diff --git a/roles/packages/meta/main.yml b/roles/packages/meta/main.yml
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+---
+galaxy_info:
+  author: cjr
+  description: Install some general purpose packages
+  license: BSD-3-Clause
+  min_ansible_version: "2.1"
diff --git a/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml b/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: Install general packages
+  community.general.pacman:
+    name: "{{ packages_to_install }}"
+    state: present
diff --git a/roles/packages/vars/main.yml b/roles/packages/vars/main.yml
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+---
+packages_to_install:
+  - ansible
+  - ansible-lint
+  - azure-cli
+  - ex-vi-compat
+  - fio
+  - geoip
+  - goaccess
+  - handbrake
+  - htop
+  - iftop
+  - ioping
+  - iperf3
+  - iptables
+  - libreoffice-fresh
+  - libva-utils
+  - localsend
+  - mmdblookup
+  - neovim
+  - net-tools
+  - nmap
+  - nodejs
+  - npm
+  - obsidian
+  - obs-studio
+  - okular
+  - opentofu
+  - pandoc-cli
+  - python-lsp-server
+  - python-passlib
+  - python-pip
+  - python-pipx
+  - python-pyserial
+  - python-ruff
+  - python-weasyprint
+  - python-yaml
+  - remmina
+  - restic
+  - screen
+  - shellcheck
+  - shfmt
+  - simple-scan
+  - stylua
+  - syncthing
+  - sysstat
+  - tigervnc
+  - traceroute
+  - tree-sitter-bash
+  - tree-sitter-cli
+  - tree-sitter-python
+  - usbmuxd
+  - whois
+  - wl-clipboard
+  - wofi
+  - words
+  - xfsdump
+  - yakuake
+  - yamllint
+  - zip