Script to setup basic Ubuntu dev environment, esp. for Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

setup-ubuntu.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Author: Rich Turner [rich@bitcrazed.com]
# Source: https://gist.github.com/bitcrazed/79594a6f28e7f76ae45ad1ccfb554755
# License: WTFPL:  http://www.wtfpl.net/
# Instructions: Install using the following: $ source <(curl -s <URL-TO-THIS-RAW-FILE>)

# Let's get apt up to date:
sudo apt update -y

# Add some PPA's so we always get the latest bits & pieces:

## GIT:
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:git-core/ppa

## Node:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -

## CoreCLR - https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#linuxubuntu
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg 
sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg 
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-xenial-prod xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotnetdev.list' 

# Update apt once more
sudo apt update -y

# Install all the good stuff. This also brings in gcc, etc.
sudo apt install -y \
  fortune-mod \
  cowsay \
  lolcat \
  htop \
  git \
  build-essential \
  nodejs \
  dotnet-sdk-2.0.0 \
  ruby-bundler \
  python

# Other things you might want to install:

## For Jekyll, be sure to install the following to ensure nokogiri works:
# jekyll ruby-dev zlib1g-dev liblzma-dev

# Upgrade to all the latest bits:
sudo apt upgrade -y

echo ""
echo "Post-installation steps:"
echo "1. Create a symlink from home into your dev folder, e.g. `$ ln -s /mnt/d/dev/ ~/dev`
echo "2. Copy your Windows SSH keys into your Linux session, e.g. `$ cp -r /mnt/c/Users/<user>/.ssh/ ~/.ssh/`