03_install utilities

Install Utilities

This guide outlines the utilities I use to set-up a minimal, fast laptop environment focused on coding and writing. I've made distinctions for GUI utilities in different environments.

Development, System Tools, File Management and Compression

sudo apt install -y curl gnupg openssh-client wget apt-transport-https build-essential checkinstall laptop-detect mesa-utils xclip xsel xsettingsd xserver-xorg python3-pip arj cabextract mpack p7zip-full p7zip-rar rar sharutils uudeview unrar zip unzip

Setup SSH Access to GitHub

At the end of the previous step, the system install, you made sure that Git is installed on the system. Now it's time to set it up to access private repositories on github. This same process is useful for connecting via SSH to other servers as well.

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "emailaddress@example.com"  
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
pbcopy < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub # or otherwise copy the file to clipboard

• In any github webpage, click Profile Photo > Settings > SSH and GPG keys.
• Click New SSH key or Add SSH key.
• Enter title and paste Key.

Install HomeBrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)" && echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /home/dylan/.bash_profile && eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv) &&  sudo apt-get install build-essential && brew install gcc"

Install latest stable Node via NVM

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash && source ~/.bashrc && nvm install stable && nvm use stable

GitHub CLI

https://cli.github.com/manual/
https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md

type -p curl >/dev/null || (sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl -y) && curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg && sudo chmod go+r /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null && sudo apt update && sudo apt install gh -y

autojump

install autojump to quickly jump to directories
https://github.com/wting/autojump

sudo apt install 

git-fuzzy

CLI-based interface to git
https://github.com/bigH/git-fuzzy

cd ~/Applications && brew install fzf && git clone https://github.com/bigH/git-fuzzy.git && echo "export PATH=\"$(pwd)/git-fuzzy/bin:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.bashrc

Utility and Productivity (For Ubuntu-native systems. Not so much Ubuntu in Windows)

sudo apt install -y autocutsel axel bluez bluez-cups fzf htop neofetch numlockx scrot

GUI Applications (Install only in GUI environments)

sudo apt install -y bleachbit file-roller gparted pavucontrol synaptic viewnior xterm

Fonts

sudo apt install -y libfont-afm-perl libfontconfig1 libfontembed1 fonts-mplus fonts-courier-prime fonts-font-awesome texlive-fonts-recommended ttf-mscorefonts-installer 

and for mac fonts

cd ~/Downloads && wget https://web.archive.org/web/20141226051941/https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26209128/mac_fonts.tar.gz && tar zxvf mac_fonts.tar.gz && sudo mv fonts /usr/share/fonts/ && sudo fc-cache -f -v

see also: https://www.securitronlinux.com/debian-testing/install-mac-osx-fonts-on-linux-easily/

cpu and ram indicators

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/551165/show-cpu-ram-and-battery-values-in-text-in-xubuntus-top-panel

Tidy Up and Reboot

echo "Cleaning Up" && sudo apt -f install && sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt -y autoclean && sudo apt -y clean && audo apt update
sudo reboot