notes

howto do a fresh Ubuntu 18 install

• choose minimal installation when installing (so you don’t get crap like thunderbird)

• download Chrome, login

• sudo apt update

• vim stuff
  • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/stable
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install neovim
    • swap caps and escape
  • copy over nvim config file (to ~/.config/nvim)
  • source init.vim
  • :PlugInstall
  • making YouCompleteMe work is a bit difficult
    • sudo apt install build-essential cmake vim python3-dev
    • run python3 install.py in plugged/YouCompleteMe
  • fzf:
    • git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf
    • ~/.fzf/install
  • ag: sudo apt-get install silversearcher-ag
• terminal stuff
  • terminal preferences: pure black background, pure white text, hide thing that says file and stuff
  • sudo apt install curl
  • sudo apt install zsh
  • download oh-my-zsh sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
  • make sure zsh is set as the default terminal chsh -s $(which zsh)
  • copy over my .zshrc file (note: requires installing a package in ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins)
    • git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
• coding stuff
  • python3 included automatically
  • g++ included automatically
  • sudo apt install git
    • git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
    • git config --global user.name "Your Name"
    • git config credential.helper store stores credentials
    • UPDATE actually do this with ssh keys
      • ssh-keygen -t rsa -C “your_email@example.com”
      • xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
      • add the ssh key to your github account
      • git remote set-url origin git@github.com:username/your-repository.git
  • sudo apt install nodejs
  • sudo apt install npm
• math stuff
  • LaTeX:
    • basic install: sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-extra texlive-latex-extra
      • lots of packages: sudo apt-get install texlive-science
      • now you can compile with pdflatex
    • latexmk is useful too, do sudo apt-get install latexmk
  • pandoc: sudo apt-get install -y pandoc
  • drawing / whiteboard app: xournalpp
    • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:andreasbutti/xournalpp-master
    • sudo apt update
    • sudo apt install xournalpp
    • pdf viewer: evince installed by default, seems good
• misc
  • install inkscape

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install inkscape
    

  • sudo apt install gnome-tweaks