From bac669b82a2de5d6f5c0c8f7e49150ec26c5e552 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam French <adam.a.french@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 17:13:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] update readme to include how to use packages.txt

---
 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 890cd85..45b8325 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ A collection of Linux scripts and configs for use across multiple machines.
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Packages
+
+Install all packages using `yay`:
+
+```bash
+yay -S $(grep -v '^\s*$' ~/scripts/packages.txt | tr '\n' ' ')
+```
+
 ### alacritty configuration
 
 Add this to the `.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml`