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+import subprocess
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+sep = "---------------------------------------------------------"
+header = f"""\033c\
+ :::::::-.      ...         ...    :::::::..   .::::::. 
+  ;;,   `';, .;;;;;;;.   .;;;;;;;. ;;;;``;;;; ;;;`    ` 
+  `[[     [[,[[     \\[[,,[[     \\[[,[[[,/[[[' '[==/[[[[,
+   $$,    $$$$$,     $$$$$$,     $$$$$$$$$c     '''    $
+   888_,o8P'"888,_ _,88P"888,_ _,88P888b "88bo,88b    dP
+   MMMMP"`    "YMMMMMP"   "YMMMMMP" MMMM   "W"  "YMmMY" 
+ 
+ Doors are sturdier than windows.
+{sep}
+"""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Dependency:
+    # shell, gui, extra
+    group: str = ""
+
+    # existence of a name implies distro support
+    # yay
+    name_arch: str = ""
+    name_arch_arm: str = ""
+
+    # apt
+    name_debian: str = ""
+
+    # dnf
+    name_fedora: str = ""
+
+
+Manifest = [
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="acpi",
+        name_arch_arm="acpi",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="alacritty",
+        name_arch_arm="alacritty",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="arandr",
+        name_arch_arm="arandr",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="atool",
+        name_arch_arm="atool",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="awesome",
+        name_arch_arm="awesome",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="bat",
+        name_arch_arm="bat",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="beautiful-discord-git",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="bluez",
+        name_arch_arm="bluez",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="btop",
+        name_arch_arm="btop",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="byobu",
+        name_arch_arm="byobu",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="caprine",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="chromium",
+        name_arch_arm="chromium",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="coreutils",
+        name_arch_arm="coreutils",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="discord",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="fd",
+        name_arch_arm="fd",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="ffmpegthumbnailer",
+        name_arch_arm="ffmpegthumbnailer",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="file",
+        name_arch_arm="file",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="firefox-developer-edition",
+        name_arch_arm="firefox",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="fzf",
+        name_arch_arm="fzf",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="glow",
+        name_arch_arm="glow",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="gimp",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="maim",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="man-db",
+        name_arch_arm="man-db",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="man-pages",
+        name_arch_arm="man-pages",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="mediainfo",
+        name_arch_arm="mediainfo",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="mosh",
+        name_arch_arm="mosh",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="neovim",
+        name_arch_arm="neovim",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="nnn",
+        name_arch_arm="nnn",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="noto-fonts",
+        name_arch_arm="noto-fonts",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="noto-fonts-cjk",
+        name_arch_arm="noto-fonts-cjk",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="noto-fonts-emoji",
+        name_arch_arm="noto-fonts-emoji",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="npm",
+        name_arch_arm="npm",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="nsxiv",
+        name_arch_arm="nsxiv",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="oh-my-zsh-git",
+        name_arch_arm="oh-my-zsh-git",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="otf-font-awesome",
+        name_arch_arm="otf-font-awesome",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="picom",
+        name_arch_arm="picom",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="playerctl",
+        name_arch_arm="playerctl",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="polkit-gnome",
+        name_arch_arm="polkit-gnome",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="python-pywal",
+        name_arch_arm="python-pywal",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="python-pywalfox",
+        name_arch_arm="python-pywalfox",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="pywal-discord-git",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="rate-mirrors",
+        name_arch_arm="rate-mirrors",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="redshift",
+        name_arch_arm="redshift",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="ripgrep",
+        name_arch_arm="ripgrep",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="rsync",
+        name_arch_arm="rsync",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="rubygems",
+        name_arch_arm="rubygems",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="sl",
+        name_arch_arm="sl",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="spotify-launcher",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="steam",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="tar",
+        name_arch_arm="tar",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="telegram-desktop",
+        name_arch_arm="telegram-desktop",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="thunderbird",
+        name_arch_arm="thunderbird",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="tree",
+        name_arch_arm="tree",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="ttf-font-awesome",
+        name_arch_arm="ttf-font-awesome",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="unclutter",
+        name_arch_arm="unclutter",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="unrar",
+        name_arch_arm="unrar",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="unzip",
+        name_arch_arm="unzip",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="wal-telegram-git",
+        group="extra",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="w3m",
+        name_arch_arm="w3m",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="wget",
+        name_arch_arm="wget",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="xclip",
+        name_arch_arm="xclip",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="xorg-server",
+        name_arch_arm="xorg-server",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="xorg-xinit",
+        name_arch_arm="xorg-xinit",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="xorg-xrandr",
+        name_arch_arm="xorg-xrandr",
+        group="gui",
+    ),
+    Dependency(
+        name_arch="zsh",
+        name_arch_arm="zsh",
+        group="shell",
+    ),
+]
+
+
+def dump_manifest(Manifest):
+    print("Manifest:")
+
+    for dep in Manifest:
+        print(
+            f"""{sep}
+      Names:
+        Arch: {dep.name_arch}
+        Arch ARM: {dep.name_arch_arm}
+        Debian: {dep.name_debian}
+        Fedora: {dep.name_fedora}
+
+      Group: {dep.group}
+
+      Support:
+        Arch: {True if dep.name_arch else False}
+        Arch Arm: {True if dep.name_arch_arm else False}
+        Debian: {True if dep.name_debian else False}
+        Fedora: {True if dep.name_fedora else False}
+    """
+        )
+
+
+def dump_arch(Manifest):
+    for data in Manifest:
+        if data.name_arch:
+            print(data.name_arch)
+
+
+def dump_arch_arm(Manifest):
+    for data in Manifest:
+        if data.name_arch_arm:
+            print(data.name_arch_arm)
+
+
+# test for base deps: git, yay, etc
+# test for package manager
+
+print(header)
+# dump_manifest(Manifest)
+dump_arch(Manifest)
+# dump_arch_arm(Manifest)
+
+subprocess.run(f"python --version", shell=True, check=True)
+
+
+mystring = ""
+
+if not mystring:
+    print("no string")
+else:
+    print(mystring)