Elementaryos_postinstall

This script provide a GUI to install third party softwares on Elementary OS Juno. The script will automatically install Git and Gdebi unless they are already installed.

Author

Marc-André Bourassa

How to run

First, copy this line in a terminal :

sudo apt -y install software-properties-common python-software-properties software-properties-common -y

and this one to download and run the script :

wget -O /tmp/elementaryos_postinstall.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bouhrassa/elementaryos_postinstall/master/elementaryos_postinstall.sh && chmod +x /tmp/elementaryos_postinstall.sh && /tmp/elementaryos_postinstall.sh

To enable open folder as root :

sudo touch /usr/share/contractor/folder-openasroot.contract && sudo io.elementary.code /usr/share/contractor/folder-openasroot.contract

When the file opens, paste below context and close the file (It’ll be saved automatically).

[Contractor Entry]
Name=Open folder as root
Icon=io.elementary.files
Description=Open current folder as root privilege
MimeType=inode;
Exec=io.elementary.files-pkexec %U
Gettext-Domain=io.elementary.files-pkexec

Supported platforms

Tested on Elementary OS Juno 5.0. It should work on any Debian based system unless the opposite is mentioned in the description.

Status

There is currently no known bug.