base-devel now explicitly installed first

README.md

@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ Arch-based distros such as Manjaro, Antergos and Parabola (although Parabola,
 which uses slightly different repositories might miss one or two minor
 programs).
 
-LARBS, in its default form where it installs my own dotfiles, is not
-compatible with or maintained for Virtual Machines. Due to particularities of
-i3 on Arch Linux within a Virtual Machines, X will not start properly. If you
-know a fix for this, feel free to share, but I do not use Virtual Machines so
-am not planning on troubleshooting a fix.
-
 Here are some of the things LARBS sets up:
 
 - Installs i3-gaps, a tiling window manager, with my fully featured

larbs.sh

@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ refreshkeys
 # in a fakeroot environment, this is required for all builds with AUR.
 newperms "%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL"
 
+dialog --title "LARBS Installation" --infobox "Installing \`basedevel\` for build software." 5 70
+pacman --noconfirm --needed -S base-devel &>/dev/null
+
 manualinstall $aurhelper
 
 # The command that does all the installing. Reads the progs.csv file and

progs.csv

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 TAG,NAME IN REPO (or git url),PURPOSE (should be a verb phrase to sound right while installing)
-,base-devel,is a group package with sudo and compilation software.
 ,git,is a version control system.
 ,i3-gaps,is the main graphical user interface and window manager.
 ,xorg-server,is the graphical server.