Bash-installer-menu

Bash menu for Cinnamon on Ubuntu server

Conversion of the shell script to a bash menu version

See: https://github.com/wingarmac/software-install

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Purpose:

Only for Ubuntu server (22.04 tested) and installation of the Cinnamon Desktop

Prerequisite: dialog

A check to verify its presence has been added at the start of the script.

The package will be installed automatically if needed.

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What it does:

• It resolves known issues with sound on Ubuntu and the Cinnamon network applet.

• It makes it easy to add the Mint backports for Cinnamon install on Ubuntu

• It let you select the proprietary driver to install for graphics

  Since I only use Nvidia drivers on my computer, I just did add the version I personally need.

• It has an option to update the Ubuntu kernel to its last release

• It has a menu to install additional software from a It has a menu to install additional packages from the installation.txt file.

• A submenu with a command to export to installation.txt all what has been installed with the apt install command on the terminal.

• Software install from 3th party repositories.

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Usage:

git clone https://github.com/wingarmac/Bash-installer-menu.git

cd Bash-installer-menu

chmod a+x Installer-menu

sudo ./Installer-menu

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Without dialog - pure bash menu

~/Bash-installer-menu# cd bash-installer

~/Bash-installer-menu/bash-installer# chmod +x *.sh

~/Bash-installer-menu/bash-installer# ./main.sh

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Based on manual installation steps documented here.