Standard Config

Hello there, welcome to my config repository.

This is where I try to keep track of all the config files I require to recreate the environment that I prefer to work in. There are quite a few things, that make life tolerable as a developer, and this is my attempt to try and recreate their beauty each time I have to set up a new system.

Here's the list of the best things in my environment:

A couple of other things that make it what it is:

... that's all for now, but this list is still a work in progress, and I'll update it as I go.

Working with the configs

Install Configs

Provided you have all the necessary software installed, you can install the configs in the repository to the required locations by running:

make install

If you only want to update the config for a particular subset, you can go to the relevant directory and run the same command.

cd {subset}
make install

Update Configs

If you want to update the configs in the repository, with the ones currently being used in a machine, you can run:

make update

Like the earlier scenario, you can also update it, per subset, if required with the following approach:

cd {subset}
make update

Pre-requisites

There are a couple installation things I didn't cover, which I will get around to simplifying eventually, but until then, I'll list them below for the sake of completeness.

Basic Installs

The basic requirements which can be installed through apt are expressed in the following command:

sudo apt-get install -y \
        neovim build-essential software-properties-common python3 vim  apt-transport-https \
        i3 dunst blueman zsh libdbus-1-dev libssl-dev rofi

NVM (Node Version Manager)

Node is usually a central part of any web development, and I've found that the ability to switch node versions depending on the project you're working on, is pretty important.

Here's where nvm is just brilliant.

You can find more details about it here: Node Version Manager

At the time of writing this, however, it can be installed with a simple command:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash

After installing nvm, you can install and use node like so:

nvm install stable
nvm use stable

Vim Plug

Managing plugins for all these different tools, and my neovim setup has quite a few. I'm currently using Vim Plug simply cause it was the first one I came across, and it's pretty straightforward to get started with, and use.

You can find more details here: Vim Plug

Again, at the time of writing this, vim plug can be installed with a simple command:

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'

Visual Studio Code

Code is light-weight text editor which has become quite popular. It's extensions also give it enough capability to compete with some of the larger IDEs.

You can find more details here: Visual Studio Code

You can install it by running the following commands:

# Installing the signing key and source
wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'

# Installing code
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code

Rust and i3status-rs

i3status-rs is responsible for the nice-looking status bar that I prefer to use in i3. To install it, you need to compile it, for which you'll require rust

Install rust here:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

After installing rust, you can clone the i3status-rs and install it:

git clone git@github.com:greshake/i3status-rust.git
cd i3status-rust
cargo build --release 
ln -s $(pwd)/target/release/i3status-rs $HOME/.local/bin/i3status-rs

OhMyZsh and Spaceship prompt

Both omz and the spaceship prompt really pushes zsh to another level. I haven't had much experience with it, but it's been pretty interesting so far.

You can find more information about each here:

Install OhMyZsh:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install Spaceship Prompt:

# This depends on node & npm already being installed on your system
npm install -g spaceship-prompt

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