- Make sure you have a terminal application on your computer. On Mac, the default "terminal" application will work. On Windows, use the command prompt, or another terminal program. If using the VS Code editor, a terminal is built in.
- Windows Users: If you get an error when running npm deployin the command prompt, try installing an alternative terminal application. One of the following should work:- Cmder: http://cmder.net (use the "git for windows" version)
- MSGIT: https://gitforwindows.org
 
 
- Windows Users: If you get an error when running 
- Try running git --versionin your terminal. If you get an error, install git from here: https://git-scm.com/downloads
- Install Node.js which includes npm. To test if you have this installed, runnpm -vand if it is installed, you should see a number output with the current version. Make sure it is greater than5.2.
- If npmis not installed, go here to install Node.js: https://nodejs.org/en/
  
    
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  | @powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%systemdrive%\chocolatey\bin | |
| choco install 7zip consolez dropbox filezilla firefox git googlechrome launchy meld notepadplusplus notepad2-mod owncloud-client wget | |
| wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/dbc001/public_configs/master/console/console.xml -O C:\Chocolatey\lib\ConsoleZ.1.9.1.13351\tools\console.xml | |
| # nonvital apps | |
| choco install brackets calibre ffmpeg geany googledrive keepass markdownwin markpad mediacoder pandoc pidgin | |
| # programming stuff & utilities | 
  
    
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  | sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade; | |
| sudo apt-get install geany meld git vim openssh; |