Helper tool to configure an (X)Ubuntu operating system right after it has been installed.
→ You can download the latest pre-built release, or build it yourself.
Syntax : postinstall <command>
Here is the output produced with postinstall help
General infos
help prints this help
version prints version number (v24.04)
System install eases the installation of important packages
system-install-info describes what the installer does
system-install runs the installer
User install configures user desktop with nice defaults (according to me!)
user-install-info describes what the installer does
user-install runs the installer
Backup and restore user configuration
user-backup-info describes what the backup does
user-backup [file] saves the user defined config to a file
user-restore file restores a user defined config from a file
The source code is available at https://github.com/gandrille/postinstall
A go version >= 1.21 is required. You can check your go version using go version command.
git clone git@github.com:gandrille/postinstall.git
cd postinstall
./update-assets
go install postinstall.go
${GOPATH:-~/go}/bin/postinstall help
This project is released under the Apache License 2.0.