bootstrap_ubuntu_for_desktop.sh

#!/bin/sh
# VERSION 0.1
# Last Updated 05/28/10 by Bryce McDonnell ( http://brycemcdonnell.com )

#bash script to deploy a new Ubuntu desktop box for developing ruby/rails. This is a work in progress to be sure. I'll do my best to maintain this script to keep it current.

#Thanks to Lan Lelis for most of this workflow http://rbjl.net/18-you-don-t-need-a-macbook-to-code-ruby-and-rails

sudo -s

#install Git. Gotta have Git. This is v. 1.7.1
echo "installing git"
cd /usr/local/src
wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.7.1.tar.gz
tar zxvf git-1.7.1.tar.gz
./configure
make
make install

# this is awesome, this is a terminal env. just for git. I'm never going back
cd /usr/local/src
git clone git://github.com/rtomayko/git-sh.git
cd git-sh
make
make install

# add a new 'mother ship' to pull gems and initial ruby setup

add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-on-rails
apt-get update

apt-get install ruby rubygems irb ri rdoc rake build-essential ruby1.8-dev libopenssl-ruby

echo "export PATH=/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

#get some dev libraries
echo "install some dev libraries"
apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev mysql-server libmysqlclient15-dev


#install the basic gems, I always look at rdoc online anyway, so just save some space
echo "Install some gems"
gem install sqlite3-ruby mysql rails mongrel sinatra shotgun --no-ri --no-rdoc

#Viva la VIM baby! Akita did an awesome job aggregating a bunch of repos
# to make developing on Ubuntu very close to developing on Mac OS X. This is mostly pulled
# from the README with a few personal touches for flavor

echo "installing vim and vim tools"
touch ~/.vimrc
git clone git://github.com/akitaonrails/vimfiles.git ~/.vim
cd ~/.vim
git submodule init
git submodule update
echo "source ~/.vim/vimrc" >> ~/.vimrc

#gets backup and swp files out of the repo
mkdir ~/.vim/bkps
echo "set directory=~/.vim/bkps" >> ~/vimrc
echo "set backupdir=~/.vim/bkps" >> ~/vimrc