — installed as /usr/bin/calamares-next, the online installer launcher
  • Ships the online settings file as /etc/calamares-online/settings.conf. It also ships an settings_offline.conf installed as /etc/calamares-offline/settings.conf (with /etc/calamares/settings.conf symlinked to it by default) — but this is unused: the launcher’s SetConfig() always replaces it with the online config at runtime. Calamares is online-only.
  • Ships module configs to /etc/calamares/modules/: unpackfs.conf, initcpiocfg.conf, initcpio.conf, netinstall.conf, netinstall.yaml, packagechooser_de.conf, packagechooser_dm.conf, services-artix.conf, welcome.conf
  • Also overwrites /usr/share/calamares/branding/default/ so the Artix default branding can’t sneak in
  • SetConfig() must rm -f the symlink at /etc/calamares/settings.conf before copying, otherwise cp follows the symlink and overwrites the wrong file

pipewire (forked)

  • Ships pipewire.desktop at /etc/xdg/autostart/ so installed systems get the XDG autostart entry
  • Patches artix-pipewire-launcher: sets dinit|runit|s6) SUPPORT='YES' (upstream only supported openrc/systemd). Without this, the launcher silently exits on dinit systems and pipewire never starts.

antergos-wallpapers

  • Installs to /usr/share/wallpapers/antergos-wallpaper/contents/images/ with metadata.desktop for KDE picker support
  • Also available at /usr/share/backgrounds/antergos/ for other DEs
  • Ships three wallpapers: original Antergos PNG (default), Adwaita Morning, and antergos-darkest-hour

File conflicts

Package 1 Package 2 File Resolution
calamares calamares-branding-antergos-next /usr/share/calamares/branding/default/branding.desc, show.qml --overwrite='*' in ./buildiso
filesystem antergos-release /usr/lib/os-release antergos-release in basestrap operations list (uses --overwrite)

Build system

Packages are built and published via CI in the antergos-packages repo. Build order is defined in packages.yaml. AUR packages (yay, downgrade, pixie-sddm-git, etc.) are included with retry logic for transient clone failures. The repo index is generated as antergos-pkgs.db / antergos-pkgs.files under antergos-pkgs/os/x86_64/ and published to GitHub Pages, served by repo-add.