By-Jokese's dotfiles

Script to prepare your GNU/Linux terminal (WSL compatible) in a «superterminal» with modern, autocompleted commands and other features.

MacOS script in development.

Table of Contents

1. What It Installs
2. Prerequisites
3. Usage
4. Post-Install Notes

What It Installs

1. Core Dependencies & System Tools
   • zsh (with zsh-autosuggestions and zsh-syntax-highlighting)
   • git (via the official Git PPA)
   • eza, bat, tmux, tldr, btop, nmap, ripgrep, ncdu, jq
   • Basic compilers/build tools: build-essential, cmake, ninja-build, autoconf, automake, pkg-config, etc.
2. Zsh Setup
   • Removes old Bash files (.bashrc, .bash_profile, etc.)
   • Sets Zsh as the default login shell.
3. Fastfetch
   • A command-line tool to quickly display system info (OS, hardware, etc.).
4. zoxide
   • A smarter cd command for fast directory navigation.
5. Starship
   • A minimal, blazing-fast shell prompt.
6. fnm (Fast Node Manager)
   • A lightweight Node.js version manager.
7. Lazydocker
   • A simple terminal UI for Docker and docker-compose.
8. Glow
   • A terminal-based Markdown reader (installed from Charm’s apt repo).
9. Lazygit
   • A simple terminal UI for Git, installed from GitHub releases.
10. FiraCode Nerd Fonts
    • Popular programming fonts with icons, copied into ~/.local/share/fonts.
11. FZF
    • A command-line fuzzy finder, installed in unattended mode.
12. Neovim (from source)
    • Latest stable Neovim built from the official GitHub source.
13. Docker
    • Docker Engine (docker-ce), CLI (docker-ce-cli), containerd, Buildx plugin, and Compose plugin, from the official Docker repository.
14. Rust
    • Installed via the official Rustup script in non-interactive mode (-y).
15. Custom Config & Dotfiles
    • Copies .config files from this repo into your ~/.config.
    • Replaces ~/.zshrc with one from the script and sources it immediately.

Prerequisites

• A Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distribution (e.g., Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS).
• sudo privileges (the script installs system packages).
• Internet connection for downloading packages and source code.

Usage

1. Clone or download this repository to your machine.
2. Make the script executable
3. Run the script
4. If prompted, enter your sudo password.

   git clone https://github.com/byjokese/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles
   cd ~/.dotfiles
   chmod +x install-on-linux.sh
   ./install-on-linux.sh

⚠️ Note: Do not run as root/sudo this file!

The script will:

• Update and install packages.
• Set up Zsh as your default shell.
• Clone/build Neovim from source.
• Install Docker, Rust, fonts, etc.
• Copy configuration files and remove old Bash files.

Requisites

Git is required to be able to clone the repo, the rest should be automatically configured by the install script.

apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y sudo git