LinuxBasix
Personalised installation tool for use after basic distro install (based on apt/flatpak). Easily portable and quickly compiled on any gcc-compatible environment.
- Made for Linux distros based on APT as a package manager (i.e. Debian, Ubuntu, Pop_OS! etc.)
- Written in C++ with
ncurses library for easy menu navigation
- Based on coding examples in the NCURSES Howto by Pradeep Padala, v1.9 from 2005
- C++ conversion based on Python version, conversion with support of Claude 3.5 by Anthropic
- Uses
wget to download fonts as ZIP archives and unzips them to ~/.local/share/fonts
- Runs
fc-cache after font installation
Compiling and usage
- Download the C++ source file to your local machine.
- Open your terminal app and change into the folder with the source code.
- Make sure the ncurses libs are installed, i.e. with
sudo apt install libncurses-dev.
- Compile the code:
g++ <name_of_the_source_code.cpp> -lncurses -Os.
- Run the program with
./a.out.
Pre-selected APT Packages in the code
- 1password (via AgileBits repo, will be added)
- htop
- mc
- gdu
- neovim
- tilix
- zip/unzip
- fortune-mod
- build-essential
- flatpak
- preload
- nala
- gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
- powertop
- cmatrix
- cool-retro-term
Pre-selected Flatpak packages in the code
- com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
- com.discordapp.Discord
- com.ktechpit.colorwall
- com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager
- com.microsoft.Edge
- com.valvesoftware.Steam
- net.cozic.joplin_desktop
- net.lutris.Lutris
- org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu
- org.duckstation.DuckStation
- org.libretro.RetroArch
- org.mozilla.Thunderbird
- net.sf.VICE
- net.fsuae.FS-UAE
- org.audacityteam.Audacity
- org.gimp.GIMP
- org.gnome.Boxes
- com.transmissionbt.Transmission
- fr.handbrake.ghb
Installed additional fonts