Ubuntu 20 Desktop Post-Installation Script

Repository: https://github.com/dongskyler/ubuntu-20-desktop-post-installation-script

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Table of contents

• Description
• Badges
• How to use this script
• Programs to be installed
• Programs to be uninstalled
• Configurations
• Logs
• Notes
• License

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Description

This Bash script installs and configures essential programs on a freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop (Focal Fossa). See the full list of programs to be installed here.

Although Ubuntu is a well made Linux distro, things are really easy to break, when I do software development, when I frequently sudo commands and when I try out new things. Consequently, I often reinstall operating systems on my computers (especially my Linux). I am tired of reinstalling and reconfiguring programs by hand.

I wrote this script to automate the installations and configurations of essential programs — including Google Chrome, LaTex, Nginx, Node.js, PHP, Python 3, Ruby on Rails, Vim, VS Code, etc — so that I can immediately work on projects without spending time setting up the environment.

The code is under MIT license. You can modify the code to suit your needs.

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Badges

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How to use this script

Option 1: Using Git

• Copy and paste the following command into your terminal and press "Enter":

sudo apt-get update -y &&
  sudo apt-get install -y git &&
  git clone \
    https://github.com/dongskyler/ubuntu-20-desktop-post-installation-script.git \
    "~/.ubuntu-post-installation" --depth 1 &&
  cd "~/.ubuntu-post-installation/" &&
  bash ./main.sh

Option 2: Downloading this repository as a Zip file

• Download this repository as a ZIP file. You do need the entire repository to properly run this script.
• Unzip it to a directory.
• Change directory to unzipped directory.
• Run the shell script with command (without sudo)
  bash ./main.sh

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Programs to be installed

• ClamAV and ClamTK
• cURL
• Docker
• ElasticSearch
• ELinks
• Flameshot
• Git
• GnuPG
• Google Chrome
• MongoDB Community Edition
• MySQL
• Nginx
  • http://localhost:5000 pointing at "~/Sites/", with Nginx and PHP hooked up
• Node.js
• Node Version Manager (nvm)
• Node Package Manager (npm)
• PHP
  • http://localhost:5000 pointing at "~/Sites/", with Nginx and PHP hooked up
  • Packages to be installed
    • php
    • php-fpm
    • php-mysql
• PulseAudio
• Python 3
  • Virtual environment powered by virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper
    • A virtual environment named jupyter will be created.
    • Use command workon jupyter to activate.
    • Use command deactivate to deactivate the virtual environment.
    • Insider jupyter virtual environment, the following packages will be installed:
      • Jupyter Notebook
      • numpy
      • pandas
      • matplotlib
• Skype
• Slack
• Rails
• Ruby with rbenv
• Terminal theme: 'Earthsong'
• TexLive
• Tor
• Tor Browser
• Vim
• VirtualBox (Please install it manually with commands here)
• Visual Studio Code
  • Extensions to be installed
    • bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client
    • dsznajder.es7-react-js-snippets
    • eamodio.gitlens
    • esbenp.prettier-vscode
    • foxundermoon.shell-format
    • james-yu.latex-workshop
    • jdforsythe.add-new-line-to-files
    • ms-python.python
    • sibiraj-s.vscode-scss-formatter
    • visualstudioexptteam.vscodeintellicode
• Wget
• Yarn
• Zoom
• Zsh
  • Add syntax highlighting functionality
  • Set Zsh theme to 'bira'
  • Change the default shell from Bash to Zsh

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Programs to be uninstalled

• None yet

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Configurations

• Install a new terminal profile
  • Install profile 'Earthsong'
  • Set 'Earthsong' as the default profile
• Pin the following favorite apps (and only the following ones in that order) to the dash
  • Files
  • Terminal
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Slack
  • Zoom
  • Skype
  • Settings

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Logs

A log will be generated at "~/.ubuntu_post_install.log".

If the log file is already present, new logs will be appended to the file.

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Notes

VirtualBox is excluded from the installation script, due to complications of its interactive full-window dialogues of agree-to-terms and MOK key setups.

Please install it manually with the following command:

wget -qO- \
  http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox_2016.asc |
  sudo apt-key add -
printf "\
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian \
focal non-free contrib\n" |
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.org.list

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y virtualbox-6.1

You may want to install the VirtualBox Extension Pack as well:

sudo apt-get install -y virtualbox-ext-pack

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License

The code is under MIT license.